Topics: News & Announcements
Holocaust Survivors From Over A Dozen Countries, Including Recent Evacuees From Ukraine, Honored Globally
Hosted By The Claims Conference Annually During Chanukah, International Holocaust Survivors Night This Year Will Include Messages Of Hope From Survivors Dignitaries And Celebrities, Culminating With An Official Menorah Lighting In Honor Of Survivors At The Western Wall In Israel. NEW YORK, NEW YORK, December 19, 2022: The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany […]
Claims Conference Relaunches the Holocaust Survivor-Led Campaign #ItStartedWithWords in Commemoration of Kristallnacht
November 9, 2022 — Today, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), in commemoration of Kristallnacht, announces the relaunch of their Holocaust survivor-led, digital campaign, #ItStartedWithWords.
Claims Conference Announces Opening of First-Ever Film on Reparations–Reckonings: The First Reparations
Long-Awaited Telling Of The First Reparations In History; Opening Event To Be Held In Partnership With The Paley Center For Media NEW YORK, N.Y.: October 27, 2022—Gideon Taylor, President of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), announced today the opening of a new film, Reckonings: The First Reparations. Funded by the […]
German Chancellor And Claims Conference Meet To Mark 70th Anniversary Of Historic Reparations Agreements And Announce Negotiations Results Of Over $1.2 Billion
Negotiations With Germany Result In Emergency Payments For Survivors, Liberalization Of Compensations And Increased Home Care For Holocaust Survivors Globally. NEW YORK, NY: September 15, 2022 — Today, at the invitation of the German Federal Minister of Finance, Mr. Christian Lindner, the Claims Conference will join German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Israel’s Minister for Social […]
Claims Conference Announces Winner Of Film Contest For Emerging Directors Focused On The Holocaust
NEW YORK, NEW YORK: May 17, 2022 – Gideon Taylor, President of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), announced the winner of the Claims Conference’s Short Film, Large Subject Emerging Filmmaker Contest. First place goes to Sabina Vajrača, a Bosnian-American filmmaker who was influenced by her Muslim family’s experience in Bosnia […]
