The Italo-German agreement under which the Bonn Government is supplying 40, 000, 000 Deutschmarks ($10, 000, 000) to indemnify Italian victims of Nazism went into effect today. The pact affects about 20, 000 Italian deportees to Nazi concentration camps of which, it is estimated, about a third were Jews. The agreement, signed in 1961, was ratified by the Italian Parliament last February.
Under the agreement, the Italian Government is to issue a decree within the next six months, implementing the regulations to govern the payments. Under the pact, only Italian citizens who were deported will be entitled to indemnification, proportionate to the duration of their concentration camp internment. In case of a victim’s death, the rules provide that “adequate provision” is to be made for compensating his heirs.
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