Belgian retirees receiving ‘Hitler pensions’: report

The group were promised a pension by Adolf Hitler, RMF FM said, adding that after the war German government continued paying out the benefits.

Germany has been paying out the extra pensions for over 70 years, researcher Alvin de Coninck told Belgian De Morgen daily, according to RMF FM.

According to the broadcaster, de Coninck added that among those who qualified for the extra pension were residents of Belgian border regions who acquired German nationality during the Nazi occupation, as well as Belgians who joined the Waffen-SS during the war.

A total of 38,000 Belgians continued to receive the extra pensions from the German government after the end of the war, RMF FM reported.

Twenty-seven Belgians continue to receive between EUR 425 and EUR 1,275 a month, RMF FM said on its website, citing De Morgen.

According to RMF FM, de Coninck also told the daily that Belgians sent to Germany as forced labourers during the occupation received only EUR 50 a month in compensation after the war.

(tf/pk)

Source: www.rmf24.pl