Activities By Theme Reparation Programmes Forced Labour Compensation Programme, Germany
Forced Labour Compensation
Programme, Germany
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As one of the partner organizations of the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future," IOM was designated to make financial compensation available to former forced labourers and other victims of the Nazi regime.
The Organization's main responsibilities are to spread information and reach out to all potential claimants, to receive, process and review applications for compensation, to disburse compensation payments to successful applicants and to support the appeals processes for all categories of claims received under this programme. The filing deadline expired on 31 December 2001. As of July 2005, IOM has resolved all 332,000 slave and forced labour claims received and has made full payments to more than 80,000 surviving victims of slave and forced labour under the Nazi regime. IOM has also paid all eligible claims for personal injury, including medical experiments. IOM’s Appeals Body for slave and forced labour and personal injury claims has received approximately 28,000 appeals. The three-member Property Claims Commission, which received technical and legal support from IOM, decided all 35,000 property loss claims and all 8,500 requests for reconsideration received under this category. Thirteen thousand eligible victims and heirs, or 82 per cent of all beneficiaries have received compensation payments. Apart from the remaining payments, this process has been completed. Projects
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