Germany to Compensate Hundreds Who Fled Nazis as Children

German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves after speaking during a ceremony at the Synagogue Rykestrasse in Berlin on Nov. 9, 2018 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Kristallnacht Nazi pogrom. - Germany remembers victims of the Nazi pogrom that heralded the start of the Third Reich's drive to wipe out Jews, at a time when anti-Semitism is resurgent in the West. Tobias Schwarz/AFP/Getty Images

Germany has agreed to one-time payments for survivors, primarily Jews, who were evacuated from Nazi Germany as children, many of whom never saw their parents again, the organization that negotiates compensation with the German government said Dec. 17.

The New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany said the government had agreed to payments of 2,500 euros to those still alive from among the 10,000 people who fled on the so-called “Kindertransport.”