Germany'S MINISTRY FOR CHEATURES AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 161, sig. 110-4/6

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217 10. Former civil servants, etc. from the Baltic countries, Galicia and Volhynia, who have reached the age of 65 or are close to their age, or who are or become permanently incapable of working because of illness, may, in accordance with the above guidelines, be subject to ongoing support by the Supreme Reich authorities on the basis of 75 %. (a) the amount of the gross remuneration (less the part of the allowance for children) to be granted; Repatriates who have been in official-like positions but who have not had a claim for care themselves, in particular those who have worked with a German association or a German federation with a circle of duties equivalent to that of a public body, and those who, instead of a pension claim, have been employed by a German company Under the above guidelines, support may be granted by the Supreme Reichsamt in agreement with the Reichsminister der Finanzen, in the event of illness or a lack of income due to an illness or age-related illness, in accordance with the conditions laid down by the German Association or a German Association, which would have received an ongoing pension (pension, pension) or in the case of incapacity for service. In addition, it is important to note that there is no longer any capacity for work. 12. In cases where evidence of a former official ufw. German nationality in the Baltic countries, Galicia and Volhynia due to fine Germanism with regard to the amount of his salary or pension, or his remuneration or pensions have been declared lossable, or he has been refused such compensation in connection with the establishment of the Baltic States or of the former Poland after the World War, the Supreme Reich authorities may, in agreement with the Reich Minister of Finance, increase the pensions appropriately or, if no pensions 6 have been paid at all, re-grant pensions. This decree will be published in the Reichsbrachts- und Besoldungsblatt. The Reichsminister desJnnern The Reich Minister of Finance Jm Mission Jm Order Bommel Wever The Neichsminister der Finanzen Berlin, 15 October 1940. A 5186 — 12089 IV 3. Ang. Support to pension recipients from the Baltic countries, Galicia and Volhynia Joint circular issued by the Minister of Finance of the Reich and the Minister for the Reich of the Jnn on 8 August 1940 (RBB. p. 210) I agree that aid and emergency aid shall be granted to returnees from the Baltic countries, etc. who receive pensions, in the same way as those entitled to benefits from the Reich, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the State aid rules. My circular of 15 April 1940 — A 1301/39 - 161 I -- (RBB. p.119) shall apply to the booking of the amounts paid. Commission of the European Communities