General Settlement Fund
The General Settlement Fund is constituted to seek to compensate victims of Nazi persecution from all of the persecuted minorities, religious, cultural, ethnic, handicapped, and those who left Austria in order to escape persecution. The claim for compensation passes to the heirs of the original victims on their death.
Applications to the General Settlement Fund closed in May 2003. In May 2010 final payments are being received from this fund.
Read more about this topic: National Fund Of The Republic Of Austria For Victims Of National Socialism
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