2024-11-04 13:12 Kurzmeldungen (hib) – “Finanzierung der Kriegsgräberfürsorge”
Financing of War Graves Care
The federal government will provide 13.9 million euros for the care of war graves in 2025. The Bundestag approved the corresponding draft budget, submitted by the Federal Ministry of the Interior, on Thursday with the votes of the SPD, Greens, FDP, and AfD factions. The Left Party voted against it.
The funds are intended to cover the costs of maintaining and caring for German war graves abroad as well as those of foreign war graves in Germany. The tasks of war graves care include, among other things, the maintenance and repair of war graves, the creation of new war graves, and the search for missing soldiers.
In addition to the federal government, the German War Graves Commission (VDK) is also involved in the care of war graves. The VDK is a non-profit association that has been responsible for the care of German war graves abroad since 1919. The association is primarily financed by membership fees and donations.
In 2025, the VDK will receive a subsidy of 3.2 million euros from the federal government. This subsidy is intended to cover the VDK’s administrative costs, such as staff salaries and office expenses.
The remaining funds for war graves care come from the budgets of the federal states and municipalities. The federal states are responsible for the care of German war graves within their territory, while the municipalities are responsible for the care of foreign war graves within their territory.
The care of war graves is an important task that serves to commemorate the victims of war and to remind us of the horrors of war. The federal government and the VDK are committed to ensuring that this task is carried out in a dignified and respectful manner.
Finanzierung der Kriegsgräberfürsorge
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