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By Times staff writer
© St. Petersburg Times, published September 25, 2001
Just as other organizations are doing for Jews, an international organization is now coordinating reparations to homosexual victims of the Holocaust, as well as other groups.
People who were persecuted because of they were homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Roma or mentally or physically handicapped may qualify for compensation if they were forced into Nazi slave labor camps, forced to work as slaves in German or Swiss companies, denied entry into Switzerland, expelled from Switzerland or otherwise mistreated in Switzerland.
The reparations fund, which totals $1.5-billion, is designed to settle litigation over the Holocaust in U.S. District Court in New York. The deadline for filing a claim is Dec. 31.
For information, call toll-free, 1-877-691-2862, or write to:
International Organization for Migration
Holocaust Victim Assets Programme (Swiss banks)
1752 N St NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Further information is also available on the Internet at www.swissbankclaims.iom.org