Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference)

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Date Topic
02/04/2013 Claims Conference Pension Changes
01/28/2013 Helping Survivors After Hurricane Sandy
11/15/2012 Germany and Claims Conference Agree on Continued Payments, Homecare for Holocaust Survivors to Mark 60 Years of Compensation Agreements
07/12/2012 General Controller Summary Report 2012
07/10/2012 Claims Conference Pension Amounts Equalized Following Negotiations with German Government
07/09/2012 Hardship Fund Expands to Former Soviet Union
03/19/2012 Filmmakers issue apology to Claims Conference to settle libel lawsuit
12/25/2011 Hardship Fund Update
12/05/2011 Claims Conference Negotiates €485 Million ($650 Million) in Pensions for Additional 16,000 Survivors; German Government Criteria Changes Largely Affect Child Survivors
11/28/2011 Ghetto Pension and Ghetto Fund Update
10/31/2011 Running to do a Mitzvah
10/12/2011 Announcement Regarding Actions by U.S. Attorney and FBI
09/08/2011 70 Years After Leningrad Siege, Working for Its Victims
08/22/2011 Homecare in Bulgaria: Changing Attitudes, Changing Lives
07/12/2011 7,000 Holocaust Victims in Eastern Europe to Receive Payments for First Time, Long-Sought Goal in Negotiations; €13.4 Million ($20 Million) to Be Paid
06/22/2011 Major Jewish Organizations Oppose Proposed Holocaust Insurance Legislation
06/22/2011 General Controller Annual Summary Report
05/10/2011 Documenting Plunder
04/05/2011 Claims Conference Negotiates Landmark $600 Million Agreement for Homecare and Pensions
02/08/2011 Update on Compensation Programs Investigation
12/06/2010 Claims Conference Obtains Doubled Funds from Germany for 2011 Social Aid: $145 Million to Help Holocaust Victims in 32 Countries
11/09/2010 Announcement regarding actions by U.S. Attorney and FBI
10/18/2010 More Than 10,000 Unrestituted Nazi-looted Art Objects Now Listed on Internet  
10/07/2010 Announcement Regarding Appeals/Investigation
07/13/2010 Holocaust Victims to Receive $10 Million in Aid from Weinberg Foundation Grant to Claims Conference
07/01/2010 Announcement Regarding the Article 2 Fund
06/2/2010 Inaugural Issue of Claims Conference Worldbook Published [PDF]
05/27/2010 Claims Conference Launches Blog, Focusing on a Wide Range of Holocaust Issues
03/19/2010 Ghetto Pension Claims to be Re-Opened: Claims Conference Secures Commitment from Germany
03/12/2010 Major Increase in Homecare Funds for Holocaust Survivors from Claims Conference Negotiations with Germany
02/11/2010 Announcement Regarding the Hardship Fund
09/20/2009 German Social Security-"Ghetto Pension" (ZRBG) Update
08/11/2009 Austria: Pension Rights Expanded to Survivors Born After the Anschluss
07/15/2009 Gregory Schneider Voted New Claims Conference Executive Vice President; Funding for Nazi Victims Needs Top Priority
07/02/2009 General Controller Annual Summary Report
06/20/2009 German Social Security for Ghetto Workers Liberalized
04/27/2009 Search Committee Formed
04/01/2009 Announcement of Amendment to Goodwill Fund Guidelines
03/26/2009 Announcement Regarding the Executive Vice President of the Claims Conference
03/20/2009 Needy Holocaust Survivors in Central & Eastern Europe to Receive Increased Payments from Claims Conference Negotiations
03/19/2009 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 Nazi Victims in Gaza Region Receive $428,000 in Aid from Claims Conference as Part of Long-Standing Support
01/09/2009 Claims Conference to Increase Funds for Nazi Victim Services in 2009; $168 Million to Be Allocated in 43 Countries
11/05/2008 Claims Conference to Press Germany to Reconsider Rejected Applications from Nazi Victims to Hardship Fund
11/04/2008 Announcement Concerning Leningrad Siege Applications
11/04/2008 Amb. Stuart Eizenstat to Serve as Claims Conference Special Negotiator
08/06/2008 Claims Conference Secures €12 Million For Jewish Budapest Holocaust Survivors
07/20/2008 Claims Conference Obtains German Payments for Jewish Survivors of Nazi Siege of Leningrad Now Living in West
07/18/2008 Claims Conference General Controller Annual Summary Report, July 8, 2008
07/17/2008 World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust Becomes Member Organization
07/16/2008 Claims Conference Increases Allocations to Assist Jewish Victims of Nazism Worldwide, Expanding Social Services
07/10/2008 U.S. State Department Envoy Pressing Holocaust-Era Property Compensation in Eastern Europe
07/01/2008 Urged by Claims Conference, Both Houses of Congress to Call for Eastern European Property Restitution
06/30/2008 German Government Ghetto Work Fund Update: Approvals and Negotiatations
06/11/2008 Claims Conference Obtains $320 Million for Holocaust Survivors in German Negotiations; Homecare Funds Doubled
05/08/2008 Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Sought for Electronic Collection; Last Chance to Preserve First-Hand Accounts
05/08/2008 Property Restitution in Eastern Europe
04/28/2008 Claims Conference response to a movie, "Reparations Morality," that aired on Israeli television on April 30, 2008.
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04/22/2008 Recoveries by Successor Organization for Which it has Received Funds
03/11/2008 Polish Prime Minister Commits to Restitution Legislation
02/11/2008 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 Needy Austrian Nazi Victims Worldwide To Receive Medical Cares
01/22/2008 Draft Law Approved for Plan to Increase Support Payments to Needy Elderly and Holocaust Survivors
01/15/2008 Israel Distributes New Pension Payments for Holocaust Survivors
01/09/2008 Government of Israel Pensions to Holocaust Survivors
12/20/2007 Claims Conference Information Notice to Assist Survivors Applying for German Government Ghetto Work Compensation Fund
12/12/2007 Claims Conference Giving $550,000 to Assist Nazi Victims in Conflict Zone Near Gaza
09/20/2007 Ghetto Work Compensation Fund Announced by Germany
09/03/2007 In Breakthrough, Claims Conference Secures $250 Million from Germany for Additional 6,000 Holocaust Survivors Worldwide
08/10/2007 Jewish Week Op-ed Article by Claims Conference Chairman Julius Berman
08/10/2007 Maarive Op-ed Article by Claims Conference Chairman Julius Berman
08/10/2007 Holocaust Era Assets Located in Israel
07/23/2007 Claims Conference Increases Funding For Social Welfare Programs For Jewish Nazi Victims, As ICHEIC Funding Ends
07/18/2007 Announcement Regarding Claims Conference President
07/18/2007 U.S. Government, Congress Bolster Claims Conference Efforts to Obtain German Social Security for Survivors
07/05/2007 Statement Concerning Value of Unsold Properties in Financial Statements
07/02/2007 ZRBG Ghetto Pension Law: Claims Conference Continues to Press German Government
06/29/2007 Claims Conference Secures 1,500 More Pensions for Holocaust Survivors; Payments Increase In Eastern Europe
06/19/2007 Statement Concerning Claims Conference Audit of March of the Living
06/12/2007 Claims Conference President
05/01/2007 Survivor Testimonies Engage Students in Holocaust History
04/12/2007 Art Claims in Netherlands Remain Open
03/14/2007 Update on Germany’s "Ghetto Pension" Social Security
03/13/2007 Holocaust Rescuers of Jews Honored by Claims Conference
03/08/2007 Claims Conference Meets Polish Prime Minister, Pressing for Restitution Law
01/07/2007 Independent Review Authority Appointed