Partial restitution of pension and job rights for (##)tims of fascism is provided in two new measures adopted by the Austrian parliament (##)y.
Possibly the most important aspect of the laws is the fact that they cover (##)tical and religious victims not only of the post-Anschluss period, but also those who were persecuted during the Dolfuss and Schuschnigg regimes.
The first of the measures provides that persons who suffered persecution between 1933 and 1945 shall receive official certificates entitling them to preferen(##) treatment in all government offices, particularly in the department of taxation. The government also undertakes to pay pensions to the widows and orphans of persons (##)dered by the Fascists and Nazis, while survivors and their children are entitled to special relief payments.
The second piece of legislation restores to their former positions all person who were discharged for religious or political reasons or because of their national origin. Social security payments and pensions withheld for the same reasons (##) be restored.
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