Justice Minister Lovro Sturm presented on Friday a draft bill on WWII restitution, which would allow some 150,000 people to claim compensation for damage to property caused by the occupying forces and collaborators as well as the partisan resistance and the Allied forces.
The ministry estimates that the compensation claims could amount to EUR 600m, which would be provided by the state-run Restitution Fund (SOD).
The draft bill limits individual claims to EUR 200,000, with damage to both movable and immovable property as well as loss of profits eligible for compensation.
All Slovenian citizens or their heirs that had Yugoslavian citizenship in 1945, and legal persons that operated in Yugoslavia at that time, are entitled to file claims.
Sturm said the procedure would be simple due to comprehensive records of damage that were compiled after the war. Other relevant documents, such as land registries and chronicles, might also be used.
The draft bill will now be forwarded to political parties and relevant NGOs for consultation, the justice minister said.
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