Political prisoners (former): Support

Source: BUS Rheinland-Pfalz

The Prisoner Assistance Act regulates financial compensation for persons of German nationality who were taken into custody for political reasons after the Second World War in the Soviet occupation zone (SBZ) or in the Soviet sector of Berlin or in the states of the Eastern Bloc, as well as for their relatives and survivors.

If a person suffers injury during custody, he or she receives care in analogous application of the provisions of the Federal Supply Act. Survivors also receive benefits if the detention resulted in the death of the detainee.

Please contact

the pension offices for the care provided for under the HHG, the StrRehaG and the VwRehaG due to liability or persecution-related damage to health,
the local social assistance institutions for compensation under the BerRehaG,
the Supervisory and Service Directorate Trier
- for the capital compensation (liability compensation) according to the StrRehaG,
- for the special benefit, the so-called victim's pension.

Political prisoners (former): Support

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Appeal