Ukrainian Ostarbeiters Can Expect Compensation this Fall

What still remains the chief problem concerns the amount of compensation. These payments, Mr. Ponomarenko noted, are to be allocated by the federal government but formed by a special foundation funded by German enterprises, banks, and insurance companies.

The companies are interested in earmarking half the funds for social programs and the establishment of the Foundation for the Future aimed at creating better living standards in recipient countries. Ukraine insists that the greater part of the funds be paid to those who suffered from Nazism and less be channeled to foundations. This is also the position of Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Belarus.

The ambassador noted that a fund is to be set up to pay compensation to people who worked in German agriculture during the war.