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§ 36 Federal Social Security Act (BVG)
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You can apply for a funeral benefit if a relative of a war victim has died.

Please note: The following information is based on the provisions of the Federal Social Security Act, which has since expired. Similar benefits are now provided under Book XIV of the Social Code (SGB XIV). We will be able to provide you with more detailed information on this shortly. Until then, please contact the office listed at the bottom of this page with any related concerns.

• If a victim dies as a result of the injury, the person who arranged the transfer is entitled to reimbursement of the costs of repatriation. This reimbursement includes the necessary and reasonable costs of repatriation to the place of burial.
• If a person with disabilities dies as a result of the injury, the costs of the funeral will be covered up to one-seventh of the reference amount applicable at the time of death according to Section 18 Paragraph 1 of the Social Code (SGB IV). The person who arranged the funeral is entitled to have the costs of the funeral covered.
  If a disabled person entitled to a pension dies as a result of the injury, they are entitled to a funeral allowance of at least €2,063 (from 1 July 2022).
  If a disabled person entitled to a pension dies without the death being a result of the injury, there is a claim to funeral benefits of up to €1,035 (from 1 July 2022).
  From this amount, the funeral costs are paid first to the person who arranged the funeral. If there is any surplus, the spouse, registered civil partner, children, parents, stepparents, foster parents, grandchildren, grandparents, siblings, and siblings' children are entitled to receive the surplus, provided they were living with the deceased at the time of death. If there are no such beneficiaries, the surplus will not be paid out.

• You paid the funeral costs
• Death is always considered to be the result of an injury if an injured person dies from an illness that is legally recognised as the result of an injury and for which he or she was entitled to a pension at the time of death.

You can apply for funeral costs at the responsible office. Send an informal application by post or email to the responsible office. You will then receive an application form. You can submit the required documents with the completed application.

The funeral expenses are usually paid promptly upon request.

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Benefits to be granted on the basis of other statutory provisions (e.g. death benefit from health insurance or civil servant benefits) are offset against the funeral benefit.

If an injured person dies as a result of damage outside his permanent place of residence, the necessary costs for the transfer of the corpse will be reimbursed. This does not apply if the death occurred during a stay abroad. In this case, however, you can apply for a subsidy.

Section 36 of the Federal Pensions Act (BVG)
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The funeral allowance goes to the person who arranged the funeral. It is:

• for disabled persons entitled to a pension if death is the result of damage, at least €2,063 (from July 1, 2022)
• for disabled persons entitled to a pension, if death is not the result of the damage, up to €1,035 (from July 1, 2022)

The person who arranged the transfer is entitled to have the costs of the transfer taken over in the necessary and reasonable amount.

Authority for Labor, Health, Social Affairs, Family and Integration