German Food Chain Pays Holocaust Survivor $200
Million
A Jewish Woman From New Jersey
Karstadt-Quelle Must Pay $200 Million
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Barbara Principe
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German court backs Jewish claim for $200 million
A German court has ruled that shopping chain Karstadt-Quelle must
pay compensation to a Jewish family, the Wertheims, who were
forced to sell shops during the Nazi era. Barbara Principe is the
oldest surviving heir
The case of the Wertheim family is one of the largest Jewish
claims still outstanding in Germany.
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It Was Bought After The War?
The ruling applies to a small part of the disputed Wertheim
fortune acquired by Karstadt-Quelle after the war. Barbara Principe
grew up in poverty on a chicken farm after the Wertheims fled to
America to escape Nazi persecution.
The BBC's Ray Furlong, in Berlin, says Wertheim was a household name
in pre-war Germany, a huge chain of department stores owned by the
Jewish family of the same name.
They were forced to sell up and moved to America.
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Karstadt's President
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The Jewish Family Swindled
They were swindled out of what was left of the business in
1951 - a parcel of land in the heart of the German capital,
Berlin - which was acquired by a chain called Hertie.
Hertie was subsequently swallowed up by Karstadt-Quelle - now
one of Europe's biggest department store chains.
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$200 Million For What
These Germans must be real sick of these parasites.
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