News of Norway, issue 2, 2001
The German Foundation Act recognizes that the injustice committed and the human suffering caused cannot be truly compensated by financial payments and that the Act comes too late for those who lost their lives as victims of the Nazi regime or have died in the meantime.
IOM will take care of claimants who are non-Jewish and who do not live in Belarus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and the other republics of the former Soviet Union. If on 16 February 1999, you lived in one of these countries, please contact your closest Reconciliation Foundation. If you are Jewish, please contact the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
IOM will handle your claim free of charge. Eligible persons may receive up to DM 15,000. Deadline for applications is August 11, 2001. Please register your name and address/contact information with IOM as soon as possible. For persons residing in the United States, Canada or Caribbean please contact:
International Organization for Migration
By post: 1752 N St., NW Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20036
Toll-free tel no: 1 866 443 5187
By fax: 202 862 1879
Via e-mail: srowashington@iom.int
You may also contact the IOM Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland
By post: IOM, PO Box 71, 1211 Geneva 19, Switzerland
By fax: 41 22 798 61 50
Via e-mail to: compensation@iomi.int
IOM Geneva hotline: 41 22 717 9230
Please do not send IOM your original documents. IOM will keep you informed on the claims procedure.
Former prisoners of war do not qualify under the German Forced Labour Compensation Law.
If the eligible claimant died after February 15, 1999, the surviving spouse and children are entitled to file a claim.
For more information on this programme, on other partner organizations or IOM offices, please consult IOM's website www.compensation-for-forced-labour.org
IOM calls upon associations of victims to spontaneously share their lists of potential claimants as a first step to future and close cooperation.