A device for damping compressive forces, wherein the device comprises the following: - a cylinder, in particular a circular cylinder, in which a hydraulic chamber is formed; - a hollow piston telescopically displaceable along a center axis relative to the cylinder; - a valve arrangement formed at an end region of the hollow piston to divide the hydraulic chamber into a rear hydraulic chamber region and a front hydraulic chamber region; and - a separating piston disposed in the hollow piston to be movable along the center axis which separates a head space formed in the hollow piston from the front hydraulic chamber region, wherein the valve arrangement comprises an overflow area connected to the rear hydraulic chamber region and an eccentric hydraulic compartment connected to the overflow area by means of at least one passage, wherein the valve arrangement further comprises an overload valve which is connected to the rear hydraulic chamber region by means of at least one overload passage, wherein an overload passage gap enables an overflow of hydraulic fluid from the rear hydraulic chamber region into the front hydraulic chamber region in the open state of the overload valve, and wherein the valve arrangement further comprises an eccentrically arranged multiplier valve, wherein the rear effective area of the multiplier valve is in operative hydraulic connection with the eccentric hydraulic compartment and the front effective area of the multiplier valve is in operative hydraulic connection with the front hydraulic chamber region such that hydraulic fluid will flow out of the eccentric hydraulic compartment into the front hydraulic chamber region when the multiplier valve is open, characterized in that the effective flow cross section of the open multiplier valve is smaller than the effective flow cross section through the overload passage gap of the open overload valve. - a cylinder, in particular a circular cylinder, in which a hydraulic chamber is formed; - a hollow piston telescopically displaceable along a center axis relative to the cylinder; - a valve arrangement formed at an end region of the hollow piston to divide the hydraulic chamber into a rear hydraulic chamber region and a front hydraulic chamber region; and - a separating piston disposed in the hollow piston to be movable along the center axis which separates a head space formed in the hollow piston from the front hydraulic chamber region, wherein the valve arrangement comprises an overflow area connected to the rear hydraulic chamber region and an eccentric hydraulic compartment connected to the overflow area by means of at least one passage, wherein the valve arrangement further comprises an overload valve which is connected to the rear hydraulic chamber region by means of at least one overload passage, wherein an overload passage gap enables an overflow of hydraulic fluid from the rear hydraulic chamber region into the front hydraulic chamber region in the open state of the overload valve, and wherein the valve arrangement further comprises an eccentrically arranged multiplier valve, wherein the rear effective area of the multiplier valve is in operative hydraulic connection with the eccentric hydraulic compartment and the front effective area of the multiplier valve is in operative hydraulic connection with the front hydraulic chamber region such that hydraulic fluid will flow out of the eccentric hydraulic compartment into the front hydraulic chamber region when the multiplier valve is open, characterized in that the effective flow cross section of the open multiplier valve is smaller than the effective flow cross section through the overload passage gap of the open overload valve.