"Act on the Equalisation of Burdens" (LAG)
Bundesgesetzesblatt, Bundesanzeiger Verlag, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
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31. January 1950
West Germany and Czechoslovakia sign an exit agreement for Sudetenland Germans.19 June 1950
The "Homecoming Law", which grants special rights and privileges to former prisoners of war, is passed.19 July 1950
The Central Council of Jews in Germany is established in Frankfurt am Main2 July 1951
Der Ziegenstall, Valeska Gert's cabaret bar, opens on the island of Sylt. As a Jew, and an artist defamed as "degenerate" by the Nazis, the dancer and actress had emigrated from her native Germany.28. July 1951
The Geneva Refugee Convention is passed at a special UN conference in Geneva.This convention comes into force three years later, on 22 April 1954. 145 countries are party to the convention.24 October 1951
General assembly of the German PEN CentreAt the meeting, the Writers' Association, which was hitherto a nation-wide organisation, splits. Shortly afterwards, on 4 December, the West German PEN Centre is founded in Darmstadt.22 - 25 May 1952
Chaired by Anna Seghers, the Writers' Association constitutes itself as an independent group in East Germany outside the "Cultural Association" and commits itself to "Socialist Realism".1 September 1952
"Equalisation of Burdens Act" comes into effectThe law aims to regulate, as much as economically possible, damages and losses that Germans incurred as a result of World War II and its aftermath.12 January 1953
The Federal Authority for the Recognition of Foreign Refugees begins operations in Nuremberg. Since 2005 the authority has been known as the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees.19 May 1953
The "Law on the Affairs of Expellees and Refugees" comes into effectThe law - known as the “Federal Law on Displaced Persons” – regulates how the state provides for German displaced persons and refugees in Germany.