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Compensation Liberalized

The German government has expanded compensation criteria for victims of the
Nazis.

STAFF REPORT

months or longer, and who live
in difficult economic conditions.
Due to standing German pol-
icy, current residents of Eastern
Europe and persons who were
citizens of a Western country
(other than Germany) at the
time of persecution are not eli-
gible for the fund's payments.

T

he German government
has agreed to expand the
eligibility criteria for
compensation to an ad-
ditional group of Nazi victims,
the Conference on Jewish
Claims Against Germany has
announced.
According to the new deci-
sion, victims of Nazi persecu-
tion who have received, to
date, one-time compensation
payments of more than 10,000
deutsche marks (approxi-
mately $6,000) will
become eligible as of Victims of
July 1, 1997, for the Nazis.
monthly payments
of 500 deutsche marks ($300)
under the Article 2 Fund, if
they meet the fund's other el-
igibility criteria.
The criteria include Jewish
Nazi victims who were in a
concentration camp for six
months or longer, in a ghetto
for 18 months or longer, who
lived in hiding without access
to the outside world for 18

The processing of applications
under the new category shall be
in accordance with age, starting
with those born in 1921 or ear-
lier. As no filing deadline has
been imposed, Nazi victims who
have not yet applied to the fund
may do so now.
"The Claims Conference will
continue its endeavors to
achieve further liberalization of
the eligibility criteria," said Dr.
Israel Miller, president of the

A new category for
survivors.

Claims Conference. He stressed
the importance the organization
attaches to indemnification for
aging victims of Nazi persecu-
tion who have, thus far, been de-
nied meaningful compensation.
The Claims Conference,
founded in 1951, is an umbrella
organization of 23 major na-
tional and international organi-
zations, including organizations
of Holocaust survivors.
Residents of the United
States may obtain an applica-
tion form from Claims Confer-
ence Article 2 Fund, 15 East 26
Street, Room 906, New York,
NY 10010. ❑

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