Equalisation of burdens for expellees, late repatriates and resettlers

An application is no longer possible.

• In principle, you must have your residence in the Federal Republic of Germany on 01.01.1993.
• You must have German citizenship or German nationality.
• You must have suffered financial loss or lost your professional livelihood as a result of the events of the war.
• You must have submitted an application by 31 December 1995 (by 31 December 1999 in the case of KSR).

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

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• Applications for burden-sharing benefits: expired on 31.12.1995
• Deadline for applications for war damage pensions: expired on 31.12.1999

• Lastenausgleichsgesetz (LAG)

• If your losses compensated in the equalisation of burdens are fully or partially compensated after 31.12.1989 (restitution of assets, surrender of proceeds of disposal, restoration of full power of disposal as well as compensation according to the Compensation Act, the Equalisation Benefits Act or the Nazi Victims of Persecution Compensation Act), you must reimburse the excess amount of equalisation benefits granted.
• In principle, the following are liable for repayment:
  • the recipients of compensation benefits
  • their heirs or further heirs
  • as well as, in the case of property subject to succession, the subsequent heirs, insofar as these or their legal successors have received the compensation benefits (universal successors).
• Recovery: the basic amount of the principal compensation paid in excess due to compensation for damage plus the interest surcharge paid.