US Judge rules against Russia on Jewish documents
A US judge has issued a judgment against the Russian government for its refusal to return a library of historic books and documents to a Jewish group. At issue are 12,000 religious books and manuscripts seized during the Bolshevik revolution and the Russian Civil War from 1917 to 1925 and 25,000 pages of handwritten teachings and other writings of religious leaders stolen by Nazi Germany during World War II.
The documents seized by the Nazis were transferred by the Soviet Red Army as "trophy documents" and "war booty" to the Russian State Military Archive. Members of a religious organization, Chabad-Lubavitch, are suing to get the materials back. (AP)
