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You will receive war victims' welfare benefits as a person with impaired health (known as an injured party) if you receive a basic pension or have a recognized entitlement to medical treatment.

As an injured person, you will also receive war victims' welfare benefits for your family members if you are mainly responsible for their livelihood or were responsible for their livelihood before the injury. You will also receive war victims' welfare benefits if you are a surviving dependant of an injured person and receive a surviving dependant's pension, widow's or orphan's allowance.

War victims' welfare benefits supplement pension benefits (e.g. benefits for medical and sickness treatment or pension payments) by providing special assistance in individual cases.

The main beneficiaries are

• War victims,
• victims of violence,
• victims of military service,
• victims of civilian service,
• Victims of state injustice in the GDR,
• victims of vaccination
• and their surviving dependants.

• Application
• Proof of recognition of a pension entitlement by the war victims' pension provider
• Proof of income and assets

Personal requirements

You are:

• have a health impairment and
  • receive a basic pension or
  • are entitled to medical treatment
• survivor or surviving dependant of an injured person and receive a survivor's pension, widow's or orphan's allowance or
• a family member of an injured person.

Neediness

As a result of the injury or death of the injured party, you are unable to cover your living expenses from your income and assets or other eligible benefits.

None.

You can receive war victims' welfare benefits from the welfare and main welfare offices upon prior application. A list of the main welfare offices can be found in the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs brochure on war victims' welfare.

None.

War victims' welfare benefits are paid to persons with impaired health (so-called injured persons) who receive a basic pension or have a recognized entitlement to medical treatment.

You also receive war victims' welfare benefits if you are a surviving dependant of an injured person and receive a survivor's pension, widow's or orphan's allowance.

War victims' welfare benefits supplement care benefits (e.g. medical and sickness treatment benefits or pension payments) by providing special assistance in individual cases.

The following are responsible as local war victims' welfare organizations

1. the district of Mainz-Bingen

for the independent cities of Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kaiserslautern, Landau in der Pfalz, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Mainz, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Pirmasens, Speyer, Worms and Zweibrücken as well as the districts of Alzey-Worms, Bad Dürkheim, Donnersbergkreis, Germersheim, Kaiserslautern, Kusel, Mainz-Bingen, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Südliche Weinstraße and Südwestpfalz and

2. the district of Mayen-Koblenz

for the independent cities of Koblenz and Trier and the districts of Ahrweiler, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Bad Kreuznach, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Birkenfeld, Cochem-Zell, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Mayen-Koblenz, Neuwied, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Trier-Saarburg, Vulkaneifel and Westerwaldkreis.

As the supra-local provider of war victims' welfare, the State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Care is responsible in Koblenz (area of the local provider Mayen-Koblenz) and Mainz (area of the local provider Mainz-Bingen).

For those entitled to benefits under the Soldiers' Pension Act (military service invalids), the previously described responsibility of the state authorities only applies until December 31, 2015. From January 1, 2016, the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Personnel Management will be responsible for this group of people in the area of war victims' welfare.