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07/13/2010 Claims Conference Holocaust Victims to Receive $10 Million in Aid from Weinberg Foundation Grant to Claims Conference
06/2/2010 Claims Conference Inaugural Issue of Claims Conference Worldbook Published [PDF]
05/27/2010 Claims Conference Claims Conference Launches Blog, Focusing on a Wide Range of Holocaust Issues
03/19/2010 Negotiations Ghetto Pension Claims to be Re-Opened: Claims Conference Secures Commitment from Germany
03/12/2010 Negotiations Major Increase in Homecare Funds for Holocaust Survivors from Claims Conference Negotiations with Germany
02/11/2010 Hardship Fund Announcement Regarding the Hardship Fund
09/20/2009 Ghetto Pension German Social Security-"Ghetto Pension" (ZRBG) Update
08/11/2009 Austria Austria: Pension Rights Expanded to Survivors Born After the Anschluss
07/15/2009 Claims Conference Gregory Schneider Voted New Claims Conference Executive Vice President; Funding for Nazi Victims Needs Top Priority
07/02/2009 Claims Conference General Controller Annual Summary Report
06/20/2009 Ghetto Pension German Social Security for Ghetto Workers Liberalized
04/27/2009 Claims Conference Search Committee Formed
04/01/2009 Claims Conference Announcement of Amendment to Goodwill Fund Guidelines
03/26/2009 Claims Conference Announcement Regarding the Executive Vice President of the Claims Conference
03/20/2009 CEEF Needy Holocaust Survivors in Central & Eastern Europe to Receive Increased Payments from Claims Conference Negotiations
03/19/2009 Hardship Fund Hardship Fund Update: 13,000 Needy Nazi Victims in 36 Countries to Receive $42 Million From Claims Conference Negotiations With Germany: Most Have Never Before Received Compensation
01/13/2009 Allocations Nazi Victims in Gaza Region Receive $428,000 in Aid from Claims Conference as Part of Long-Standing Support
01/09/2009 Allocations Claims Conference to Increase Funds for Nazi Victim Services in 2009; $168 Million to Be Allocated in 43 Countries
11/05/2008 Hardship Fund Claims Conference to Press Germany to Reconsider Rejected Applications from Nazi Victims to Hardship Fund
11/04/2008 Hardship Fund Announcement Concerning Leningrad Siege Applications
11/04/2008 Negotiations Amb. Stuart Eizenstat to Serve as Claims Conference Special Negotiator
08/06/2008 Hungary Claims Conference Secures €12 Million For Jewish Budapest Holocaust Survivors
07/20/2008 Hardship Fund Claims Conference Obtains German Payments for Jewish Survivors of Nazi Siege of Leningrad Now Living in West
07/18/2008 Claims Conference Claims Conference General Controller Annual Summary Report, July 8, 2008
07/17/2008 Claims Conference World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust Becomes Member Organization
07/16/2008 Allocations Claims Conference Increases Allocations to Assist Jewish Victims of Nazism Worldwide, Expanding Social Services
07/10/2008 Eastern Europe U.S. State Department Envoy Pressing Holocaust-Era Property Compensation in Eastern Europe
07/01/2008 Eastern Europe Urged by Claims Conference, Both Houses of Congress to Call for Eastern European Property Restitution
06/30/2008 Compensation German Government Ghetto Work Fund Update: Approvals and Negotiatations
06/11/2008 Negotiations Claims Conference Obtains $320 Million for Holocaust Survivors in German Negotiations; Homecare Funds Doubled
05/08/2008 Memoirs Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Sought for Electronic Collection; Last Chance to Preserve First-Hand Accounts
05/08/2008 Eastern Europe Property Restitution in Eastern Europe
04/28/2008 Claims Conference Claims Conference response to a movie, "Reparations Morality," that aired on Israeli television on April 30, 2008.
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04/22/2008 Claims Conference Recoveries by Successor Organization for Which it has Received Funds
03/11/2008 Claims Conference Polish Prime Minister Commits to Restitution Legislation
02/11/2008 Claims Conference The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Mourns the Passing of U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos, the Only Holocaust Survivor Ever Elected to Congress
01/28/2008 Austria Needy Austrian Nazi Victims Worldwide To Receive Medical Cares
01/22/2008 Compensation Draft Law Approved for Plan to Increase Support Payments to Needy Elderly and Holocaust Survivors
01/15/2008 Compensation Israel Distributes New Pension Payments for Holocaust Survivors
01/09/2008 Compensation Government of Israel Pensions to Holocaust Survivors
12/20/2007 Ghetto Pension Claims Conference Information Notice to Assist Survivors Applying for German Government Ghetto Work Compensation Fund
12/12/2007 Allocations Claims Conference Giving $550,000 to Assist Nazi Victims in Conflict Zone Near Gaza
09/20/2007 Ghetto Pension Ghetto Work Compensation Fund Announced by Germany
08/31/2007 Claims Conference In Breakthrough, Claims Conference Secures $250 Million from Germany for Additional 6,000 Holocaust Survivors Worldwide
08/10/2007 Claims Conference Jewish Week Op-ed Article by Claims Conference Chairman Julius Berman
08/10/2007 Claims Conference Maarive Op-ed Article by Claims Conference Chairman Julius Berman
08/10/2007 Israel Holocaust Era Assets Located in Israel
07/23/2007 Allocations Claims Conference Increases Funding For Social Welfare Programs For Jewish Nazi Victims, As ICHEIC Funding Ends
07/18/2007 Claims Conference Announcement Regarding Claims Conference President
07/18/2007 Ghetto Pension U.S. Government, Congress Bolster Claims Conference Efforts to Obtain German Social Security for Survivors
07/05/2007 Claims Conference Statement Concerning Value of Unsold Properties in Financial Statements
07/02/2007 Ghetto Pension ZRBG Ghetto Pension Law: Claims Conference Continues to Press German Government
06/29/2007 Negotiations Claims Conference Secures 1,500 More Pensions for Holocaust Survivors; Payments Increase In Eastern Europe
06/19/2007 Claims Conference Statement Concerning Claims Conference Audit of March of the Living
06/12/2007 Claims Conference Claims Conference President
05/01/2007 Allocations Survivor Testimonies Engage Students in Holocaust History
04/12/2007 Art Art Claims in Netherlands Remain Open
03/14/2007 Ghetto Pension Update on Germany’s "Ghetto Pension" Social Security
03/13/2007 Righteous Gentiles Holocaust Rescuers of Jews Honored by Claims Conference
03/08/2007 Poland Claims Conference Meets Polish Prime Minister, Pressing for Restitution Law
01/07/2007 Article2 Independent Review Authority Appointed
12/13/2006 Art Netherlands Museum Displays Nazi/Era Looted Art, Hoping to Find Owners
11/30/2006 Israel Claims Conference in Northern Israel: Support for Nazi Victims
11/10/2006 Art Czech Art Claims Deadline Abolished; Claims Can be Filed Indefinitely
10/19/2006 Art Claims Conference Announces That Unclaimed Looted Art In Austrian Museums Now Listed Online
09/20/2006 Claims Conference Announcement/Staff/Israel
09/18/2006 Claims Conference Announcement/Staff/Germany
08/21/2006 Israel Yiddishpiel Brings Relief to Nazi Victims in Northern Israel
07/31/2006 Hungary Hungarian Government Extends Deadline to December 31, 2006 for Compensation Program
07/25/2006 Art Nazi/Era Stolen Art and U.S. Museums: A Survey
07/24/2006 Restitution U.S. Government Renews Commitment to Restitution Issues
06/21/2006 Insurance Holocaust Survivor Services to Receive an Additional $18 Million Over Three Years from Insurance Commission
06/14/2006 Article 2 Fund Survivors from Tunisia, Western Europe Gain Compensation From Claims Conference Negotiations
06/13/2006 Homecare Claims Conference Obtains Additional Funds for In/Home Services
05/02/2006 Hungary Hungarian Holocaust Survivors and Victims’ Kin May Apply For Government Payments
04/04/2006 Belgium Belgium: Deadline on New Fund Extended to June 30, 2006
02/01/2006 Belgium Belgium: March 31, 2006 Application Deadline for New Compensation Fund
01/10/2006 Ghetto Pension Recent News on German Social Security Pensions
11/22/2005 Article 2 Fund Important Information for applicants to the Article 2 Fund residing in the Netherlands or who were Dutch citizens at the date of persecution.
10/24/2005 ICHEIC Increases Allocations
11/14/2005 Slave Labor Final Payments Under Program for Former Slave and Forced Laborers
10/24/2005 Allocations Kosher Kitchen Opens in Belgrade, Serbia
10/10/2005 Allocations Holocaust Survivor Rescued After Katrina / Helped In Dallas by Claims Conference/Funded Program
09/01/2005 Poland Holocaust Restitution in Poland
08/29/2005 ICHEIC Offers Additional $16 Million to Holocaust Era Insurance Claimants from Humanitarian Claims Funds
08/04/2005 Restitution Comments by U.S. State Department Official and New York Mayor at Claims Conference Board Meeting
07/27/2005 Claims Conference Claims Conference Distributed $1 Billion in 2004
07/09/2005 Swiss Banks Final Announcement: July 13 Application Deadline for Claims to Newly Published Swiss Bank Accounts
06/07/2005 Ghetto Pension Claims Conference Tells German Government of Problems Implementing "Ghetto Pension" Legislation
06/03/2005 Hardship Fund After 25 Years, 300,000 Victims of Nazism and Communism Have Received Payments Through Hardship Fund
05/18/2005 Homecare Germany Agrees to Second Allocation for Survivor Homecare; Recognizes Additional Camps for Compensation Eligibility
05/06/2005 Homecare Survivor Calls on Germany to Fund Homecare
05/02/2005 Gold Train Settlement “Gold Train” Settlement Will Fund Services for Hungarian Holocaust Survivors; Objections, Exclusions Due August 1
03/21/2005 Compensation Claims Conference Distributes $820 million in Direct Compensation in 2004, Largest One/Year Distribution in History
03/04/2005 Property Claims Claims Conference to Recover Proceeds from Berlin Property for Wertheim Family; Calls on Karstadt to Drop Appeals
01/14/2005 Ghetto Pension Update: Germany’s “Ghetto Pension”
01/13/2005 Swiss Banks U.S. District Court Announces Holocaust/Era Swiss Bank Funds Can Be Claimed Against New Published List of 3,100 Names
12/03/2004 Yad Vashem Yad Vashem Posts Database of 3 Million Shoah Victims’ Names on Internet; Seeking More Names
11/03/2004 Insurance $2.3 Million in Offers to 128 Holocaust/Era Insurance Claimants for Policies from Liquidated or Nationalized Companies
10/26/2004 Austria Austrian Holocaust Survivor Emergency Assistance Program
10/13/2004 Austria No Application Necessary for Austrian Payment
10/11/2004 Slave Labor Announcement Regarding Payments to Heirs of Eligible Slave and Forced Laborers
09/03/2004 Slave Labor Announcement Regarding Payments to Eligible Slave and Forced Laborers
08/31/2004 Austria Claims Conference Calls on Austria to Release $210 Million from 2001 Restitution Agreement for Holocaust Survivors
08/13/2004 United Kingdom August 31, 2004 Deadline to Claim Property Compensation in the UK
08/02/2004 Slave Labor Former Slave and Forced Laborers Receive $401 million in Second Payment
07/08/2004 Bulgaria Jewish Survivors of Bulgarian Labor Camps to Receive Compensation From Germany for First Time
07/08/2004 Medical Experiments Claims Conference Identifies Additional Victims of Nazi Medical Experiments
06/24/2004 Slave Labor Claims Conference Secures Additional $174 Million for Holocaust Slave Laborers; Money Meets Funding Shortfall
06/15/2004 Survivor Concerns Social Agencies Discuss Survivor Concerns
05/06/2004 Germany German Government to Fund Social Needs for Jewish Victims of Nazism
05/03/2004 Righteous Gentiles Program Marks 40th Anniversary
Claims Conference Continues to Assist Wartime Rescuers
04/16/2004 Article 2 Fund Jewish Holocaust Survivors from Western Europe, Hungary May Now Be Eligible for Claims Conference Pensions
03/30/2004 Slave Labor Heirs to Holocaust Slave/Forced Laborers Must Register with Claims Conference Before May 15, 2004
03/30/2004 Insurance $16 Million Paid To Holocaust/Era Insurance Claimants From ICHEIC Humanitarian Fund
03/25/2004 Ghetto Pension Claims Conference Addresses Ghetto Pension Issues with Germany
01/30/2004 Berlin Grants Berlin Grants for Relatives of Victims of the Nazi Regime Available for the Academic Year 2004/05
01/26/2004 Medical Experiments Claims Conference Identifies Living Victims of Nazi Experiments ‘Heinous Crimes Must be Remembered’
01/21/2004 Austria Latest News Concerning Austria
12/29/2003 Allocations U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Seeks Artifacts From Shoah
12/15/2003 Swiss Fund Claims Conference Allocates $2.2 Million From Swiss Fund to Aid Needy Survivors
12/02/2003 Homecare Claims Conference to Focus Negotiations on Homecare
11/25/2003 Compensation Claims Conference Compensation and Restitution Guide Now Online
11/05/2003 Austria Austrian Labor Deadline Extended to December 31, 2003
10/15/2003 Austria 1,200 Austrian Jewish Nazi Victims Receive Nursing Care
09/30/2003 Goodwill Fund Claims Conference Publishes List of Original Owners
09/16/2003 Art Claims Conference Funds Web Site to Trace Possible Stolen Art
09/10/2003 Germany Claims Conference Rejects German Government Offer in Negotiations on Wertheim Property
09/09/2003 Insurance Deadline for Insurance Claims Extended to Dec. 31, 2003
08/18/2003 FSUJewish Nazi Victims Receive Vital Aid from Claims Conference
07/22/2003 Claims Conference Claims Conference to Begin Increased Pension Payments After Final German Agreement; Grants Policy Retained
07/21/2003 Allocations Serving New York Survivors
07/03/2003 Article 2 Article 2 Fund Has Paid $1.2 Billion to More than 60,000 Survivors
06/26/2003 Allocations Claims Conference Allocates $3.6 million from Swiss Banks Settlement to Assist Needy Survivors
06/12/2003 Compensation Deadlines Approaching for Various Compensation and Restitution Programs
06/02/2003 Homecare Holocaust Survivors to Receive $132 Million in Homecare Assistance from German Insurance Funds
05/28/2003 Slave Labor Claims Conference Researches Archives to Obtain Proof for Slave Labor Claims
05/21/2003 Allocations March of the Living
05/20/2003 Ghetto Pension Important Update: Ghetto Pension Guide for Holocaust Survivors
05/16/2003 Ghetto Pension Ghetto Pension Guide for Holocaust Survivors
05/15/2003 Insurance Insurance Policy List Published
05/12/2003 Assistance Assistance to Elderly Survivors Explored at Conference
03/07/2003 Slave Labor 25,000 Survivors Become Eligible for Slave Labor Compensation, Due to Names Matched by Claims Conference to Shoah/related Documentation
02/24/2003 Austria Claims Conference Welcomes Austrian Report
02/13/2003 Allocations Claims Conference Allocates $76.8 Million
02/12/2003 Negotiations Holocaust Survivors’ Payments Increase Due to Claims Conference Negotiations with Germany
01/30/2003 Article 2 Article 2 Fund Has Paid $1.2 Billion to More than 60,000 Survivors
01/28/2003 Belgium Application Deadline March 19 to File Claims for Belgian Jewish Assets Lost in Holocaust
01/14/2003 Austria Claims Conference Negotiates for Austrian Holocaust Survivors to Be Flown to Vienna for Medical Treatment