Now do this put-the-text-back-together activity.
This is the text (if you need help).
Holland's national railway company is going to compensate victims of the Holocaust. World War II ended over 70 years ago, but the Dutch railway has decided to give compensation to people who were taken to Nazi concentration camps on their trains. The company is known as NS. After Germany invaded Holland in 1940, NS trains transported thousands of Jews and other minorities to Nazi death camps. By the end of 1943, most Jews in the Netherlands had been removed and deported. Seven decades later, NS will pay tens of millions of euros to about 500 survivors and to members of their direct family. The company will pay between 5,000 euros to 15,000 euros to each victim.
The company said the payments were part of the company's historical responsibility. It said the company was paid by the Nazis to take the victims to the border. The victims were put on German trains and taken to concentration camps. A spokesman said this was "a black page in the history of the company". He added: "There is no reasonable or appropriate amount of money that [we can pay to] compensate in any way for the suffering inflicted on the victims." The committee said the payments were "a moral gesture". It added: "NS wishes to express the recognition of its share in the individual suffering inflicted by the occupying forces on those involved and their direct surviving relatives."
Comprehension questions- When did the article say World War II ended?
- What is the Dutch Railway company known as?
- By the end of which year were there few Jews in Holland?
- How much in total will the company pay in compensation?
- What is the maximum amount the company will pay victims?
- What did the company say the payments were part of?
- What did the company call its historical actions?
- What did the spokesman say there was no reasonable amount of?
- What kind of gesture did the company call the payments?
- Who did a spokesman say had inflicted suffering?
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