POMS Reference

GN 00302: Proof of Age

TN 9 (02-85)

A. General

If a claimant meets the definition of a Holocaust survivor (see GN 00302.327) and can provide proof that he/she resided in a Nazi controlled country during specified times, this will be sufficient evidene of Holocaust survivor status (see GN 00302.335B).

B. Country and time period

Ask the claimant to provide proof of residence in one of the following countries for the time period noted.

Country Time Period
Albania 1939—1945
   
Austria 1939—1945
   
Belgium 1940—1945
   
Bulgaria 1939—1945
   
Czechoslovakia 1939—1945
   
Denmark 1940—1945
   
Estonia 1941—1945
   
Finland 1941—1945
   
France 1940—1945
   
Greece 1941—1945
   
Germany, East 1939—1945
   
Germany, West 1939—1945
   
Hungary 1939—1945
   
Italy 1939—1945
   
Latvia 1941—1945
   
Libya 1941—1945
   
Lithuania 1941—1945
   
Luxembourg 1940—1945
   
Netherlands 1940—1945
   
Norway 1940—1945
   
Poland 1939—1945
   
Rumania 1939—1945
   
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1941—1945
   
Yugoslavia 1941—1945