Federal Supplementary Law
The first national compensation law of 1953 is known as the Federal Supplementary Law (Bundesergänzungsgesetz). In 113 paragraphs, it set forth the groups of individuals to be compensated, the damages to be taken into account, the satisfaction of compensation claims, and the responsible authorities and procedural rules. In 1956, it was replaced by the Federal Compensation Law (Bundesentschädigungsgesetz, BEG). >>more