Compensation for mental illness resulting from Holocaust trauma

• Published in: The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 352; no. 9129; p. 718
• Main Author: Fishman, R H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Limited 29.08.1998
• Subjects: Compensation; Financing, Organized; Germany; Holocaust; Humans; Israel; Mental disorders; Mental Disorders - etiology; Post traumatic stress disorder; Prisoners; Settlements & damages; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - etiology; War Crimes; Germany; Israel

After extensive negotiations with the Jewish Claims Conference, Germany announced that it would set up a $110 million compensation fund with simplified criteria to enable seriously impaired Holocaust survivors to apply.