German parliament creates foundation to compensate World War II slaves

The German Bundestag has passed a bill to create a foundation for the benefit of Third-Reich slaves during World War II, called "Memory, Responsibility, Future." DM 10 billion has been allocated to the foundation. Polish victims are expected to start receiving compensation this year. "It is a good decision, although not all the Polish requests were accepted," said Polish-German-Union Fund president Bartosz Jalowiecki. The foundation estimates around 550,000 polish victims are entitled to compensation. (Zycie, page 1) A.Z.