A new federal law, which has just been promulgated, provides for the reinstatement of pensions due to a number of Jewish refugees from Germany who served in the German Army during the first World War, and for certain of their dependents.
Beneficiaries are those who received veterans1 pensions prior to the Nazi regime, generally because they had been disabled in the fighting or because their husbands had been among the 12,000 Jews killed for Germany. These pensions were stopped by the Nazi government because, as Jews, they had to seek refuge in other countries.
Until very recently Germany made no attempt to remedy this injustice and to discharge her debt to those who gave their health or their lives for Germany. In the future, eligible veterans or their dependents may file claims to have these pensions restored, retroactive to April 1, 1950.
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