Eischenkohier betreffende de Oudstrijders en Gelijkgestelden der Oorlogen 1914‑1918 en 1940‑1945 – Material Claims of Veterans and Affiliated Persons from the Wars of 1914–1918 and 1940–1945 – published by Nationale Strijdersbond van België (the National Federation of Belgian Fighters), the Compensation Book – issued by members of the National Federation of Fighters, classified, reviewed, and amended by the National Claims Committee established within the Board of Directors of the F.N.C. Discussed and finalized during the investigative sessions of March 2, 1946, and unanimously approved in the plenary assembly of March 3, 1946. A detailed report submitted to the National Committee for Material Claims. Brussels, 1946. Dutch and French (printed on one side in Dutch and on the reverse in French). Extremely rare.
An official publication by a special committee established in Belgium, aimed at documenting and verifying the rights of fighters, prisoners of war, camp survivors, and victims of World War II, and aligning their rights with those affected by World War I in accordance with new regulations and laws recommended by the committee. The report includes the committee’s recommendations for compensation at varying levels to: the children of Belgian civilians who were executed or deported by the enemy and died as a result of mistreatment; soldiers and disabled war veterans entitled to pensions for injuries, disabilities, or illnesses caused or aggravated by service-related actions; Belgian military personnel and equivalent individuals of all ranks who actively participated in military operations, taking into account their service record; a) Belgian soldiers killed in the war during military operations or who died from wounds sustained in the service of the enemy, or as a result of illness contracted or worsened during military service in wartime; the children of Belgians who were shot in the head or deported by the enemy or who died due to abuse they endured; and more.
The committee also presents recommendations concerning the reintegration of former prisoners of war and resistance fighters into the labor market, and their return to their previous pre-war positions. In order to implement this decision for former prisoners of war, police officers, detainees, and resistance fighters who were forced to leave their professions due to wartime events, they would receive the basic salary they had earned before their departure, regardless of their current occupation. The committee also recommended the retraining of disabled war veterans in various professions, the provision of pensions for widows and orphans, and addressed the awarding of military distinctions to eligible soldiers — including those who escaped from occupied territories and concentration camps, whether they reached Great Britain, the Belgian Congo, or any other United Nations territory, or whether they were captured during their escape attempt and imprisoned in camps in Belgium, France, Spain, or Germany, and more.
Extremely rare booklet. Not listed in the WorldCat global library catalog.
Enclosed: a letter from a resistance fighter named Leon Emile requesting that documents in the French language be sent to him in order to complete details for submitting a disability pension claim for an injury sustained while imprisoned in Germany during his detention as a prisoner of war in 1940, as well as a voucher titled “Assistance to Civilian Prisoners – Avenue Louise, Brussels.”
44, 44 pages. Good – very good condition.
