U.S. Says Lies Were Used to Defraud Holocaust Fund

Spartanroller · Nov 9, 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/10/nyregion/10holocaust.html

While fleeing the Nazis in 1941, an 11-year-old girl dodged airplane bombs as she crossed the Dnieper River in Ukraine, ultimately finding refuge in the village of Donetsk, where she and her mother lived in hiding until the liberation of 1944.

A 13-year-old boy escaped from Kiev with his mother and younger sister to safety, shuttling from basements to barns and sometimes the forest, where they often stayed for weeks.

These tales were among thousands of similar accounts given by elderly immigrants who were seeking reparations from the German government through a fund established to provide assistance to survivors of Nazi persecution.

But many of the stories were works of fiction or embellishment of facts, perpetuated by a group that included six employees and custodians of the New York-based fund, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday. The other defendants were outsiders who recruited and funneled applicants to the programs......
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Spartanroller · Nov 10, 2010

FBI arrests 17 for defrauding U.S. Holocaust fund - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

Mehar · Nov 11, 2010

It's such a complex matter when it comes to those who applied, it's difficult to say. But what I will say is there are quite a few people who have legitimate need for these funds especially in their old age.

Those attempting to defraud are only hurting legitimate victims.

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