On Wednesday 8th July 2009 the General Settlement Fund for Victims of National Socialism commenced the disbursement of the closing payments. On the previous day, the Board of Trustees, to which both the presidency of the National Council and representatives of the Federal Government, as well as victims' associations and representatives of the religious communities belong, had decided the final payment quotas. These quotas govern the aliquot distribution of the available means on the basis of the determined property loss. This share amounts to 10.56 percent of the determined losses in the claims-based process, 17.16 percent in the equity-based process and 20.74 percent for insurance policies. MORE The closing payments from the General Settlement Fund have commenced
