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The article discusses the loss of insurance papers during World War II in Germany and the effects of this on pension allocation after the war. Various methods of calculating pensions, including the waiting and entitlement period are outlined. In addition, calculating provisions for widows and orphans is discussed.

A position paper is presented from Dr. W. W. Schütz, member of the Kuratorium Unteilbares Deutschland (Curatorship of Indivisible Germany). The author argues that the desire for independence and national self-determination is universal in the world and that political efforts to date toward German reunification have been halting and effete. He urges a sense of unity and political will among global groups who share the view of a partnership of ideals leading to those goals' fulfillment.

The article discusses the November 1972 position paper on worker-governed asset building from the Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände (BDA - Federation of German Employers' Associations). The BDA opinion was that a new model of individual asset building as proposed by the labor interests was not necessary and that workers should use the normal wage negotiation and contract process as a means to personal prosperity.