CEE countries demand lump sum payment for Nazi slave labor compensation

Polish, Russian, Czech Republic, Ukrainian and Belarus negotiators for compensation for Nazi slave laborers met on Friday in Warsaw to discuss the draft of the German bill about the compensation fund. According to them compensation should be paid in one lump sum and not in installments. The main reason for this statement is the advanced age of those who were forced to work in Nazi Germany. Germany wants to pay the money in installments starting at the end of the year. German parliament will deal with the draft in June. (Gazeta Wyborcza, May 6-7, page 4) K.S.