/ 12 January 2001

SA?S NAZI LABOURERS TO BENEFIT

SOUTH African residents who were compelled by the Nazis to work as forced labourers in Austria during World War II should contact the Austrian embassy because they stand to benefit from a new reconciliation fund, which will make payments to former slave and forced labourers. The Austrian embassy said about one million foreign citizens were deported to Austria as forced labourers by the Nazi regime.

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