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ADRA association compensating Romanies who survived Holocaust.

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(From Czech News Agency)

PRAGUE, Aug 1 (CTK) - The civic association ADRA is preparing, jointly with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), compensation for 850 Romanies who have survived the Holocaust.

The aid will be handed to them in the form of packages - two with food, one with hygienic items and one with domestic items.

The first part of the aid was distributed in the form of packages of hygienic items and foodstuffs worth either 1,293 crowns or 1,970 crowns. The second phase will start, according to the Adventist Information Service, in the middle of August.

The total aid will therefore reach 7,875 crowns for each compensated person.

The project was launched, with the international ...

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