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.
If a war victim dies as a result of an injury, you as a widow/widower, surviving partner, orphan or relative in the ascending line are entitled to a survivor's pension.
The pension will be paid into an account belonging to you or a third party living with you in the same household.
If you wish, the pension can also be paid free of charge as a payment order by Deutsche Postbank AG to your place of residence or habitual abode.