Topics: germany
BEG Pension Widow Benefit
The Claims Conference wishes to inform you that following successful negotiations with the German government, on 31 March 2021, the German government issued guidelines stating that some widowers or widows of a Jewish Nazi victims who were receiving pension directly from the German government (e.g. BEG) might be eligible for transitional payments (also known as spouse payments).
BADV How to Apply
Note: These payments ARE NOT administered by the Claims Conference. Download application form: English Language Application FormGerman Language Application FormRussian Language Application Form Transitional Benefits to Surviving Spouses of Nazi Victims English Language Application Form for Transitional Benefits to Surviving Spouses of Nazi Victims Pension Replacement Supplement Application Application form for a one-off pension replacement […]
German Social Security Ghetto Pension – ZRBG
For Holocaust survivors who were employed for some form of wages while interned in Nazi ghettos.
German Government Ghetto Fund – BADV
In 2007 the German government established a compensation fund to recognize Holocaust victims who carried out work “without force” during their internment in a Nazi-era ghetto. The fund’s one-time payment of €2,000 was created to acknowledge ghetto survivors who had otherwise been rejected for German Social Security payments (known as the Ghetto Pension under the […]
West German Federal Indemnification Law – BEG
The original West German Federal Indemnification Law (known as the Bundesentschädigungsgesetz, or BEG) was enacted in 1952 by the government of West Germany as a result of agreements with the Claims Conference. This law encompasses three separate German laws that were adopted in 1953, 1956 and 1965 that provided for compensation to Holocaust survivors. This […]
