Overview

• A Pirmasens couple featured in Armes Deutschland was convicted by the Amtsgericht Pirmasens for benefit-related schemes, yet pretrial footage still shows them spending.
• Reporting says the pair drew multiple benefits totaling well over €3,000 a month and sold books taken from public shelves without telling the jobcenter.
• RTL Zwei will air the episode on Saturday, 23 August, at 20:15, noting it was recorded before the court proceedings.
• In Hartz und herzlich from Rostock, Pamela says only €80 arrived instead of more than €700, and she describes a failed call to the jobcenter while awaiting her widow’s pension and Bürgergeld.
• Further segments track Jasmin’s two-month gap in Bürgergeld after a move with payments expected only by December, and Katharina’s abrupt dismissal as she pursues a one-to-one care role.