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Holocaust Survivors Want Congress to Let Them Sue Insurers Over Nazi-Era Losses

When David Schaecter was a child in Slovakia in the 1930s, he counted more than 100 people in his extended family. By the end of World War II, he alone survived. The rest had been killed in Nazi concentration camps …

Allianz Sponsorship of Florida Golf Event Ends Amid Holocaust Survivor Protests

Holocaust survivors on Monday celebrated the end of German insurance giant Allianz’s sponsorship of a Florida pro golf tournament, saying it may boost efforts to collect some $2.5 billion in World War II-era policies issued to Jews that they say …

Holocaust Survivors in U.S. Seek $20B in Nazi-era Policies

Thousands of aging Holocaust survivors in the U.S. want Congress to clear a path for them to sue European insurance companies they contend illegally confiscated Jewish life insurance policies during the Nazi era and have refused to pay an estimated …

Holocaust Survivors Want U.S. to Push European Insurers on Payments

Aging survivors of the Nazi Holocaust plan to protest outside a political fundraiser in Miami Beach featuring President Barack Obama this week to publicize their struggle to collect what they say is $20 billion in Jewish insurance policies never paid …