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The new Austrian exhibition at Auschwitz
Decisions of the Arbitration Panel
Fifteenth Anniversary of the Austrian National Fund - Commemoration at the Austrian Embassy in Washington DC
Press Release of the Austrian Embassy in Washington DC of May 14 2010 On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism, the Embassy of Austria in Washington, DC, hosted a commemorative event on Thursday, May 13, 2010. In addition to representatives from victims' organizations and the State Department, numerous guests also included several Holocaust survivors from Austria. MORE Fifteenth Anniversary of the Austrian National Fund - Commemoration at the Austrian Embassy in Washington DC
End of Deadline for In Rem Restitution
The deadline concerning applications for restitution with the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution ended on December 31, 2009 for property (movable assets of a Jewish Community Organization) owned by one of the following Austrian provinces and municipalities on the cut off day, 17 January 2001: Burgenland, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Styria, Vorarlberg, Vienna, Bad Ischl, Grieskirchen, Kobersdorf, Korneuburg, Mattersburg, Oberwart, Purkersdorf, Vöcklabruck or Wiener Neudorf. Applications for restitution of property owned by Lower Austria or Frauenkirchen are still possible. MORE End of Deadline for In Rem Restitution
The closing payments from the General Settlement Fund have commenced
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
Amendment to the General Settlement Fund Law
The closing payments are to be expedited. An amendment to the General Settlement Fund Law, enacted on 1st July 2009, has enabled the rapid conclusion of the closing payments. The payment quotas in claims-based and equity-based proceedings, as well as for insurance policies will be calculated on the basis of the decisions reached by the Claims Committee thus far, and laid down by the Board of Trustees of the General Settlement Fund. MORE Amendment to the General Settlement Fund Law
Restitution as an interdisciplinary challenge? The cooperation between lawyers and historians in restitution matters.
Round table discussion on the occasion of the presentation of volumes 1 and 2 of the Decisions of the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution. MORE Restitution as an interdisciplinary challenge? The cooperation between lawyers and historians in restitution matters.
Arbitration Panel: Deadline extension
The deadline for filing applications for the restitution of property owned by the City of Vienna, by the province Vorarlberg and several municipalities has been extended until the end of 2009. With its decision of 1 October 2008, the Vienna Municipal Council made use of the opportunity to extend the application deadline for in rem restitution pursuant to the General Settlement Fund Law (GSF Law). The province Voralberg and several municipalities have also extended its deadline. MORE Arbitration Panel: Deadline extension
In Rem Restitution
New general conditions for deadline extensions The general application deadline for in rem restitution in accordance with the General Settlement Fund Law (GSF Law) expired on 31 December 2007. With Federal Law Gazette I No. 89/2008, the legislator has provided the provinces and municipalities that have affiliated themselves with the Arbitration Panel pursuant to Sec. 38 GSF Law (opt-in) with the opportunity to extend the application deadline until 31 December 2009. MORE In Rem Restitution
Restitution of publicly owned properties
The first seven decisions of the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution are now available as volume 1 of a new bilingual series. MORE Restitution of publicly owned properties
End of Deadline for In Rem Applications
The deadline concerning applications for restitution with the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution ended on 31 December 2007! Real estate as well as movable property of Jewish communal organizations, which have been seized between 1938 and 1945 and were publicly owned on 17 January 2001, could be claimed by the previous owners or by their heirs. MORE End of Deadline for In Rem Applications
End of Deadline for In Rem Restitution
The deadline concerning applications for restitution with the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution ends on 31 December 2007! Real estate as well as movable property of Jewish communal organizations, which have been seized between 1938 and 1945 and were publicly owned on 17 January 2001, can be claimed by the previous owners or by their heirs. MORE End of Deadline for In Rem Restitution
The National Fund website in the light of remembrance
On the seventieth anniversary of the 'Anschluss' Austria's, the National Fund will remember the years of Nazi rule from the perspective of those persecuted. Beginning in March 2008, a series of autobiographical texts, composed by survivors of National Socialist persecution will be published on the National Fund's website. MORE The National Fund website in the light of remembrance
Amendment of the General Settlement Fund Law: Deadline Extension for Applications for In Rem Restitution
The deadline for applications for in rem restitution has been extended to 31 December 2007! The according amendment (Federal Law Gazette No. 20/2007) came into effect on 25 April 2007. Until the end of 2007, real estate as well as movable property of Jewish communal organizations, which have been seized by the National Socialist regime between 1938 and 1945 and were publicly owned on 17 January 2001, can be claimed by the former owners or by their legal successors. MORE Amendment of the General Settlement Fund Law: Deadline Extension for Applications for In Rem Restitution
Website: English Version
Since 30 January 2007, the website of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria and of the General Settlement Fund for Victims of National Socialism is available in two languages. The German version of the newly designed website was put online under www.nationalfonds.org on 10 November 2006. Important information concerning the functions and the services rendered by the National Fund and the General Settlement Fund was already available in German and English on the German website. MORE Website: English Version
End of Deadline and Open Deadlines
The deadline concerning applications for restitution with the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution ended on 31 December 2006! Real estate as well as movable property of Jewish communal organizations, which have been seized between 1938 and 1945 and were publicly owned on 17 January 2001, could be claimed by the previous owners or by their heirs. MORE End of Deadline and Open Deadlines