Topics: News & Announcements
New Study Reveals U.K. Respondents Believe Two Million or Fewer Jews Were Killed in the Holocaust
The U.K.’s Historic Kindertransport Which Saved Thousands of Jewish Children Is Nearly Forgotten NEW YORK, NEW YORK: November 10, 2021 – Gideon Taylor, President of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), today announced the release of a United Kingdom Holocaust Knowledge and Awareness Survey including a comparison among England, Scotland, Wales […]
Celebrating Rosh Hashanah 5782
As new year celebrations are under way and the sounds of the shofar are still in our ears, I wanted to take a moment to thank our extraordinary partners and staff from around the world for their tireless efforts on behalf of Holocaust survivors. Two hundred agencies around the world, in fifty countries, helped tens […]
Luxembourg Fund
The application deadline for the one-time payment has passed. As of January 31st, 2022, the fund is closed. On January 27, 2021, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, an agreement was signed between the State of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Consistoire Israélite de Luxembourg, co-signed by the World Jewish Restitution Organization and Luxembourg Foundation […]
Remembering Roman Kent z”l
May 21, 2021 The Claims Conference mourns the passing of one of our beloved board members, Roman Kent z”l. Chairman of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, Roman was a long-time Board member and co-Chair of the Claims Conference negotiating committee. Roman made himself available for every cause we put in front of him, […]
BEG Pension Widow Benefit
The Claims Conference wishes to inform you that following successful negotiations with the German government, on 31 March 2021, the German government issued guidelines stating that some widowers or widows of a Jewish Nazi victims who were receiving pension directly from the German government (e.g. BEG) might be eligible for transitional payments (also known as spouse payments).
