Kriegsopferfürsorge Gewährung

1. benefits for damaged persons and their family members

Benefits from the War Victims' Welfare Fund are paid to persons whose health is impaired (so-called damaged persons) if they receive a basic pension in accordance with the Federal Pension Act or have a recognized claim to treatment in accordance with this Act.

Damaged persons also receive benefits from the War Victims' Welfare Fund for their family members if they are mainly responsible for their livelihood or were responsible for their livelihood before the injury and if they cannot cover their needs from their own income and assets.

2. benefits for surviving dependents

Benefits from the War Victims' Welfare Fund are also paid to survivors of injured persons (widows, widowers, civil partners, orphans, parent couples or parents) who receive benefits under the Federal Supply Act (e.g. widows' or orphans' pensions).

3. persons entitled to benefits

Beneficiaries are primarily:

• War-disabled persons,
• victims of acts of violence,
• military service-disabled persons,
• victims of civilian service,
• victims of state injustice in the GDR,
• victims of vaccination
• and their surviving dependents.

• Application
• Proof of recognition of a pension claim by the institution for war victims' pensions
• Proof of income and assets

Personal requirements

1. recognition of a claim for benefits

As a rule, war victims' welfare benefits can only be paid if a war victims' welfare institution has recognized a claim to benefits by means of a decision.

2. indigence (economic causality)

Damaged persons or their survivors can receive benefits from the war victims' welfare if the so-called economic causality exists. This means that, as a result of the injury, the victim or his or her survivors are not in a position to cover their individual needs resulting from the injury from their income and assets and the other benefits under the BVG..

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Benefits from war victims' welfare can be obtained from the welfare and main welfare offices upon prior application. A list of the main welfare offices can be found in the brochure on war victims' welfare published by the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.

War victims' welfare supplements the care benefits (e.g. benefits for medical and health treatment or pension payments) of social compensation by providing special assistance in individual cases.

In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania:

• Main welfare offices at the State Office for Health and Social Affairs
• Welfare offices at the counties and independent cities

In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania:

• Main welfare offices at the State Office for Health and Social Affairs
• Welfare offices at the counties and independent cities