France-U.S. State Department finalize agreement to pay Holocaust deportees

Individuals with approved claims will receive a letter from the State Department notifying the parties that they will get a payment with an additional 97% increase from their original stipend.

A flower lies in the train tracks at Gleis 17 memorial in Berlin, where thousands of Holocaust victims were deported to concentration camps

A flower lies in the train tracks at Gleis 17 memorial in Berlin, where thousands of Holocaust victims were deported to concentration camps

(photo credit: THOMAS PETER/REUTERS)

ByZACHARY KEYSER

FEBRUARY 7, 2019 00:35