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| Jewish community in Latvia to get 40 million euros for Soviet misdeeds |
| 2021-08-28 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [REGNUM] Latvia is ready to allocate 40 million euros as compensation to the country's Jewish community for communal property lost during the Holocaust. This was reported by the local "Radio 4". It is noted that the corresponding bill, prepared by the budgetary and financial commission of the parliament, was submitted to the parliamentarians for the first reading. The bill provides that the amount will be paid over 10 years from the state budget. The funds should be allocated as compensation for part of the property that belonged to the Jewish community of Latvia before June 16, 1940, that is, before it was nationalized by the Soviet government, and then the Jewish community was practically destroyed during the Nazi occupation. Both the Legal Bureau of the Parliament and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia expressed support for the bill. MPs from the National Unity Party criticized the bill. In particular, MP Aleksandrs Kirshteins said that then the issue of payment of compensation to the Baltic Germans should be resolved and that Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia are responsible for the consequences of the occupation, from whose "successors", the MP believes, compensation should be demanded, and not from Latvia. It is noted that the Jewish community of Latvia has the right to claim the return of 270 real estate objects, which before World War II belonged to Jewish organizations, not private individuals, and was nationalized. Or get compensation for them if a return is not possible. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #5 Me, I just identify, in present context, as Muhammad freakin' Ali. |
| Posted by: Creter B. Hayes3355 2021-08-28 23:22 |
| #4 A man of Revere, of means meager, Identifies now, and seems eager -- "Just like me poor mom..." [crosses self] "The pogrom..." -- As some real estate, regal, in Riga. |
| Posted by: Creter B. Hayes3355 2021-08-28 23:19 |
| #3 I identify as a Latvian Jew! So be it! Who are we to contradict your lived experience with mere hate facts and geography. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-08-28 12:50 |
| #2 Hey! I identify as a Latvian Jew! Other than actual location. And that Catholic thing |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-08-28 12:39 |
| #1 According to Wikipedia, there are 8,100 Jews in Latvia this year, down from a peak of about 96,000 in 1925. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-08-28 12:30 |