Other Legal Sources and Parliamentary Materials

National Socialist legislation 1938-45

The following is a selection of legal documents that formed the basis for the systematic seizure of assets by the National Socialist regime in Austria.

Foreign Exchange Law

Proclamation by the Reich Governor in Austria proclaiming the law on foreign exchange restrictions dated 12 December 1938
GBlÖ. Nr. 654/1938 (16 Dec 1938)

Law concerning an amendment to and supplement of the Foreign Exchange Ordinance (Foreign Exchange Law for Austria)
GBlÖ. Nr. 13/1938 (23 Mar 1938)

Proclamation by the Reich Governor in Austria proclaiming the ordinance on foreign exchange restrictions (guidelines for foreign exchange restrictions) dated 22 December 1938
GBlÖ. Nr. 700/1938 (30 Dec 1938)

Law concerning the amendment of and the supplement to the foreign exchange ordinance (2nd Foreign Exchange Act for Austria)
GBlÖ. Nr. 155/1938 (01 Jun 1938)

Proclamation by the Reich Governor in Austria proclaiming the ordinance on the implementation of the law on foreign-exchange restrictions dated 23 December 1938
GBlÖ. Nr. 24/1939 (09 Jan 1939)

Property registration

Proclamation of the Reich Governor in Austria proclaiming the correction of a typing error in the ordinance on the application of Jewish property in Austria dated 3 December 1938
GBlÖ. Nr. 697/1938 (28 Dec 1938)

Proclamation by the Reich Governor in Austria proclaiming the ordinance on the registration of property by Jews dated 26 April 1938
GBlÖ. Nr. 102/1938 (27 Apr 1938)

Proclamation by the Reich Governor in Austria proclaiming the ordinance on the application of Jewish property dated 3 December 1938
GBlÖ. Nr. 633/1938 (06 Dec 1938)

Proclamation by the Reich Governor in Austria proclaiming the order of the person responsible for the four-year plan based on the ordinance on the registration of property by Jews dated 26 April 1938
GBlÖ. Nr. 103/1938 (27 Apr 1938)

Proclamation by the Reich Governor in Austria concerning the transfer of competencies pursuant to the regulations on the registration of property by Jews and on the establishment of a property registration office with the Ministry of Trade and Transport
GBlÖ. Nr. 139/1938 (18 May 1938)

"Anschluss"

Law on territorial changes in Austria
GBlÖ. Nr. 443/1938 (06 Oct 1938)
RGBl. I 1938, S. 1333 (01 Oct 1938)

Instructions for implementation by the supreme command of the German Wehrmacht regarding the order by Adolf Hitler as the supreme commander of the German Wehrmacht for the armed march into Austria ("Enterprise Otto")
OKW-Anweisung zu "Unternehmen Otto" (11 Mar 1938)

Ordinance introducing the law for the protection of national symbols in Austria
GBlÖ. Nr. 237/1938 (11 Jul 1938)
Verordnung zum Schutze der nationalen Symbole (02 Jul 1938)

Ordinance on German nationality in Austria
GBlÖ. Nr. 236/1938 (11 Jul 1938)
RGBl. I 1938, S.790-791 (03 Jul 1938)

Order by Adolf Hitler as the supreme commander of the German Wehrmacht for the armed march into Austria ("Enterprise Otto")
Weisung "Unternehmen Otto" (11 Mar 1938)

Law on the re-unification of Austria and the German Reich
GBlÖ Nr. 1/1938 (15 Mar 1938)
RGBl. I 1938, S. 237-238 (13 Mar 1938)

Administration by commission

Order by the Reich Governor on administrative commissioners in private industry
GBlÖ. Nr. 226/1938 (02 Jul 1938)

Law on the appointment of administrative commissioners and supervisory commissioners
GBlÖ. Nr. 80/1938 (13 Apr 1938)

Act amending the act on the appointment of administrative commissioners and supervisory commissioners, G. Bl. Nr. 80/1938
GBlÖ. Nr. 518/1938 (24 Oct 1938)

"Atonement Payment"

Proclamation of the Reich Governor in Austria proclaiming the ordinance on an atonement payment by Jews with German citizenship dated 12 November 1938
GBlÖ. Nr. 578/1938 (18 Nov 1938)

Proclamation of the Reich Governor in Austria proclaiming the implementing ordinance on the atonement payment by Jews dated 21 November 1938
GBlÖ. Nr. 612/1938 (30 Nov 1938)

Collections of documents

Legal sources post-May 1945

The following is a list of the Austrian legal documents that served as a basis – after 1945 – for recording, returning or disposing of real estate assets that had been confiscated, "aryanized" or withdrawn in some other form in connection with the National Socialist assumption of power. The numbers of the law gazettes (BGBl. numbers) are linked to the Legal Information System of the Federal Chancellery (in German) where the texts of the laws, published in the State or the Federal Law Gazette, have been archived as PDF files.

Restitution laws

Law on the Registration of Seized Property
Law on the registration of aryanized and other property seized in connection with the assumption of power by the National Socialists of 10 May 1945
Principal version: StGBl Nr. 10/1945
StGBl Nr. 19/1945 (correction of typing errors)
StGBl Nr. 23/1945
StGBl Nr. 135/1945
StGBl Nr. 201/1945
BGBl Nr. 150/1946 (Fourth Amendment to the Law on the Registration of Seized Property)

Ordinance on the Registration of Seized Property
Ordinance of the Federal Ministry for Securing Property and Economic Planning in agreement with the Federal Ministries concerned of 15 September 1946 on the implementation of the law on the registration of aryanized and other property seized in connection with the assumption of power by the National Socialists of 10 May 1945, StGBl 10
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 166/1946

Repatriation Act
Law on the repatriation of public property of 10 May 1945
Principal version: StGBl Nr. 11/1945
StGBl Nr. 19/1945 (correction of typing errors)

Annulment Act
Federal Law of 15 May 1946 concerning the annulment of legal transactions and other legal acts during the German occupation of Austria
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 106/1946

First Restitution Act
Federal Law of 26 July 1946 concerning the restitution of seized property at present administered by the Federal Government or the Provincial Governments
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 156/1946

Ordinance of the Federal Ministry for Securing Property and Economic Planning in agreement with the Federal Ministries concerned of 15 September 1946 on the implementation of the First Restitution Act
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 167/1946

Second Restitution Act
Federal Law of 6 February 1947 concerning the restitution of seized property at present held by the Republic of Austria
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 53/1947

Third Restitution Act
Federal Law of 6 February 1947 concerning the annulment of property seizure
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 54/1947
BGBl Nr. 148/1947

Fourth Restitution Act
Federal Law of 21 May 1947 concerning company names altered or deleted under National Socialist coercion
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 143/1947
BGBl Nr. 10/1991

Fifth Restitution Act
Federal Law of 30 June 1949 concerning the restitution of property seized from legal entities in business which lost their legal personality under National Socialist coercion
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 164/1949

Sixth Restitution Act
Federal Law of 30 June 1949 concerning the restitution of industrial property rights
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 199/1949
BGBl Nr. 83/1950 (DFB)
BGBl Nr. 10/1991

Seventh Restitution Act
Federal Law of 14 July 1949 concerning the assertion of claims arising from service contracts with private employers
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 207/1949

Federal Law of 5 July 1962 on filing certain claims arising from employment contracts in the private industry
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 187/1962
BGBl Nr. 505/1994

Federal Law of 12 December 1963 concerning compensation of certain claims arising from employment contracts in the private industry
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 319/1963
BGBl Nr. 505/1994

Ordinance of the Federal Ministry for Securing Property and Economic Planning of 15 January 1948 concerning the extension of the deadline for filing restitution claims under the First, Second and Third Restitution Act
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 39/1948

Ordinance of the Federal Ministry of Justice of 23 April 1948 concerning the extension of the deadline for filing restitution claims under the Fourth Restitution Act
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 95/1948

Ordinance of the Federal Ministry for Securing Property and Economic Planning of 12 November 1948 concerning the extension of the deadline for filing restitution claims under the First and Second Restitution Act
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 257/1948

Ordinance of the Federal Ministry of Justice of 24 November 1948 concerning the extension of the deadline for filing companies under the Fourth Restitution Act
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 259/1948

Ordinance of the Federal Ministry for Securing Property and Economic Planning of 1 December 1948 concerning the extension of the deadline for filing restitution claims under the Third Restitution Act
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 5/1949

Ordinance of the Federal Ministry for Securing Property and Economic Planning of 21 May 1949 concerning the extension of the deadline for filing restitution claims under the Third Restitution Act
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 136/1949

Ordinance of the Federal Ministry of Justice of 17 November 1949 concerning the extension of the deadline for filing companies under the Fourth Restitution Act
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 278/1949

Ordinance of the Federal Ministry for Securing Property and Economic Planning of 24 November 1949 concerning the extension of the deadline for filing restitution claims under the First, Second and Third Restitution Act
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 279/1949

Ordinance of the Federal Ministry of Finance of 21 February 1950 concerning the extension of the deadline for filing restitution claims under the First, Second and Third Restitution Act
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 72/1950

Ordinance of the Federal Ministry for Social Administration of 4 August 1951 concerning the extension of the deadline for asserting claims under the Seventh Restitution Act
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 199/1951

Ordinance of the Federal Ministry of Finance of 8 November 1951 concerning the extension of the deadlines for filing restitution claims under the First, the Second and the Third Restitution Act and the deadlines for asserting restitution claims under the Fifth Restitution Act
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 257/1951
BGBl Nr. 111/1952

Ordinance of the Federal Ministry of Justice of 14 October 1952 concerning the extension of the deadline for filing companies under the Fourth Restitution Act
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 199/1952

Ordinance of the Federal Ministry of Finance of 21 October 1952 concerning the extensions of deadlines for asserting restitution claims under the First, the Second, the Third and the Fifth Restitution Act
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 200/1952
BGBl Nr. 75/1953

Ordinance of the Federal Ministry of Finance of 8 October 1953 concerning the extension of the deadlines for asserting restitution claims under the First, the Second, the Third and the Fifth Restitution Act
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 167/1953
BGBl Nr. 252/1954
BGBl Nr. 201/1955

Ordinance of the Federal Ministry for Social Administration of 17 November 1953 concerning the extension of the deadline for asserting claims under the Seventh Restitution Act
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 179/1953

Ordinance of the Federal Ministry for Trade and Reconstruction of 10 November 1953 concerning the extension of the deadline for asserting restitution claims under the Sixth Restitution Act
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 186/1953

Administrators Act 1952
Proclamation of the Federal Government of 27 May 1953 concerning the public re-announcement of the federal law concerning the appointment of public administrator and public supervisors
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 100/1953
BGBl Nr. 151/1964
BGBl Nr. 275/1966 (VfGH)
BGBl Nr. 422/1974
BGBl Nr. 10/1991

Ordinance on the Implementation of the Administrators Act
Ordinance of the Federal Ministry for Securing Property and Economic Planning in agreement with the Federal Ministries concerned of 25 November 1946 concerning the implementation of the Administrators Act
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 7/1947

Administrators Act
Federal Law of 26 July 1946 concerning the appointment of public administrators and public supervisors
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 157/1946
BGBl Nr. 163/1949 (Verwaltergesetznovelle)
BGBl Nr. 24/1950
BGBl Nr. 54/1952 (2. Verwaltergesetznovelle)
BGBl Nr. 160/1952

Federal Law of 1 February 1946 on Public Administrators and Public Supervisors
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 75/1946
aufgehoben durch BGBl Nr. 157/1946

Law on the Appointment of Public Administrators and Public Supervisors
Principal version: StGBl 9/1945
aufgehoben durch BGBl Nr. 75/1946

First Restitution Claims Act
Federal Law of 19 November 1947 concerning the assertion of restitution claims of dissolved Austrian consumer co-operatives
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 256/1947

Second Restitution Claims Act
Federal Law of 11 July 1951 concerning the transfer of claims for the restitution of assets of certain legal entities which lost their legal personality during the German occupation of Austria and later regained it
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 176/1951

Third Restitution Claims Act
Federal Law of 16 December 1953 concerning the transfer of claims for the restitution of assets of further legal entities which lost their legal personality during the German occupation of Austria and did not subsequently regain it, and on the amendment and supplementation of the Second Restitution Claims Act
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 23/1954

Fourth Restitution Claims Act
Federal Law of 17 May 1961 concerning the registration of claims by receiving organizations for the restitution of property under the Restitution Acts
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 133/1961

First Return of Assets Act
Federal Law of 6 February 1947 concerning the restoration of property of dissolved or prohibited democratic organizations
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 55/1947

Second Return of Assets Act
Federal Law of 22 June 1949 concerning the claims for restoration of property of dissolved democratic organizations as lease-holders
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 165/1949

Ordinance of the Federal Ministry for Social Administration of 6 October 1951 concerning the extension of the deadline for asserting claims under the Second Return of Assets Act
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 237/1951

Third Return of Assets Act
Federal Law of 14 July 1949 concerning the assertion of claims arising from private service contracts which were lost between March 1933 and March 1938
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 208/1949

Ordinance of the Federal Ministry for Social Administration of 4 August 1951 concerning the extension of the deadline for asserting claims under the Third Return of Assets Act
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 200/1951
BGBl Nr. 49/1952

Ordinance of the Federal Ministry for Social Administration of 17 November 1953 concerning the extension of the deadline for asserting claims under the Third Return of Assets Act
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 180/1953

Federal Constitutional Law of 14 July 1949 concerning the assertion of withdrawn, non-fulfilled or lost claims arising from service contracts of workers in agriculture and forestry
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 210/1949

Authorities Transtion Act
Federal Law of 20 July 1945 concerning the transition of administrative and judicial institutions of the German Reich into the legal system of the Republic of Austria
Principal version: StGBl Nr. 94/1945

(This law was amended on several occasions. You will find further information on the pages of the Legal Information System of the Federal Chancellery.)

Federal Law of 16 December 1949 concerning the dissolution of Federal Ministries and the new scope of competences of several Federal Ministries
BGBl Nr. 24/1950

Federal Law of 2 July 1947 concerning the admissibility of claiming lapsed rights in court
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 193/1947
BGBl Nr. 129/1948
BGBl Nr. 131/1949
BGBl Nr. 3/1950
BGBl Nr. 123/1950
BGBl Nr. 126/1951
BGBl Nr. 90/1952

Insurance Reconstruction Act
Federal Law of 8 September 1955 concerning the reconstruction of the contractual insurance system
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 185/1955
BGBl Nr. 61/1962
BGBl Nr. 569/1978

Federal Law of 26 June 1958 concerning the settlement of life insurance claims confiscated by the German Reich
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 130/1958

Federal Law of 27 June 1969 concerning the settlement of ownership of works of art in the custody of the Federal Monuments and Fine Arts Service
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 294/1969
BGBl Nr. 311/1971

Second Artistic and Cultural Assets Settlement Act
Federal Law of 13 December 1965 concerning the release and disposal of formerly unclaimed works of art held by the Federal Government
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 2/1986
BGBl Nr. 515/1995

Federal Law of 4 December 1998 concerning the return of works of art from Austrian federal museums and collections
Principal version: BGBl Nr. I 181/1998

Settlement Fund Act
Federal Law concerning the establishment of a General Settlement Fund for Victims of National Socialism and restitution measures
Principal version: BGBl I 12/2001
BGBl I Nr. 40/2001
BGBl I Nr. 58/2001
BGBl I Nr. 114/2002
BGBl I Nr. 108/2004
BGBl I Nr. 142/2005
BGBl I Nr. 20/2007
BGBl I Nr. 2/2008
BGBl I Nr. 89/2008
BGBl I Nr. 54/2009
BGBl I Nr. 9/2013

Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Austrian Federal Government concerning the settlement of issues in connection with compensation and restitution for victims of National Socialism
Principal version: BGBl III Nr. 121/2001

Proclamation by the Federal Government on having obtained legal peace in American courts pursuant to the General Settlement Fund Law
Principal version: BGBl I Nr. 145/2005

State Treaty and statutory measures taken under the State Treaty

State Treaty concerning the reconstitution of an independent and democratic Austria
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 152/1955 (excerpt)
BGBl III Nr. 179/2002 (correction of typing errors)

First State Treaty Implementation Act
Federal Law of 25 July 1956 concerning the implementation of individual provisions of Chapter IV of the State Treaty
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 165/1956
BGBl Nr. 32/1957 (Second State Treaty Implementation Act)
BGBl Nr. 177/1957 (Fourth State Treaty Implementation Act)
BGBl Nr. 131/1958 (Sixth State Treaty Implementation Act)
BGBl Nr. 148/1958 (Seventh State Treaty Implementation Act)
BGBl Nr. 233/1959 (Nineth State Treaty Implementation Act)
BGBl Nr. 91/1993
BGBl I Nr. 119/1997 (Amendment of the First State Treaty Implementation Act)
BGBl I Nr. 98/2001
BGBl I Nr. 100/2003

Third State Treaty Implementation Act
Federal Law of 17 July 1957 by means of which further provisions are enacted for the implementation of Chapter IV of the State Treaty of 15 May 1955
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 176/1957
BGBl Nr. 148/1958

Fourth State Treaty Implementation Act
Federal Law of 10 July 1957 by means of which the First State Treaty Implementation Act is amended and supplemented
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 177/1957
BGBl Nr. 16/1958

Fifth State Treaty Implementation Act
Federal Law of 22 January 1958 by means of which further provisions are enacted for the implementation of Chapter IV of the State Treaty of 15 May 1955, BGBl Nr.. 152
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 16/1958
BGBl Nr. 10/1991

Seventh State Treaty Implementation Act
Federal Law of 10 July 1958 by means of which the First and the Third State Treaty Implementation Act are amended and partly supplemented
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 148/1958
BGBl Nr. 6/1962

Eighth State Treaty Implementation Act
Federal Law of 10 July 1958 by means of which further provisions are enacted for the implementation of Chapter IV of the State Treaty of 15 May 1955, BGBl Nr.. 152
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 149/1958

Tenth State Treaty Implementation Act
Federal Law of 14 December 1961 by means of which the First State Treaty Implementation Act is supplemented and Article I of the Seventh State Treaty Implementation Act is amended
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 6/1962

Eleventh State Treaty Implementation Act
Federal Law of 5 July 1962 concerning the implementation of Article 27 § 2 of the State Treaty
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 195/1962
BGBl Nr. 267/1963 (correction of typing errors)
BGBl Nr. 292/1964
BGBl Nr. 64/1972
BGBl Nr. 91/1993

Receiving Organizations Act
Federal Law of 13 March 1957 concerning the creation of receiving organizations pursuant to Article 26 § 2 of the State Treaty, BGBl Nr.. 152/1955
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 73/1957
BGBl Nr. 285/1958 (Amendment of the Receiving Organizations Act)
BGBl Nr. 62/1959 (Second Amendment of the Receiving Organizations Act)
BGBl Nr. 306/1959 (Third Amendment of the Receiving Organizations Act)
BGBl Nr. 287/1960 (Fourth Amendment of the Receiving Organizations Act)
BGBl Nr. 149/1966 (Fifth Amendment of the Receiving Organizations Act)

Fourth Restitution Claims Act
Federal Law of 17 May 1961 concerning the registration of claims by receiving organizations for the restitution of property under the Restitution Acts
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 133/1961

Federal Law of 5 April 1962 concerning the distribution of funds held by the "Collection Agencies"
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 108/1962

Collection Agencies Compensation Act
Federal Law of 7 July 1966 concerning the compensation of claims of "Collection Agencies"
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 150/1966

Compensation Fund Act
Federal Law of 22 March 1961 by means of which federal funds are provided for the establishment of a fund to compensate property losses of victims of political persecution
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 100/1961

Compensation beyond restitution

Victims Welfare Act
Federal Law of 4 July 1947 concerning the provision of welfare assistance to victims of the struggle for a free and democratic Austria and victims of political persecution
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 183/1947

(This law was amended on several occasions. You will find further information on the pages of the Legal Information System of the Federal Chancellery.)

Federal Law of 17 April 1985 concerning the payment of one-time benefits (anniversary payment) to recipients of pensions under the Victims Welfare Act, BGBl Nr.. 183/1947, on the occasion of thr 40th anniversary of the liberalization of Austria from the National Socialist regime of violence
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 186/1985

Honorary Grants and Assistance Act
Federal Law of 23 March 1988 concerning non-recurring honorary grants and gifts to resistance fighters and victims of political persecution on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Austria's occupation
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 197/1988
BGBl Nr. 648/1989
BGBl Nr. 757/1996

Public Servants Compensation Act
Federal Law of 18 July 1952 concerning awards of compensation for political victimisation in the public service
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 181/1952

Federal Constitutional Law of 18 July 1952 concerning the granting of compensation for political disciplinary actions in the public service to persons who are not covered by the Public Servants Compensation Act of 18 July 1952, BGBl Nr.. 181/1952
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 182/1952

Assistance Fund Act
Federal Law of 18 January 1956 providing federal funds to assist victims of political persecution not residing in Austria (original title: Federal Law of 18 January 1956 by means of which federal funds are made available to assist political persecutees having their permanent domicile abroad)
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 25/1956
BGBl Nr. 178/1962
BGBl Nr. 714/1976

National Fund Law
Federal Law to Establish the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 432/1995
BGBl I Nr. 183/1998
BGBl I Nr. 131/1999
BGBl I Nr. 11/2001
BGBl I Nr. 14/2001
BGBl I Nr. 19/2003
BGBl I Nr. 64/2008
BGBl I Nr. 99/2010
BGBl I Nr. 128/2011
BGBl I Nr. 9/2013

Federal Law concerning allocations to the International Fund for Victims of National Socialism
Principal version: BGBl I Nr. 182/1998

Reconciliation Fund Law
Federal Law concerning the Fund for Voluntary Payments by the Republic of Austria to Former Slave Laborers and Forced Laborers of the National Socialist Regime, BGBl Nr. I 74/2000 (also available in English: BGBl Nr. I 74/2000)
Principal version: BGBl I Nr. 74/2000
BGBl I Nr. 122/2000
BGBl I Nr. 40/2001
BGBl I Nr. 18/2003
BGBl I Nr. 109/2004
English translation: as amended (original version: Federal Law Gazette I no. 74/2000)

Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Austrian Federal Government concerning the Austrian Fund "Reconciliation, Peace and Cooperation"
Principal version: BGBl III Nr. 221/2000

Agreement between the Government of the Austrian Federal Government and the Russian Federation concerning cooperation in connection with the voluntary payments by the Republic of Austria to former slave and forced laborers of the National Socialist regime
Principal version: BGBl III Nr. 17/2001

Agreement between the Austrian Federal Government and the Government of the Ukraine concerning cooperation in connection with the voluntary payments by the Republic of Austria to former slave and forced laborers of the National Socialist regime
Principal version: BGBl III Nr. 18/2001

Agreement between the Austrian Federal Government and the Government of the Czech Republic concerning cooperation in connection with the voluntary payments by the Republic of Austria to former slave and forced laborers of the National Socialist regime
Principal version: BGBl III Nr. 19/2001

Agreement between the Austrian Federal Government and the Government of the Republic of Poland concerning cooperation in connection with the voluntary payments by the Republic of Austria to former slave and forced laborers of the National Socialist regime
Principal version: BGBl III Nr. 20/2001

Agreement between the Austrian Federal Government and the Government of the Republic of Hungary concerning cooperation in connection with the voluntary payments by the Republic of Austria to former slave and forced laborers of the National Socialist regime
Principal version: BGBl III Nr. 21/2001

Agreement between the Austrian Federal Government and the Government of the Republic of Belarus concerning cooperation in connection with the voluntary payments by the Republic of Austria to former slave and forced laborers of the National Socialist regime
Principal version: BGBl III Nr. 44/2001

Further agreements under international law

Finance and Settlement Agreement (the so-called Bad Kreuznach Agreement)
Agreement between the Republic of Austria and the Federal German Republic concerning the settlement of damage suffered by displaced persons, re-settled persons and persecutees, as well as concerning other financial issues and issues from the social sphere
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 283/1962

Further compensation laws

Compensation laws concerning material damages connected to the assumption of power by the National Socialists, war- and persecution-related material damages, for late returnees as well as resettlers and displaced persons

Assumption of Power by the National Socialists-Related Material Damage Act
Federal Law of 25 June 1958 concerning the award of compensation for damages connected to the assumption of power by the National Socialists in Austria
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 126/1958
BGBl Nr. 98/1959
BGBl Nr. 304/1959

War- and Persecution-Related Material Damage Act
Federal Law of 25 June 1958 concerning the award of compensation for damage to household equipment or occupational utensils incurred as result of war or political persecution
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 127/1958
BGBl Nr. 99/1959
BGBl Nr. 305/1959

Decree of the Federal Ministry of Finance of 1 September 1959 enacting the rules of procedure of the Federal Compensation Commission
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 202/1959
BGBl Nr. 302/1962
BGBl Nr. 538/1975

Federal Law of 13 June 1962 concerning the extension of the scope of application of laws concerning material damages connected to the assumption of power by the National Socialists, war- and persecution-related material damages
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 176/1962

Late Returnee Act
Federal Law of 25 June 1958 concerning financial support for late returnees
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 128/1958
BGBl Nr. 314/1994

Registration Act
Federal Law of 14 December 1961 concerning the registration of material damage incurred as a result of resettlement or displacement
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 12/1962
BGBl Nr. 137/1962 (correction of typing errors)
BGBl Nr. 64/1963
BGBl Nr. 132/1964
BGBl Nr. 375/1970

Resettlers and Displaced Persons Compensation Act
Federal Law of 13 June 1962 concerning the compensation for resettlers and displaced persons
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 177/1962
BGBl Nr. 105/1965
BGBl Nr. 375/1970

Temporary Assistance Act
Federal Law of 13 December 1976 concerning the award of a temporary assistance for the mitigation of hardships incurred as a result of certain property losses
Principal version: BGBl Nr. 712/1976

Parliamentary materials

Here you find Parliamentary documents from the legislative periods XX on (15 January 1996 until to date) relating to the National Fund, the General Settlement Fund Law, the Federal Law on the Establishment of a Fund for the Restoration of the Jewish Cemeteries in Austria, to the restitution of art works, as well as the topic of processing and remembering the NS period in Austria.

National Fund

General Settlement Fund and Federal Law on the National Fund for Victims of National Socialism
2130/A (GP XXIV) 19 Nov 2012

Federal Law on the National Fund for Victims of National Socialism
1399 d.B. (GP XXIV) 14 Sep 2011

Establishment of the Fund for the Restoration of the Jewish Cemeteries in Austria and the National Fund Law
1313/A (XXIV. GP) 20 Oct 2010

Victims of National Socialism
1100/A (XX. GP) 20 May 1999

National Fund of the Republic of Austria
1023/A (XX. GP) 25 Feb 1999

National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism
1469 d.B. (XX. GP) 29 Oct 1998

International Fund for Victims of National Socialism
1429 d.B. (XX. GP) 08 Oct 1998

Federal Law on the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism
901/A (XX. GP) 07 Oct 1998

National Fund for Victims of National Socialism
473/A (XX. GP) 05 Jun 1997

Damage of NS victims (total)
1938/J (XX. GP) 12 Feb 1997

Implementing the federal law on the National Fund of the Republic of Austria
1377/J (XX. GP) 28 Oct 1996

Implementing the federal law on the National Fund of the Republic of Austria
6/JPR (XX. GP) 28 Oct 1996

Implementing the federal law on the National Fund of the Republic of Austria
1378/J (XX. GP) 28 Oct 1996

Material damage suffered by persons living in Austria during the NS period 
1323/J (XX. GP) 03 Oct 1996

Implementing the federal law on the National Fund of the Republic of Austria
145/A (XX. GP) 20 Mar 1996

General Settlement Fund

General Settlement Fund and Federal Law on the National Fund for Victims of National Socialism
2130/A (GP XXIV) 19 Nov 2012

GSF Law, Amendment
203 d.B. (GP XXIV) 15 May 2009

BVRG, Amendment § 43 GSF Law
314 d.B. (GP XXIII) 7 Nov 2007

Amendment § 38 GSF Law
589/A (XXIII. GP) 31 January 2008

Amendment § 38 GSF Law
604 d.B. (XXIII. GP) 29 May 2008

GSF Law
420/A (XXII. GP) 17 June 2004

Application for restitution by the Habsburg-Lothringen family
727/J (XXII. GP) 12 August 2003

GSF Law, General Social Security Act, Victims Assistance Act (amendments)
476 d.B. (XXI. GP) 30 January 2001

GSF Law, Amendment
670/A (XXII. GP) 07 July 2005

GSF Law, Amendment
117/A (XXIII. GP) 03 May 2007

General Settlement Fund and National Fund for Victims of National Socialism
15/JPR (XXIII. GP) 03 September 2007

Jewish Cemeteries Fund

Establishment of the Fund for the Restoration of the Jewish Cemeteries in Austria and the National Fund Law (1313/A)
1313/A (XXIV. GP) 20 Oct 2010

Establishment of the Fund for the Restoration of the Jewish Cemeteries in Austria
990 d.B. (XXIV. GP) 09 Nov 2010

Restoration of the Jewish Cemeteries in Austria, National Fund Law
8409/BR d.B. (XXIV. GP) 30 Nov 2010

Art restitution

Restitution of art works from Austrian federal museums
1390 d.B. (XX. GP) 11 Aug 1998

NS looted property in connection with Year of Commemoration for Johann Strauß
6555/J (XX. GP) 08 Jul 1999

Provenance and basic research regarding NS looted art works
3737/J (XXII. GP) 21 Dec 2005

Gratuitous transfer of movable federal property
877/A (XX. GP) 18 Sep 1998

Art works owned by persecutees of the NS regime, auctions at the Dorotheum auction house
5941/J (XX. GP) 23 Mar 1999

Law amending restitution law
782/A (XII. GP) 02 Feb 2006

Restitution of Klimt pictures to the Bloch-Bauer heirs 
336/UEA (XXII. GP) 02 Feb 2006

Restitution Report for 2003/2004 
III-195 d.B. (XXII. GP) 03 Jan 2006

Restitution Report for 2002/2003
III-93 d.B. (XXII. GP) 16 Jul .2004

Provenance and basic research regarding NS looted art works
3736/J (XXII. GP) 21 May 2005

Restitution Report for 2001/2002
III-21 d.B. ( XII. GP) 21 Mar 2003

Restitution of Klimt pictures to the Bloch-Bauer heirs 
170/E (XXII. GP) 02 Feb 2006

Accounting for the past and commemoration

Memorial day against violence and racism in commemoration of the victims of National Socialism
90/E (XX. GP) 11 Nov 1997

Full clarification of the enrichment obtained by SPÖ and ÖVP to the detriment of NS victims
583/UEA (XX. GP) 05 Nov 1998

Establishing a Historical Commission, NS victims, omissions of the post-war period
567/UEA (XX. GP) 07 Oct 1998

Implementing an Austrian Day of Commemoration for Victims of National Socialism
3822/J (XX. GP) 03 Oct 1998

Implementing an Austrian Day of Commemoration for Victims of National Socialism
3823/J (XX. GP) 03 Oct 1998

Introducing a day of commemoration for the victims of National Socialism
2110/J (XX. GP) 28 Feb 1997

Work of the Historical Commission
960/A(E) (XX. GP) 26 Nov 1998

Introducing a day of commemoration for the victims of National Socialism
1954/J (XX. GP) 17 Feb 1997

Day of commemoration for NS victims
99/A(E)-BR/97 04 Nov 1997

Implementing an Austrian Day of Commemoration for Victims of National Socialism
3818/J (XX. GP) 10 Mar 1998

Additional compensation

Compensation of Austrian nationals
3257/J (XX. GP) 07 Nov 1997

Former bank of "M. Thorsch & Söhne"
6172/J (XX. GP) 23 Apr 1999