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Claims Conference Allocations from Successor Organization Funds
View the list of Claims Conference Allocations from the Successor Organization.
The Claims Conference allocated approximately $170 million in 2009 for vital social services for elderly Jewish victims of Nazism. This is an increase over the Claims Conference’s 2008 allocations of approximately $150 million to assist Nazi victims.
Allocations were made in 43 countries for services such as homecare for homebound Nazi victims in need, medical assistance, food programs, transportation, emergency cash grants, winter relief, and socialization programs. Since 1995, the Claims Conference has been the foremost organization in the world in identifying and addressing the unique social welfare and health needs of Jewish victims of Nazism.
Most of the funds to be allocated for 2009 programs are from the Claims Conference Successor Organization, which recovers proceeds from unclaimed Jewish property in the former East Germany. The Claims Conference also administers social service grants from German government funds negotiated by the Claims Conference; the Swiss Banks Settlement Looted Assets Class, on behalf of the U.S. District Court; the “Hungarian Gold Train” Settlement on behalf of the U.S. District Court; Austrian government funds negotiated by the Claims Conference; and the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims (ICHEIC). Successor Organization allocations were increased for 2009 in part to make up for the declining ICHEIC allocations, as that organization has ceased operations.
A small percentage of Successor Organization allocations per year support Shoah research, education, and documentation. These grants are the Claims Conference’s contribution to ensuring that the memory and lessons of the Holocaust are preserved for current and future generations.