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

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IKEA agrees to pay $6.5 million towards government fund for victims of forced labor under communist dictatorship.

Political as well as criminal prisoners in Germany forced to build flatpack furniture for company.

Revelations came to light in Swedish and German media reports more than a decade ago .

Former East Germany was occupied by the Soviet Union from 1949 until 1990 .

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