Topics: News & Announcements
New Survey by Claims Conference Finds Significant Lack of Holocaust Knowledge in the United States
Majority of Americans Polled Believe Something Like the Holocaust Could Happen Again Julius Berman, President of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), announces the release of a comprehensive national survey of Holocaust awareness and knowledge among adults in the United States on the occasion of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). The […]
Czech Benefits for Survivors
Benefits Available to Holocaust Survivors Under the Czech Republic Social Security Administration The Claims Conference wishes to inform Holocaust survivors who were Czech Republic citizens and were persecuted on a racial and religious basis during World War II, including victims of Nazi persecution, that they may be eligible receive either an additional allowance to an existing […]
Romanian Survivor Relief Program
Please note: The application deadline for the 2024 Romanian Survivor Relief Program has expired. New applications for this program can no longer be accepted. The funds are to be distributed to Jewish Nazi victims who lived under Romanian regime any time between 1937 and 1944. These funds are from the restitution of communal properties wrongfully […]
Claims Conference Provides Passover Packages to Holocaust Survivors in Need
Kol dichfin yetei v’yichol. “Let all who are hungry enter and eat.” This directive from the Haggadah, recited at Seder tables around the world on the first night of Passover, is the way we approach our outreach to Holocaust survivors. As part of an unwavering commitment to ensure the basic needs of Holocaust survivors are […]
Claims Conference to Compensate Algerian Jews Recognized for First Time by the German Government
More Than 25,000 Algerian Jews Who Survived The Holocaust May Now Be Eligible For The First Time For Compensation From The German Government. PARIS, FRANCE: February 5, 2018 – Julius Berman, President of the Conference on Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) is pleased to announce for the first time, a newly recognized group of […]
