Los Angeles, CA - Survivors Rush To get Hungary Restitution

Los Angeles, CA - Hundreds of Holocaust survivors flocked to the city's Jewish social service agencies to get help as they rush to apply for a restitution program offered by the Hungarian government.
The paperwork must be postmarked and on its way to Budapest by July 31.

The large turnout overwhelmed the legal service group Bet Tzedek, whose officials hastily scheduled extra sessions to help with the complicated paperwork. Officials there said they expected about 50 or so of the approximately 10,000 Holocaust survivors in Los Angeles to sign up for the sessions. Instead, five times as many have sought help.

Advocates see the surge as a sign that elderly survivors, no longer working and in ill health, need aid more than ever.