Are the Ghetto Pension and the Ghetto Fund connected?
Applicants who successfully receive on-going ZRBG pension payments are not eligible to receive the one-time 2,000 humanitarian grant. However, those who receive the 2,000 payment can apply to German social security for the Ghetto pension, and if approved, the 2.000 will be deducted from the payments. They can also ask for a re-examination of a ZRBG claim that was denied. Formally and administratively, the two programs are managed under different branches of the German government. The Federal Ministry for Labor and Social Affairs oversees Germanys social security administration network and the ghetto pension.The Ghetto Fund, on the other hand, is administered by the Federal Ministry of Finance, through the Office for Central Services and Unresolved Property Issues (BADV).