The Central Appeals Council has ordered Dutch authorities to resume payments to a Jewish woman who suffered persecution as a child during the Nazi occupation of Holland. The payments were halted when the woman, who had been divorced, remarried in 1982. The payments are an entitlement of persons whose wartime experiences at the hands of the Germans or Japanese reduced their earning capacity.
The woman, not identified, appealed on grounds that the stoppage of payments violated the United Nations anti-discrimination resolution of 1984. She contended that male recipients of the same compensation who marry wealthy women continue to receive their payments.
The Appeals Council ordered the payments resumed retroactive to 1984. The decision is expected to have far-reaching effects for Jewish and other women in similar circumstances.
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