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Holocaust survivor Felix Widmin, who now lives in New York, holds a sign of protest in front of a federal court in Brooklyn, New York, Thursday, April 29, 2004. Protesters gathered outside the court today to criticize what they see as unfair treatment of survivors living in the United States, while inside the court, survivors and their heirs pleaded with Chief Judge Edward R. Korman to expedite the release of family money that remains in Switzerland. Some blamed Swiss banks for the delay, others blamedthe Zurich-based tribunal that hears Jewish claims under the settlement agreement. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)