Besondere Zuwendung für Haftopfer nach Strafrechtlichem Rehabilitierungsgesetz Gewährung

Were you imprisoned in the GDR for at least 90 days and were therefore rehabilitated by a court? Then you can receive a special allowance for victims of imprisonment.

If you were imprisoned for at least 90 days and the imprisonment was not compatible with the fundamental principles of a free constitutional order, you can receive a special allowance for victims of imprisonment. The allowance amounts to EUR 330 per month.

The following persons may be affected, for example

• Victims of the SED regime who were imprisoned in the former GDR for political reasons in violation of the rule of law
• Victims of the SED regime who were committed to a psychiatric institution or placed in a home for children or adolescents in the former GDR for political or other irrelevant reasons.

You must have been rehabilitated by a court because of the deprivation of liberty contrary to the rule of law.

Your income must not exceed certain income limits.

The following income is not taken into account:

• Pensions due to
  • old age
  • reduced earning capacity
  • an accident at work or an occupational disease
  • death or comparable benefits
• employment promotion allowance
• child benefit

The allowance is non-seizable, non-transferable and non-inheritable.

You cannot receive the special allowance for victims of imprisonment if you have been sentenced to at least 3 years' imprisonment for an intentional criminal offense and this conviction is contained in information from the Federal Central Criminal Register.

• Rehabilitation decision
• Proof of income

• You have been rehabilitated under the Criminal Rehabilitation Act because you suffered at least 90 days of imprisonment or deprivation of liberty in the GDR in violation of the rule of law.
• Your economic situation is particularly impaired.
• You have not been sentenced to a prison term of at least 3 years for an intentional criminal offense that is contained in information from the Federal Central Criminal Register.

As you receive the allowance in advance, you must report any changes in your income without delay.

There are no indications or special features.

• Application for a court decision to the competent regional court

• Special allowance for victims of imprisonment in the GDR
• for deprivation of liberty of at least 90 days in total
• Deprivation of liberty is not compatible with the essential principles of a free constitutional order and the person concerned has therefore been rehabilitated by a court
• Amount of the allowance: EUR 330 per month
• Income limits apply
• The following income is not taken into account:
  • Pension due to
    • old age
    • reduced earning capacity
    • an accident at work or an occupational disease
    • death or comparable benefits
  • employment promotion allowance
  • child benefit
• Allowance is non-garnishable, non-transferable and non-inheritable
• Allowance for victims of imprisonment not for persons against whom a prison sentence of at least 3 years has been finally imposed for an intentional criminal offense, provided that this conviction is contained in information from the Federal Central Criminal Register