Topics: News & Announcements
Claims Conference Pension Amounts Equalized Following Negotiations with German Government
Since the establishment of the Central and Eastern European Fund (CEEF) in 1998, which issues pensions to certain Holocaust survivors living in the former Soviet bloc, the Claims Conference has been strongly advocating to the German government that its monthly payment should be the same as the Article 2 Fund. As of January 1, 2013, […]
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 […]
