LOGO: Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines. A Progressive Journal of News and Opinion. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman.   Exclusive Truthdig Merchandise - Gore Vidal signed first editions - Signed Mr. Fish prints
November 23, 2009
Log in / Register

 Choose a size
Text Size

Most Read

Let the Debate Begin

Beautiful Steamer

Home Sales Jump 10.1% in October

Lou Dobbs for President?

Obama's Job Approval Slips Below 50 Percent

Most Comments
Most Emailed

Reports

Ear to the Ground

A/V Booth

Arts & Culture
Freedom’s Fight: Part II

Digs
Financial Meltdown 101
Vetting Sarah Palin

Truthdig Bazaar
The Associates

The Associates

By Richard Rayner
$16.29

more items

 
Ear to the Ground

Families Demand Compensation for WWII Deportations

Email this item Email    Print this item Print   
Posted on Aug 29, 2006

More than 200 families have threatened the French state railway with legal action if it refuses to compensate them for its role in transporting relatives to death camps during WWII. The railway companies argue they were forced to carry out the deportations, though a court in June sided with victims’ families.


BBC News:

The families intend to demand “compensation for the prejudice suffered as a result of [their relatives’] deportation - in livestock wagons, in inhuman conditions, knowing full well that people risked being murdered,” one of their lawyers said.

They plan to give the company two months to reply before taking the matter to an administrative court, he added.

Families’ requests are being sent ahead of a deadline on 1 September which marks the statutory limitation for filing petitions against the SNCF, he said.

Link

More Below the Ad

Advertisement


Elsewhere: .

Are you a Truthdig member yet? Login now, or register with Truthdig.

Add Your Comment

Posts by unregistered readers are moderated. Posts by members
are published immediately. Why wait? Register today!







Number of characters remaining: 4000

Notify you when others comment on this article?


Are you a human?
Retype the word you see here.


Please read and abide by our comment policy.
By submitting this comment, you agree to this site's terms and conditions.

 
 

 
Join the Liberal Blog Advertising Network
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A Progressive Journal of News and Opinion. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman.
Copyright © 2009 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved.