Notification to victims of Nazism, informing them that certain types of indemnification claims heretofore rejected by West German authorities may now be reopened, was issued here today by Dr. S. Gringauz, head of the United Restitution Organization.
Dr. Gringauz noted that, under West Germany’s recently revised Indemnification Law, certain types of claims for payments to victims who had suffered ill health, due to incarceration in concentration camps, may now be reopened even if those claims had been rejected previously.
The reopening of such claims, it was noted, is subject to many procedures and rules. Authorities in the indemnification field advised that claimants who wish to try to reopen their claims contact experts in local organizations, like family and child services and other groups that cooperate with the URO to aid victims of Nazism.
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