Topics: News & Announcements
Child Survivor Fund Makes First Payments
Holocaust survivors who were children at the time have begun to receive payments under a landmark agreement reached with the German government. The symbolic financial compensation for child survivors from this $190 million fund represents an acknowledgment of the unique trauma and hardship endured by children during the Holocaust.
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.
Social Security Administration Announcement 2014
The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) has recently issued several announcements regarding the exemption of Holocaust-related compensation payments from being considered in calculating income for purposes of Social Security payments. ZRBG (German Social Security Pension for Work in Ghettos): The SSA issued an “Emergency Message” in 2014, providing SSA staff with operating instructions to help […]
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 […]
Gurlitt Trove Investigation Must Intensify, Transparency Increase
With the Bern Kunstmuseum’s announcement that it will accept ownership of the Gurlitt artwork collection, the Claims Conference calls on Germany to intensify and expand its investigation of the artworks so that Nazi-looted items can be identified and restituted. The Claims Conference welcomes the readiness of the German government and the Kunstmuseum Bern to restitute […]
