JTA - July 15, 1945.
The Swedish Government has agreed to accept all orphans and sick children in the Belsen concentration camp, it was announced today by Dr. Joseph C. Hyman, executive vice-chairman of the Joint Distribution Committee. Children whose parents are ill will also be accepted. According to the latest information available, there are 14,000 Jews still in Belsen, of whom 800 are children. The children are housed in a separate block and their condition is known to be desperate.
14 000 000 USD for 14 000 DPs ? 10 000 DPs were brought to Sweden by White Boat Mission. It sounds like war reparations. War reparations are compensation payments made after a war by the vanquished to the victors. They are intended to cover damage or injury inflicted during a war. Generally, the term war reparations refers to money or goods changing hands.
