Topics: Germany
ZRBG Payments for Child Rearing Periods (Kindererziehungszeiten)
The information presented below is intended solely as a general guide. It is a broad summary and overview. For information on Payments for Child Rearing Periods consult the German Social Insurance Board at the address given below. Under German Social Insurance laws, certain pensions or benefits for child-rearing periods may be claimed by individuals who […]
Claims Conference Reaches $1 Billion Agreement with German Government for Survivor Homecare
May 28, 2013 – The Claims Conference has negotiated an agreement under which the German government has committed to provide approximately $1 billion over a four-year period for homecare for Jewish Holocaust victims, with the annual amount increasing every year through 2017. The German government agreed, in its talks with the Claims Conference, to provide €205 million ($266 million) in 2015 – an increase of 45 percent over 2014; €210 million […]
Germany
Direct compensation payments are made from the Article 2 Fund, the Hardship Fund and the Child Survivor Fund. Zentralwohlfahrtsstelle der Juden in Deutschland (ZWST) serves as the central social service umbrella organization for the nearly 100 Jewish communities across Germany. With Claims Conference funding, ZWST administers a program with Jewish communities providing case management and […]
Germany and Claims Conference Agree on Continued Payments, Homecare for Holocaust Survivors to Mark 60 Years of Compensation Agreements
The government of Germany has committed through an agreement signed with the Claims Conference at a public ceremony, to continue compensation payments to eligible Holocaust survivors and providing funding for homecare for elderly victims.
