Sozialverband Deutschland

The Sozialverband Deutschland is a German socio-political advocacy organisation. It was founded in 1917 with a focus on assisting veterans of World War I as the Bund der Kriegsteilnehmer und Kriegsbeschädigten, in 1918 became the Reichsbund der Kriegsbeschädigten und Kriegsteilnehmer, and in 1999, after several further changes of name, became the Sozialverband Deutschland, with the note that it was founded in 1917 as the Reichsbund.

The Bund der Kriegsteilnehmer und Kriegsbeschädigten was founded on 23 May 1917 in Berlin by war wounded to advocate for wounded veterans and dependents of those killed in World War I. By 1927 it had reached 5,500 members.