Seventy years after the end of WWII, a compensation package has been agreed for victims of the Holocaust who were deported by the French rail company.
Reparations will be paid to those transported by state rail company SNCF to Nazi concentration camps. The rail company transported some 76,000 Jews to Nazi camps during the war, but only about 3,000 survived.
France and the US announced a $60m (£40m) compensation fund, paid for by the French government.
Holocaust survivors as well as their spouses or descendants could receive compensation, with survivors eligible for up to $100,000 each, while spouses or heirs could get tens of thousands of dollars.
SNCF is hoping to get contracts in the US, including the state of Maryland were lawmakers have been pushing for reparations for survivors.
Some US lawmakers have tried to prevent SNCF from bidding because of its record during the war, while some historians have argued that SNCF was forced to participate in the deportations by the occupying German army.
As part of the deal, the US government will try to end lawsuits and other claims against SNCF that have been lodged in Maryland, New York, Florida and California.
The French parliament must still vote on the agreement.
