Furniture giant IKEA has agreed to pay 6 million euros ($6.5 million) towards a government fund compensating victims of forced labor under Germany’s communist dictatorship, in a move campaigners hope will pressure other companies to follow.



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IKEA will pay 6 million euros to East German prisoners forced to build their furniture in landmark move

Ikea Germany said it ‘regrets wholeheartedly’ that East German political prisoners produced Ikea products

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Ikea to compensate political prisoners who built furniture in East Germany with €6m

Furniture giant IKEA has agreed to pay 6 million euros ($6.5 million) towards a government fund compensating victims of forced labour under Germany’s communist dictatorship, in a move campaigners hope will pressure other companies to follow.

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IKEA will pay 6 million euros to East German prisoners forced to build their furniture in a landmark move

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Furniture giant IKEA has agreed to pay 6 million euros ($6.5 million) towards a government fund compensating victims of forced labor under Germany’s communist dictatorship, in a move campaigners hope will pressure other companies to follow. Political as well as criminal prisoners in Germany during the Cold War era were forced to build flatpack furniture for IKEA. The revelations came to light in Swedish and German me…

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Andrea Gomez (CNN) — El gigante del mobiliario IKEA accedió a pagar US$ 6.5 millones (6 millones de euros) a un fondo gubernamental destinado a compensar a las víctimas del trabajo forzado durante la dictadura comunista alemana, en una medida que los activistas esperan que presione a otras empresas para que sigan su ejemplo. Los presos políticos y criminales en Alemania durante la era de la Guerra Fría fueron obligados a construir muebles modula…

IKEA pagará US$ 6.5 millones a los prisioneros de Alemania del Este obligados a fabricar sus muebles en una medida histórica

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The package is part of Germany's commitment to 'deal with dark chapters of its history'

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Ikea Paying $6.5 Million To East German Prisoners Forced To Make Their Furniture

Ikea had long ago assured the people affected that it would atone for the mistreatment they faced. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Ikea pledges cash to atone for East German forced labour

The German branch of IKEA has pledged millions to compensate victims of the former Communist East German regime, who were forced to make furniture components in the GDR.

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IKEA to compensate East German prisoners for forced labor

Ikea, the Swedish furniture giant, has agreed to pay 6 million euros to a government fund that compensates victims who suffered because of the use of forced labor by political prisoners under Germany's communist dictatorship in the factories of its suppliers, CNN reports. Political prisoners in Germany during the Cold War were forced to build furniture for Ikea. Revelations about Ikea's involvement in the matter were brought to public attention …

Ikea, gigantul producător suedez de mobilă, a acceptat să plătească 6 milioane de euro către un fond guvernamental care despăgubește victimele care au suferit din cauza utilizării muncii forțate a deținuților politici sub dictatura comunistă a Germaniei, în fabricile furnizorilor săi, transmite CNN. Prizonierii politici din Germania în perioada Războiului Rece au fost forțați să construiască mobilier pentru Ikea. Dezvăluiri despre implicarea Ike…

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The Swedish furniture giant Ikea will contribute 6 million euros to a fund for the victims of the dictatorship in communist East Germany, after recognizing that political prisoners had worked on its products there....

Le géant suédois du meuble Ikea va abonder de 6 millions d’euros un fonds pour les victimes de la dictature en Allemagne de l’Est communiste, après avoir reconnu que des prisonniers politiques y avaient travaillé sur ses produits. ...

Ikea reconnait que des prisonniers politiques ont travaillé sur ses produits, 6 millions d'euros prévus pour les victimes de la dictature en RDA

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Ikea recognizes that political prisoners worked on its products, 6 million euros planned for the victims of the dictatorship in the GDR

IKEA will pay 6 million euros to East German prisoners forced to build their furniture in landmark move

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