Short Answer
Any German pediatrician can issue a new yellow vaccination booklet and re-stamp confirmed immunizations by retrieving your child's records.
Reconstructing a multi-year medical history requires you to track down every clinic that previously treated your child.
What Most Expats Don't Realize
You assumed your child's medical history was safely stored on a central government database after losing the yellow booklet during a house move. When you registered for school, the administration rejected your verbal claims because your previous clinic had closed down, permanently wiping out your paper-only records. You lost €240 out of pocket for private laboratory blood titer tests because you had to medically prove immunity from scratch.
What To Do
- Call every medical clinic your child has ever visited to request a copy of their archived patient file.
- Bring a new blank yellow booklet to your current pediatrician to have the verified records re-stamped.
- "Können Sie die alten Impfungen in einen neuen Impfausweis übertragen?" (Can you transfer the old vaccinations into a new vaccination booklet?) — Ask the receptionist this once you have the paper records.
The Truth
Germany’s medical system does not use a centralized national database for immunization history. If you lose the physical yellow book and the original clinics cannot provide paper backups, the law treats your child as completely unvaccinated.