Topics: Negotiations
Holocaust Survivors Begin New Year With More Payments and Aid
Elderly Holocaust survivors around the world are beginning the Jewish new year of 5776 receiving more care and aid than ever before. Tens of thousands of Holocaust survivors also go into this year having received acknowledgement of their persecution for the first time.
Child Survivor Fund Launched
Eligible Survivors Should Apply to Receive 2,500 Euro One-Time Payment Applications have been mailed to survivors who the Claims Conference believes may be eligible for its new Child Survivor Fund. The Claims Conference gathered information about these survivors from other compensation programs.
Claims Conference Allocating $365 Million for Aid to Holocaust Victims for 2015
Funding Provides Homecare, Medical Care, Food and Other Help in 47 Countries Elderly Jewish Holocaust victims, the last of their generation to have endured the horrors of the Nazi genocide, will receive significantly more aid in 2015. In 2015, total Claims Conference allocations to social service organizations around the world will total $365 million, an […]
Claims Conference Reaches Landmark Agreement with Germany to Assist Child Survivors of the Holocaust
The Claims Conference has reached a landmark agreement with the German Finance Ministry under which the organization and the German government will together provide assistance to Jewish child survivors of the Holocaust. “The joint fund will recognize survivors worldwide who were in camps, ghettos, hiding and false identity for psychological and medical trauma caused during their […]
Claims Conference Reaches $1 Billion Agreement with German Government for Survivor Homecare
May 28, 2013 – The Claims Conference has negotiated an agreement under which the German government has committed to provide approximately $1 billion over a four-year period for homecare for Jewish Holocaust victims, with the annual amount increasing every year through 2017. The German government agreed, in its talks with the Claims Conference, to provide €205 million ($266 million) in 2015 – an increase of 45 percent over 2014; €210 million […]
