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Regional Pension Institutions
Applicants can apply informally to the DRV-Bund (German Pension Insurance System) for their pension to be reviewed or make a new informal application for a pension. The DRV-Bund will forward the application to the relevant insurance authority who will then contact the applicant.
Address:
Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund
10704 Berlin
DRV-Bund Contact information:
Tel: ZRBG Ghetto Pension Questions:+49/(0)30-20247780
Tel: Switchboard +49/(0)30/ 865-0
Fax: +49/(0)30/ 865 27240
E-Mail: drv@drv-bund.de
Contact Information
The German Social Insurance system was re-organized in October 2005 and is now overseen by the central Federal Pension Insurance Association (Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund). The regional pension institutions – formally known as the Landesversicherungsanstalten or LVA - have new names.
Below is an updated list of some of the regional agencies relevant to Holocaust survivors. Note that foreign pensions are administered according to country of current residence:
For a complete list of regional pension institutions, please visit: www.deutsche-rentenversicherung.de
| Regional Pension Institutions |
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Residents of Great Britain, Ireland, United States, Canada/Quebec:
Deutsche Rentenversicherung Nord Standort Hamburg (Formally LVA Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg) Friedrich-Ebert-Damm 245 22159 Hamburg Germany Tel.: 49-40-5300-0 Fax: 49-40-5300-2999 |
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Residents of Australia & New Zealand
Deutsche Rentenversicherung Oldenburg-Bremen ( formerlyLVA Oldenburg-Bremen) Huntestraße 11 26135 Oldenburg Telefon 0441 927-0 Telefax 0441 927-2563 |
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Residents of Belgium, Israel, Chile, Spain or Countries with No Agreement
With Germany: Deutsche Rentenversicherung Rheinland (Formally LVA Rheinprovinz) 40194 Düsseldorf Germany Tel: (49-211) 937-0 Fax: (49-211) 937-3096 |
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Residents of Bulgaria, Hungary, States of the FSU excluding Estonia,
Latvia and Lithuania: Deutsche Rentenversicherung Mitteldeutschland Standort Erfurt (Formally LVA Thüringen) Kranichfelder Strasse 3 99097 Erfurt Germany Tel.: 49-361-482-0 Fax 49-361-482-2299 |
| Residents of European Union may submit claim requests through their local Pension Insurance institution. |
| The Claims Conference continues to monitor the implementation of the Ghetto pension law and is actively engaged (in collaboration with the government of Israel and US legislators) in pressing the German authorities for interpretation of the law that would allow the greatest number of survivors possible to receive this pension. |