Statistical Report on the Proceedings before the Claims Committee as at 4 November 2019
Applications
Applications received within the deadline |
20,702 |
Persons whose losses were asserted |
37,623 |
Claims [1] |
151,949 |
Application processing
Historical research
Files/documents from archives |
41,796 |
Historical land register excerpts |
19,624 |
Inquiries regarding insurance policies |
10,902 |
Applications decided
Applications decided |
20,702 |
Applications for which compensation was awarded |
18,155 |
Applications for which no compensation was awarded |
2,547 |
Claims for which compensation was awarded |
103,425 |
Claims for which no compensation was awarded |
48,524 |
Recourse (review) [2] no longer possible |
20,702 |
Decisions on recourse (review) |
551 |
Decisions after reopening [3] |
1,523 |
Co-heirs [4]
Applicants who have extended their applications to include co-heirs |
1,769 |
Co-heirs |
3,270 |
The search for heirs
Deceased applicants whose heirs [5] could be established |
4,233 |
Established heirs |
7,132 |
Deceased applicants whose heirs are being traced |
0 |
Payments
Advance payments [6]
Advance payments |
18,169 |
Applicants |
13,951 |
Heirs |
1,874 |
Co-heirs |
2,344 |
Closing payments
Closing payments |
22,322 |
Applicants |
13,251 |
Heirs |
5,917 |
Co-heirs |
3,154 |
Applications not yet fully disbursed |
12 |
Applications not fully disbursed involving claims now expired under the statute of limitations |
1117 |
- This figure differs to previously published figures due to the application of a revised statistical method.
- Applications for a renewed decision pursuant to Sec. 17 of the General Settlement Fund Law and Sec. 18 of the Rules of Procedure of the Claims Committee.
- Sec. 17 (5) of the Rules of Procedure of the Claims Committee.
- Applicants can allow claims of their co-heirs - these are further people who are heirs of people who originally suffered the losses - to be transferred to them and assert these claims before the Claims Committee, insofar as these co-heirs have not filed an application themselves.
- Heirs and other persons authorized to continue the proceedings (e.g. executors).
- Advance payments were made from December 2005 to July 2009. Elderly applicants were prioritized as long as their claim amounted to a minimum of 500 USD. As a result of an adjustment to the counting method for heirs and co-heirs, as of 26 November 2014 the number of advance payments and closing payments has slightly increased.
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