Across Germany, 14.2 million people live in poverty. Almost 5.5 million people receive citizen's benefits - that is around 6.5 percent of the population.
Jörg Pilawa moved in with a family in a hotspot district of Berlin who live on citizens' money. Pilawa admits that his "view of poverty in Germany has changed." And that even though he only has to deal with so little money for a week, he is moved by what he experiences during his report. And also: "I'm reaching my limits physically and emotionally" in the Sat.1 report "JRG PILAWA Suddenly poor" (April 15th). The calculation is: "A life with citizen's money, with 127 euros a week." The family that Pilawa moves in with consists of two parents and four children. They live in Berlin's trendy Kreuzberg district. The number of people receiving citizen's benefits has increased since the increase in the allowance at the beginning of the year.