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Paul Klinger Künstlersozialwerk
German nonprofit social organisation
Paul Klinger Künstlersozialwerk e.V.[lower-alpha 1] is an independent German non-profit social organisation founded in 1974. It's not associated with any public institution, and is financed exclusively by membership fees as well as donations. It helps artists in emergency situations, as well as with a helpline for all questions related to an artist's life, such as insurance, pension plans, legal matters, debts, and bancruptcy, and other social issues.[1] The association has about 1.200 members of all crafts and disciplines, e.g. musicians and composers, painters and further fine artists, novelists and poets, TV and filmmakers, actors, dancers and other stage performers, photographers, journalists, publicists, and illustrators.