Topics: News & Announcements

Hardship Fund Expands to Former Soviet Union

To see this information in different languages: Русский עברית Deutsch The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) is very glad to announce the expansion of the Hardship Fund to all areas of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. This has been a long-sought goal of the Claims Conference in ongoing negotiations […]


Filmmakers issue apology to Claims Conference to settle libel lawsuit

Arrangement for concluding the libel suit submitted by the Claims Conference following the film “The Reparations Moral – The War Continues” In the framework of the compromise agreement secured by the parties, Shamayim Productions Ltd., Orly Vilnai and Guy Meroz signed an agreed apology document. This agreement concludes the proceedings in the libel suit filed […]


Certain Jews Who Fled Nazi Advance from Areas Never Occupied Will Receive One-time compensation; Certain Orphans, Western Persecutees Also to be Paid

This post is for historical informational purposes only. Please do not refer to this post for information pertaining to current Claims Conference programs. Visit What We Do for current program guidelines and information. Thank you. December 25, 2011 The Claims Conference announces three changes to the Hardship Fund that will enable thousands of Jewish Holocaust victims to […]


Claims Conference Negotiates Pensions for Additional 16,000 Survivors; German Government Criteria Changes Largely Affect Child Survivors

This post is for historical informational purposes only. Please do not refer to this post for information pertaining to current Claims Conference programs. Visit What We Do for current program guidelines and information. Thank you. December 5, 2011 Certain Holocaust survivors who have been denied German compensation pensions will now be eligible to receive them as a […]


Certain Ghetto Survivors Can Now Receive Both “Ghetto Pension” and Ghetto Fund Payment; Application Deadline Abolished

This post is for historical informational purposes only. Please do not refer to this post for information pertaining to current Claims Conference programs. Visit What We Do for current program guidelines and information. Thank you. November 28, 2011 In negotiations with the Claims Conference, the German government has agreed to remove the application deadline for application to […]


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