Miami ? The U.S. government has agreed to settle claims of Holocaust survivors that U.S. Army officers in World War II plundered a trainload of family treasures that had been seized by Nazis, both sides told a judge Monday.

The families and the Justice Department said they had agreed in principle to a financial award, but the terms had not been worked out.

The lawsuit sought up to $10,000 each for as many as 30,000 Hungarian Jews and their survivors.

U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz told attorneys to deliver a package detailing a worldwide settlement by Feb. 18. A hearing was set for Feb. 25.

Some thorny issues remain and “some of them may be difficult,” Justice Department official Daniel Meron said.

In 1945, in the waning days of World War II, the Nazis sent 24 train cars toward Germany carrying gold, silver, paintings, Oriental rugs, furs and other household goods seized from Hungarian Jews.

Nazis, Hungarians and Austrians stole from the train along the way. The Nazi “Gold Train” was then intercepted by U.S. forces and American officers helped themselves to china, silverware and artwork for their homes and offices, according to an advisory commission appointed by then-President Clinton.

The train and cargo worth an estimated $50 million to $120 million were shrouded in official secrecy until the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets reported on it in detail in a 1999 draft report.