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Equalization of burdens for displaced persons, ethnic German repatriates and resettlers

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Schleswig-Holstein (Linie6Plus)

Service Description

You arrived in the Federal Republic of Germany as a displaced person or ethnic German repatriate from the German eastern territories, the Eastern Bloc countries or as a resettler. You were able to apply for compensation for financial losses or for the loss of your professional livelihood as a result of the Second World War. However, the deadline for submitting applications for equalization of burdens expired on 31.12.1995. The deadline for applications for war damage pensions also expired on 31.12.1999.

According to the Equalization of Burdens Act, the injured parties who had submitted their applications on time were entitled to the following benefits in particular:

  • Main compensation for the financial loss incurred.
  • War damage pension for the loss of livelihood or property.

Process flow

An application is no longer possible.

Requirements
  • You must have been resident in the Federal Republic of Germany on 01.01.1993.
  • You must have German nationality or German ethnicity.
  • You must have suffered financial loss or lost your professional livelihood as a result of the war.
  • You must have submitted an application by 31.12.1995 (for KSR by 31.12.1999).
Which documents are required?

You had to prove the financial loss or the loss of your professional existence by means of documents or credible witness statements.

What are the fees?

none

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
  • Applications for equalization of burdens: expired on 31.12.1995
  • Application deadline for the granting of war damage pensions: expired on 31.12.1999
Legal basis
What else should I know?
  • If your losses compensated in the equalization of burdens are fully or partially compensated after 31.12.1989 (return of assets, surrender of proceeds of sale, restoration of full power of disposal and compensation under the Compensation Act, the Compensation Benefits Act or the Nazi Persecutee Compensation Act), you must repay the excess equalization benefits granted.
  • The following are generally liable for repayment
    • the recipients of compensation benefits,
    • their heirs or other heirs
    • and, in the case of assets subject to succession, the subsequent heirs, insofar as they or their legal successors have received the compensation payment (universal successors).
  • Reclaiming: the basic amount of the principal compensation paid in excess due to loss adjustment plus the interest surcharge paid
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Author
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The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Process flow

An application is no longer possible.

Requirements

  • You must have been resident in the Federal Republic of Germany on 01.01.1993.
  • You must have German nationality or German ethnicity.
  • You must have suffered financial loss or lost your professional livelihood as a result of the war.
  • You must have submitted an application by 31.12.1995 (for KSR by 31.12.1999).

Which documents are required?

You had to prove the financial loss or the loss of your professional existence by means of documents or credible witness statements.

What are the fees?

none

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

  • Applications for equalization of burdens: expired on 31.12.1995
  • Application deadline for the granting of war damage pensions: expired on 31.12.1999

Legal basis

What else should I know?

  • If your losses compensated in the equalization of burdens are fully or partially compensated after 31.12.1989 (return of assets, surrender of proceeds of sale, restoration of full power of disposal and compensation under the Compensation Act, the Compensation Benefits Act or the Nazi Persecutee Compensation Act), you must repay the excess equalization benefits granted.
  • The following are generally liable for repayment
    • the recipients of compensation benefits,
    • their heirs or other heirs
    • and, in the case of assets subject to succession, the subsequent heirs, insofar as they or their legal successors have received the compensation payment (universal successors).
  • Reclaiming: the basic amount of the principal compensation paid in excess due to loss adjustment plus the interest surcharge paid

Weiterführende Informationen

Author

Forwarding service: Deep link to the original portal

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

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