The German statutory pension insurance agency, the Deutsche Rentenversicherung (German acronym, “DRV”), issues the ZRBG “Ghetto Pension” award notices
Prior to October 2005, the notices were issued by the Landesversicherungsanstalt (“LVA”) or the Bundesversicherungsanstalt für Angestellte (“BfA”).
The award notice is called a “Rentenbescheid” (“Pension Notice”), or simply “Bescheid” (“Notice”), and is written in German. If the notice relates to a ZRBG “Ghetto Pension”,
the following language may appear:
Die
vom [date] bis zum [date]
zurückgelegten Zeiten einer Beschäftigung in einem Ghetto wurden nach dem Gesetz zur
Zahlbarmachung von Renten aus Beschäftigungen in einem Ghetto und zur Änderung des
Sechsten Buches Sozialgesetzbuch als “Ghetto-Beitragszeiten” anerkannt. Für diese
Zeiten gelten Beiträge als gezahlt.
TRANSLATION:
The period(s)
from [date] through [date]
of employment in a ghetto was (were) recognized as “ghetto contribution periods” pursuant
to the Law for the Payment of Pensions for Periods of Employment in a Ghetto and the
amendment of the Sixth Book of the Social Code. For these periods, contributions are
deemed paid.
Although this language can be anywhere in the notice, it usually appears within the
first several pages, in a section entitled, “Berücksichtigung von Zeiten” (“Credited Periods”). The German phrases quoted in this section might not appear
in every notice related to a ZRBG “Ghetto Pension.” If the German phrase does not
appear, the payments might still be a German social insurance payment under the ZRBG.