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>JN Nov. 4, 1998, Vol. 6, No. 198
Worldwide Synagogue Directory
By IsraelWire
The designers of the Worldwide Synagogue Directory (http://www.synagogues.com) website call their page "Unprecedented by any other site of it's kind on the Internet." According to the webmaster, the site operates an automated on line World Synagogue Directory that offers visitors the ease of viewing any and all Synagogues from the comfort of one site. If a synagogue is not listed or needs modification, one may go to the "Submit form" and add it in real-time.
German Banks Sued for Alleged Slave Labor Links
By IsraelWire
Allegations against financial institutions accused of hiding
Holocaust victims' assets has expanded with a suit linking German
banks to ventures that profited from slave labor during the
Second World War.
Defendants in the suit, filed in Brooklyn federal court, include
Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Bank and Commerzbank, The suit alleges that
the three banks provided financial support to the Nazis as early as
1931. There are 100 unnamed defendant banking institutions. All of
the defendants do business in New York State.
The suit seeks class-action status on behalf of Holocaust victims
who performed slave labor at the direction of the Nazi regime. The
suit also seeks recovery on behalf of victims or their families
whose assets were "laundered" by the defendant banks between 1929
and 1945.
Among allegations is that the defendants profited through their
extension of lines of credit and guarantees to companies that used
slave labor. "Dresdner Bank was the principal lender to the
Reichswerke Herman Goering, one of the most significant exploiters
of slave labor," the suit alleges. "The Dresdner Bank worked on
behalf of the German government and industry to cloak the proceeds
of slave labor enabling the German government to evade trade
restrictions."
Hermann Goering-Werke served as a holding company for numerous
mining, steel and armaments companies seized by the German
government. Historians estimate that at least 58 percent of the
employees at its factories were slaves, the suit alleged. The suit
also alleges members on the boards of the defendant banks were
also directors of companies that used slave labor.
For example, it alleges that Commerzbank's board chairman at the
time had been on the Supervisory Board of Trustees of
Heinkel-Flugzeugwerke and had observed forced labors at the
company's factories.
Another Commerzbank board member was a director in charge of labor
for Buderus'chen Eisenwerke overseeing thousands of slave laborers,
the suit alleged. In addition to the allegations involving slave
labor, the suit accuses the defendants of participating in the
acquisition of looted assets by the Nazis.
"The banks were leading participants in both the 'unofficial' and
official Aryanization markets in which German banks and industry
profited from dealing in stolen property and charged high
commission rates on these transactions," the suit alleged.
Man Seriously Injured for Picking Flowers
By IsraelWire
A 33-year-old Nahariya man was seriously injured when struck in the
head with a large stone while picking flowers in a public park.
Another Nahariya resident, who saw him picking the flowers became
enraged and rebuked the man who ignored his requests to stop
picking the flowers. The man then called his 22-year-old son for
assistance in stopping the picking of the flowers. The three then
got into a scuffle, and the father threw a large stone at the
flower picker, striking him in his head. As a result, the injured
man underwent emergency surgery in Haifa's Rambam Hospital.
Police arrested the father and son. As a result, the father
suffered a heart attack. He is now recuperating in a Nahariya
hospital. The son was released on bail.
Bring You Own Toilet Paper to School
By IsraelWire
Parents of Rechovot students were shocked when told they must send toilet paper and other sanitary items for their children since the local municipality's budgetary constraints no longer permit supplying disposable items such as paper towels, toilet paper and more.
School officials point the finger of blame at city hall, stating
that Mayor Yaakov Sandler has stopped forwarding the necessary
funds to supply students with these rudimentary items. School
officials insist they have still not received monies approved from
August 1998, and are unable to continue normal operations.
School officials added they are having considerable difficulty
maintaining telephones, cleaning crews and cleaning products due to
the critical shortage of cash. A spokesman for the Rechovot
Municipality stated the town coffer is empty and the moment funds
are available, the area schools will be the first to receive the
necessary funds to continue operating.
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