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The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Help for people who have been harmed by unjust imprisonment

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The Prisoner Assistance Act regulates financial compensation for persons of German nationality who were detained for political reasons in the Soviet Occupation Zone (SBZ) or in the Soviet sector of Berlin or in the Eastern Bloc states after the Second World War, as well as for their relatives and surviving dependants.

If a person suffers an injury during detention, they will receive benefits in analogous application of the provisions of the Federal Pension Act. Surviving dependants also receive benefits if the detention led to the death of the detainee.

Legal basis

Which documents are required?

Rehabilitation certificate

Requirements

Health damage during imprisonment

Damage to health during imprisonment.

What are the fees?

none

Processing duration

Rarely under 12 months

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

None for the application.

Any benefits will only be granted from the date of application.

None.

Appeal

An appeal can be lodged against the authority's decision within one month of notification. The appeal can be made against a rejection as well as against the scope and amount of the benefits.

Applications / forms

Forms are provided by the Länder. There is no online procedure, there is a written form requirement.

Who should I contact?

Depending on the reason for the application, responsibility lies with the:

  • Pension Office for the care provided for under the HHG, the StrRehaG and the Act on the Repeal of Administrative Decisions contrary to the Rule of Law in the Accession Area and the associated subsequent claims (VwRehaG) due to damage to health caused by liability or persecution

  • local social welfare institutions for compensation payments under the Act on the Compensation of Occupational Disadvantages for Victims of Political Persecution in the Accession Area (BerRehaG)

  • the district, the independent city, the Hanover region, the city of Göttingen and the large independent city

    • for capital compensation (prison compensation) under the StrRehaG,

    • for the special allowance according to § 17 a StrRehaG (so-called victim's pension)

Responsible authorities

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Landkreis Emsland - Fachbereich Soziales
Address: Ordeniederung 1 , 49716 Meppen
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Postal address: Post Office Box 15 62 , 49705 Meppen
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Telephone: 05931 44-0
Fax: 05931 44-3621
Email: Get in touch
www: https://www.emsland.de
Transport Connection:
Station Haltestelle Kreishaus
Bus: 993
Building Access
elevator available, wheelchair-accessible

Contact

Andrea Dankelmann
Telephone: 05931 44-4266
Email: Get in touch
Room:
F 266
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Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)

Further Links

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Single points of contact of the state of Lower Saxony, Single points of contact of the countries of Europe, advice and assistance for EU citizens and their families.
Access information on the single point of contact for the state of Lower Saxonyvisit Website Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEsVisit advice and assistance for EU citizens and their families