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Payment of death benefits for war victims

You can apply for a death benefit if a relative of a war victim has died.
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Detailed description

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 disabled person dies, his or her relatives receive a death benefit.

  • Amount: 3 times the pension to which the deceased was entitled in the month of death according to Sections 30 to 33, 34 and 35; however, the care allowance may not exceed Level II
 

Information

Prerequisites

Relatives are entitled to benefits if they were living in the same household as the deceased at the time of death. The following order of priority applies:

  1. spouse
  2. life partner
  3. Children
  4. Parents
  5. stepparents
  6. Foster parents
  7. grandson
  8. grandparents
  9. Siblings
  10. siblings
If the deceased did not live in the same household with any of these persons, the death benefit is paid in equal order to the person whose maintenance the deceased was responsible for.
If there are no beneficiaries, the death benefit may be paid to the person who paid for the last illness or funeral, or who cared for the deceased until death.

Documents required

  • death certificate
  • Evidence of family relationship (through stud book)

Please note

No

Deadlines

No

Procedure

You can apply for the death benefit from the competent pension authority. Send an informal application by post or email to the responsible office. You will then be sent an application form. You can submit the required documents with the completed application.

Processing time

The death benefit is usually paid promptly upon request.

Fees

No

Legal basis

Section 37 of the Federal Pensions Act (BVG)

http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bvg/__37.html

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Last updated: 17.07.2025