Reuters
The United States on Tuesday apologized to Hungarian Holocaust survivors whose possessions were stolen by U.S. soldiers at the end of World War Two after allied forces seized what became known as the "Gold Train."This undated photo shows U.S. soldiers on a train during World War II. In May 1945, the American Army accepted possession of a train in Austria that contained the personal property and valuables, including – gold, jewelry, art, and religious objects – that the Hungarians and Nazis confiscated from the Jews of Hungary.
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US apologizes to Hungarian Jews over ‘Gold Train’
Reuters
The United States on Tuesday apologized to Hungarian Holocaust survivors whose possessions were stolen by U.S. soldiers at the end of World War Two after allied forces seized what became known as the “Gold Train.”
This undated photo shows U.S. soldiers on a train during World War II. In May 1945, the American Army accepted possession of a train in Austria that contained the personal property and valuables, including – gold, jewelry, art, and religious objects – that the Hungarians and Nazis confiscated from the Jews of Hungary.
(Getty Images/ Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP)
(Getty Images/ Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP)
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