A Jewish group filed a class-action lawsuit against Germany’s largest bank for participating in, and profiting from, the destruction of Jewish communal properties in Eastern Europe during World War II. “Deutsche Bank has to acknowledge and take responsibility for its participation in Nazi atrocities,” the World Council of Orthodox Jewish Communities said when the suit was filed Tuesday.
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