Fritz Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Discovered this group of papers on facebook - it was posted by the SoVD Landesverband Niedersachsen, explaining that the forerunner of it's organisation was founded 100 years ago, due to the number of casualties in the Great War. The documents are associated with the NSKOV (Nationalsozialistische Kriegsopferversorgung), and an allowance has been granted to the man, who was severely wounded and had brain damage, that is to say, to his widow, as he died before it was granted. The pension was granted on 26. October 1936, the allowance 5. July 1939. The name of the recipient has apparently been erased from the documents. The present day SoVD is the Sozialverband Deutschland, serving those today, who can no longer carry out their job or profession, due to health reasons. Can be claimed by practically anyone in this category nowadays. Pensions and unemployment and sick benefits were first introduced in the new Sozialgesetzgebung on the initiative of Otto von Bismarck around 1890. The Kaiser very much supported this and showed much interest to the welfare of his subjects, which was frowned upon by industry and commerce. Germany was the first land wordwide to introduce these laws. Many other countries in Europe later copied this idea, which was barely continued in the Weimar Republic, but renewed under Hitler. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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