Nazi victims demand comp from D-Bahn

15th January 2010

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Plans by the German national rail operator to enter the Polish market have hit an unexpected snag from groups representing Nazi victims.

The groups want to get compensation from Deutsche Bahn, which is due to start operating services on Polish railways this year, claiming that as the successor to the Nazi-era Reichsbahn the company should donate some money as a “goodwill gesture”.

Thousands upon thousands of Poles were transported by rail during the war, often in atrocious conditions.

“Deutsche Bahn's plans to enter the Polish market is ... an important event economically and surely makes rail clients happy,” said Stanislaw Zalewski, head of an association for former prisoners. ...