17 June 1915, Thursday

Vienna. Bruno Schulz collects the allowance at the cash desk of the Central Agency for Assistance for War Refugees from Galicia and Bukovina at Zirkussgasse 5.

The allowance was much higher than before. An official’s annotation shows that he received 47 krone and 40 hellers on that day, plus an additional sum of 9 krone and 60 hellers, i.e. 57 krone in total. From 1 June 1915, he was entitled to an official raise: 90 hellers a day per person1, i.e. 37 krone and 80 hellers every two weeks, but the amount he charged was still higher by 19 krone and 20 hellers. Apparently, that was in addition to the allowance to which he was entitled. Schulz received the allowance for himself and for his sister and nephew. (js) (transl. ms)

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    According to the regulation of the Imperial-Royal Ministry of the Interior, war refugees from Galicia and Bukovina received an increase of 20 hellers per day per person on 1 June 1915, due to rising inflation, but in view of very high prices it was still below the subsistence minimum (Beatrix Hoffmann-Holter, Abreisendmachung Jüdische Kriegsflüchtlinge in Wien 1914–1923, Wien – Köln – Weimar 1995, p. 48).