GERMAN LAWYER OFFERED AID TO FORMER ARMENIAN PRISONERS OF FASCIST CONCENTRATION CAMPS FOR GETTING COMPENSATIONMay 3, 2003 - 21:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Stephan Tashchian German lawyer is going to help 2 thousand Armenians, who were kept in fascist concentration camps during World War II in getting compensation. As it is known, after two years of negotiations, in 2000 German government signed a law on rendering compensation to former toilers of fascist concentration camps via "Memory, Responsibility, Future" fund. According to "EurasiaNet," "Arminfo" agency reports, beginning on that day S. Tashchian periodically paid visits to Armenia and met with representatives of relevant organizations, afterwards representing interests of former Armenian prisoners in Berlin. During his last visit to Yerevan he held a meeting with the leadership of the Armenian Union of War Veterans and discussed the opportunities of application of the German law to Armenian captives. Archives of the State Security Committee, German government and German branch of the Red Cross, as well as those of companies, which in their time made use of the work of those people, are used as main sources for searching for people, who were kept in fascist concentration camps. Initially German government impeded Tashchian's activities, but now its attitude is respectful. In the lawyer's words, if one bases only on juridical facts, chances for getting compensation in full are not so high. In the course of a recent visit to Armenia Tashchian paid some 200 euros to each former prisoner of German concentration camps. At the same he expressed hope for five Armenian families to get a compensation of 8000 euros soon. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |