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.
Survivors who are granted (or are likely to be granted) benefits under the Federal Welfare Act or in the corresponding application of this act, for example, under the Soldiers' Welfare Act, the Civilian Service Act, the Prisoners' Assistance Act, the Infection Protection Act, the Act on Compensation for Victims of Violent Crimes, or the Criminal Rehabilitation Act, can also receive assistance under war victims' welfare. The prerequisite is that, due to the loss of a spouse, parent, child, or grandchild, the surviving dependents are unable to cover the recognized needs from the other benefits under the aforementioned laws and from their other income and assets. Whether and to what extent income is to be taken into account depends on different and individual income limits. However, the use of income and assets can be waived in certain cases. In addition to personal assistance, benefits in kind, one-off and ongoing allowances, and loans are possible. Debts are generally not assumed. The main welfare offices and welfare offices are responsible for war victims' welfare. War victims' welfare is part of social compensation law. It is named so in reference to the largest group of beneficiaries, but encompasses all welfare benefits under social compensation law. It is regulated in Sections 25 to 27j of the Federal Welfare Act and serves to supplement the other benefits of the Federal Welfare Act with special assistance in individual cases. Therefore, a prerequisite for the granting of benefits is recognition of a benefit entitlement by the war victims' welfare provider. The benefits include benefits for participation in working life, medical assistance, assistance with nursing care, assistance with continuing to run a household, assistance for the elderly, childcare allowance, supplementary assistance with subsistence, recreation assistance, housing assistance, and assistance in special life circumstances.