| Not all
Canadian news, but interesting
none-the-less, here are a couple of
small things I’ve picked up lately:
The first one is essential, and I
hope to do more research on this
campaign for remuneration for the
Holocaust which had been going on for
over 50 years. It seems to never end,
just as you think there are no more
lawsuits, someone, somewhere figures out
a way to sue someone.
1. In France, a lawyer for Holocaust
survivors is seeking a settlement of 1
Franc as a symbolic payment for the
country’s complicity and collaboration
with the Nazis and the deportation of
Jews. A court ruling in favour of the
survivors is a strategic test case that
will permit thousands of lawsuits
against France by Jews who survived the
Vichy Regime. Basically, this symbolic
gesture of culpability is to open the
way for more money. Survivors of the
Holocaust in France receive state
pensions and a committee is currently
assessing the value of possessions that
were seized but never reclaimed because
the owners were had died during the
occupation.
In a related bit of gossip, I have
heard that there will be a class-action
lawsuit against French train companies.
The lawsuit is apparently making a claim
against the companies for the
transportation of Jews during the
Regime. |
2. In Vienna, Austrian surgeons have
sewn new hands onto a police bomb
disposal unit. In 1994, Theo Kelz, 46,
lost both hands trying to dismantle
explosives planted by a racialist bomber
who was operating a campaign for over 4
years in the country. 18 doctors aided
in the operation that took over 17 hours
to complete.
3. In Saint John, New Brunswick,
Dominican stowaways hide in salt pile on
a freighter berthed at a potash
terminal. Immigration officers were on
hand and stated that the seven stowaways
will not be granted refugee status
because they came here for economic
reasons. They will be returned to the
Dominican Republic.
The stowaways hid from the ship’s
crew by burrowing deep inside large
piles of salt in the ship’s hold. They
were found after three days at sea and
the ship’s captain had informed
Canadian authorities of the situation
before arriving at port. It will be the
duty of the ship’s captain to get the
stowaways back to the Dominican. Under
Canadian law, the captain is responsible
to assure that stowaways do not get
ashore or he could be fined $15,000.00 a
head for each stowaway.
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