Legislation

The list of the most important laws, legal provisions, ordinances and agreements on the topic of Wiedergutmachung will be frequently updated. Whenever possible, you can have access either to a PDF or to an online document.

New legal provisions since the last update:

International/Agreements Until 1990/Western Europe/Netherlands

German-Dutch Agreements on Restitution Issues and the Release of German Reichsmark Securities, May 19 and June 13/10, 1952, in: BGBl. 1953 II, pp. 4–8. PDF

See more in the International/Agreements Until 1990 section.

Compensation beyond BEG legislation/Public servants

Richtlinien der Bundesregierung über die vorzugsweise Wiedereinstellung von ehemals politisch verfolgten Angehörigen des öffentlichen Dienstes, 21. Dezember 1950, in: GMBl. 1951, S. 93. PDF

Directives of the Federal Government on the preferential reinstatement of former politically persecuted civil servants, December 21, 1950, in: GMBl. 1951, p. 93. PDF

Second Act Amending the Act Governing Compensation for National Socialist Injustice for Public-Sector Employees, August 19, 1953, in: BGBl. 1953 I, pp. 994–995. PDF

Third Act Amending the Act Governing Compensation for National Socialist Injustice for Public-Sector Employees, December 23, 1955, in: BGBl. 1955 I, pp. 820–834. PDF

Fourth Act Amending the Act Governing Compensation for National Socialist Injustice for Public-Sector Employees, October 10, 1957, in: BGBl. 1957 I, p. 1703. PDF

Fifth Act Amending the Act Governing Compensation for National Socialist Injustice for Public-Sector Employees, November 30, 1960, in: BGBl. 1960 I, p. 870. PDF

Sixth Act Amending the Act Governing Compensation for National Socialist Injustice for Public-Sector Employees, August 18, 1961, in: BGBl. 1961 I, pp. 1349–1358. PDF

Seventh Act Amending the Act Governing Compensation for National Socialist Injustice for Public-Sector Employees, September 19, 1965, in: BGBl. 1965 I, pp. 1210–1213. PDF

Revised version of the Act Governing Compensation for National Socialist Injustice for Public-Sector Employees, December 15, 1965, in: BGBl. 1965 I, pp. 2073–2090. PDF

Art. IV § 3 of the Secend Federal Pay Act, November 5, 1973, in: BGBl. 1973 I, p. 1572. PDF

See more in the Compensation beyond BEG legislation section.