German Restitution Laws
The German Restitution Laws were a series of laws passed in the 1950s in
First Law
A first law for the restitution of private persons was the Bundesergänzungsgesetz zur Entschädigung für Opfer der nationalsozialistischen Verfolgung (BErG) of 18 September 1953.[1] This law was passed after only 3½ month of deliberations, and it was felt that improvements and amendments would be needed. Such changes were made in the Bundesgesetz zur Entschädigung für Opfer der nationalsozialistischen Verfolgung (BEG), which was passed on 29 June 1956 and modified again in the Bundesentschädigungsschlussgesetz (BEG-SG) of 14 September 1965. Both the BEG and the BEG-SG became effective retroactively as of 1 October 1953.[1]
Other Laws
Other restitution laws were the Gesetz zur Wiedergutmachung nationalsozialistischen Unrechts im öffentlichen Dienst (BWGöD) for (former) employees of public service institutions of 11 May 1951 and the Bundesgesetz zur Regelung der rückerstattungsrechtlichen Geldverbindlichkeiten des Deutschen Reiches und gleichgestellter Rechtsträger (Bundesrückerstattungsgesetz, BRüG) of 19 July 1957.[2]
The BErG/BEG deals with compensatory payments for suffered personal damage, while the BRüG covers restitutions for expropriated property. Claimants had to file their claims in order to receive payments; the term for filing claims under the BEG expired on 31 December 1969.[1]
After the fall of the German Democratic Republic and the reunification of Germany 1990, German authorities had to wrestle with the enormous complexity of applying these laws and former GDR law in addressing property claims.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Lehmann-Richter, Arnold (December 1, 2002). "Die gerichtliche Beurteilung rückwirkender Gesetzesänderungen im Wiedergutmachungsrecht" [The judicial assessment of retroactive legislative changes in reparations law]. Forum Historiae Iuris (in German): 3. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ^ Lehmann-Richter (2002), pp. 1-2.
- ^ A. James McAdams, "Judging the Past in Unified Germany (Cambridge UP, 2001), 124-157
External links
- German Compensation for National Socialist Crimes, German Embassy in Washington, DC. URL last accessed 2006-12-13.
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