October 9, 2024
Left to right: Offenbach, Germany, Books and archival material in the OAD warehouse, photo: Yad Vashem; “Dame mit vögeln” by Kees van Dongen from the ERR database; A map showing ERR activities in occupied Europe, photo: Yad Vashem; Processing of ...
Read more August 9, 2024
Building on our legacy of backing impactful Holocaust education initiatives, the Claims Conference is proud to partner with the Leo Baeck Institute (LBI) to support the return of Exile, the award-winning podcast produced with Antica. This project represents a significant ...
Read more August 2, 2024
With the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris underway, the Claims Conference would like to take a moment to honor two remarkable Holocaust survivors who competed in the Olympic games.
Just shy of her 100 birthday, we met with Ágnes Keleti ...
Read more July 26, 2024
Monument to the Jewish martyrs of Rhodes and Kos who were deported on July 23, 1944 and murdered at Auschwitz.
This week marked the 80th anniversary of the Nazi deportation of 1,600 Jews from Rhodes, Greece and the nearby island of ...
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July 22, 2024
The Claims Conference mourns the loss of Holocaust historian Alex Dancyg, z”l. It is with great sadness that we share that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed the death of Alex Dancyg at some point during his captivity by Hamas. Alex, a 76-year-old ...
Read more July 19, 2024
The Claims Conference is deeply saddened by the loss of world renowned psychosexual therapist, Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer.
The loss of Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer deeply saddens the Claims Conference. She passed away at her home in Manhattan on July 12 ...
Read more June 28, 2024
This week, the Claims Conference gathered for its Annual Board meeting in New York City. More than 50 members of the board came together from 14 countries. During this year’s board meeting, they discussed recent negotiations, new programs, and initiatives ...
Read more June 21, 2024
On June 2, tens of thousands of people, including Holocaust survivors, took to Fifth Avenue in New York City to march in the Israel Day Parade, organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (JCRC-NY). The mood of ...
Read more June 17, 2024
The First-Place Film Follows Second And Third Generations Of Holocaust Survivors Who Tattoo Themselves As A Physical Reminder Of Their Parents’ And Grandparents’ Unimaginable Suffering.
“I deeply appreciate the resilience exhibited by the subjects I interviewed….Their commitment extends beyond personal courage; ...
Read more June 5, 2024
Negotiations between the Claims Conference and the German government, held this year at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City.
Social Welfare Services For Holocaust Survivors Will Increase An Additional €105 Million, Impacting More Than 100,000 Survivors Worldwide. Outcomes ...
Read more April 19, 2024
Ensuring Holocaust survivors around the world are cared for and have access to the resources they need to live their lives in dignity continues to be the Claims Conference’s number one priority. We are pleased to announce substantial increases in ...
Read more April 16, 2024
Holocaust Survivors From Around The World Post Videos Of Themselves Reading Hateful Holocaust Denial Posts From Social Media, Asking The World To Join Them And Cancel Hate.
Read more April 9, 2024
All 113,000 Jewish Holocaust Survivors In Israel Will Receive A Newly Established One-Time Payment Of €220 from €25 million fund
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, April 9, 2024: Today, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) and the Authority for ...
Read more April 3, 2024
The Survivor Speakers Bureau — SSB, for short — is a vast database of Holocaust survivors willing and able to tell their stories. As the Holocaust survivor population wanes, it is more critical than ever that survivors tell their stories. ...
Read more March 29, 2024
“I never thought that for doing something good but normal, the humane thing, one can receive any compensation in this world.” These were the words of Bronislawa Bakun, aged 90, last week upon hearing that she would be recognized by ...
Read more January 19, 2024
Holocaust Survivors Worldwide:A Demographic Overview
Unprecedented Demographic Report On Holocaust Survivors Indicates Approximately 245,000 Jewish Survivors Alive Globally
Conducted By the Claims Conference, The Demographic Study Identifies Jewish Holocaust Survivors In More Than 90 Countries; 49 Percent Reside In Israel, 18 Percent ...
Read more November 20, 2023
This week, Claims Conference President Gideon Taylor, meeting with survivors in Israel to discuss Holocaust survivor needs following the October 7 attacks.
“There used to be 30 seconds to get to a shelter once there was a siren, but since the flood of ...
Read more November 6, 2023
Over 100 Holocaust survivors gathered at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. Their goal: to demand the immediate release of captives held by terrorists in Gaza and send a message of support to their families.
The event was ...
Read more November 3, 2023
Resulting from the Claims Conference negotiations, the Federal Government of Austria has agreed to pay every living Austrian Holocaust survivor an additional direct compensation payment of approximately €5,000 (approx. $3,300 USD) per survivor. As we estimate there to be about ...
Read more November 2, 2023
On the 85th Anniversary of Kristallnacht, a Virtual Reality experience brought to you by the Claims Conference, the USC Shoah Foundation, MakeMePulse in partnership with Meta, UNESCO and the World Jewish Congress will be released in 2024.
Read more October 27, 2023
The Claims Conference is an organization, created in the aftermath of the Holocaust and the establishment of the State of Israel, that is dedicated to the well-being of Holocaust survivors and to teaching the lessons of the Holocaust. What does ...
Read more October 19, 2023
As you know, on October 7, 2023, Hamas carried out the deadliest one-day attack on Jews since the Holocaust.
With 120,000 Holocaust survivors and almost one hundred Claims Conference staff living in Israel, the attacks bring the organization particularly close to ...
Read more October 6, 2023
Sukkot is more than a harvest celebration. It is a time to gather and commemorate our shared history, express gratitude for our blessings and strengthen the bonds that tie us to our heritage.
Read more September 20, 2023
Meta, StoryFile, UNESCO, the World Jewish Congress, and the Claims Conference have partnered to create “Tell Me, Inge”, an innovative and immersive Extended Reality experience, which shows how Inge Auerbacher survived the Theresienstadt ghetto.
NEW YORK CITY, September 20, 2023 – ...
Read more September 15, 2023
Rosh Hashanah is a time of reflection, renewed inspiration, and strengthened connections. As we start a new year, we take pride in the progress we’ve made this year, underscoring our unwavering commitment to the well-being and dignity of survivors around ...
Read more June 14, 2023
Home Care Services Funding For Holocaust Survivors Will Increase An Additional $105.2 Million For A Total Of $888.9 Million; Outcomes For These Negotiations Also Include Expanded One-Time Payments Per Year Through 2027, Impacting More Than 128,000 Holocaust Survivors Worldwide.
Read more April 18, 2023
Holocaust Survivors and Their Family Members Launch Year-Long Digital Campaign – Our Holocaust Story – Sharing Stories of Survival That Made Their Families Possible – on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Read more April 5, 2023
For Passover every year, a critical priority for the Claims Conference is ensuring that Holocaust survivors around the world have the supplies and food they need to celebrate and partake in the Pesach holidays. This year, as we work our ...
Read more March 6, 2023
An incredible Purim party was held for Holocaust survivors and members of a supportive community at Beit Moriah in Be’er Sheva in Israel this week. In a bright room full of music and dancing, survivors came together to connect, remember ...
Read more February 23, 2023
First Place Is The Story Of Ernst Cahn, An Ice Cream Parlor Owner Who Chose Resistance In Spite Of Certain Death During Nazi Invasion. His Arrest Led To “The February Strike” Of 1941.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK: February 23, 2023—The Conference ...
Read more January 25, 2023
Only Half of Respondents Are In Favor Of Recent Efforts By Dutch Public Figures to Acknowledge and Apologize for the Netherlands’ Failure to Protect the Jews During the Holocaust
Westerbork, Netherlands, Jews boarding a deportation train to Auschwitz. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
NEW ...
Read more December 21, 2022
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.
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Read more November 9, 2022
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.
Read more October 28, 2022
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 ...
Read more September 15, 2022
Negotiations With Germany Result In Emergency Payments For Survivors, Liberalization Of Compensations And Increased Home Care For Holocaust Survivors Globally.
Claims Conference President, Gideon Taylor with German Federal Minister of Finance, Mr. Christian Lindner
NEW YORK, NY: September 15, 2022 — Today, ...
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New York, New York: April 28, 2022 – Gideon Taylor, President of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), today published the 100 Words project, a video Op-Ed made ...
Read more March 3, 2022
Urgent Care and Support for Holocaust Survivors
Claims Conference EVP Greg Schneider reports that the danger in Ukraine is forcing the Claims Conference to revisit what it means to provide aid to Holocaust survivors.
Generally, survivors are living in the United States ...
Read more March 1, 2022
Allocations Include Nearly $47 Million USD in Social Welfare Services in Ukraine as Claims Conference Continues Commitment to Support Holocaust Survivors in the Face of Imminent Threat
Read more January 24, 2022
Social Media Campaign To Honor Righteous Among The Nations, Non-Jews Who Risked Everything During The Holocaust To Rescue Jews.
Read more November 16, 2021
Held on the third night of Chanukah, The 2021 International Holocaust Survivors Night (IHSN 2021) event included remarks from Isaac Herzog, President of Israel, comments from Olaf Scholz, Chancellor of Germany, Dr. Rolf Bösinger, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry ...
Read more November 9, 2021
The U.K.’s Historic Kindertransport Which Saved Thousands of Jewish Children Is Nearly Forgotten
Kristallnacht or “Night of Broken Glass” was the pivotal moment 83 years ago today when Jews across the Third Reich were attacked in a nationwide pogrom. Jewish families ...
Read more September 11, 2021
As new year celebrations are under way and the sounds of the shofar are still in our ears, I wanted to take a moment to thank our extraordinary partners and staff from around the world for their tireless efforts on ...
Read more June 8, 2021
The application deadline for the one-time payment has passed. As of January 31st, 2022, the fund is closed.
On January 27, 2021, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, an agreement was signed between the State of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the ...
Read more May 21, 2021
May 21, 2021
Holocaust survivor, Roman Kent at the train tracks outside of Auschwitz during the 70th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation.
The Claims Conference mourns the passing of one of our beloved board members, Roman Kent z”l. Chairman of the ...
Read more May 10, 2021
The Claims Conference wishes to inform you that following successful negotiations with the German government, on 31 March 2021, the German government issued guidelines stating that some widowers or widows of a Jewish Nazi victims who were receiving pension directly ...
Read more April 8, 2021
Today, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) announces a new Holocaust survivor-led, digital campaign, #ItStartedWithWords.
Read more March 24, 2021
A New Program, Established by The Claims Conference and Funded by The German Government, Will
Ensure Holocaust Survivors Globally Have the Means to Get To COVID-19 Vaccine Sites
Read more February 9, 2021
The Claims Conference, a major sponsor of historical research on the Holocaust, and the World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) protest in the strongest terms the verdict by a Polish court in a defamation trial brought against international-regarded scholarly experts Professor ...
Read more December 15, 2020
First Ever Virtual International Holocaust Survivors Night Included Holocaust Survivors from Around the World
Read more October 13, 2020
Faced with the Continued COVID-19 Hardships, Negotiations with the Germany Government Result in Significant Increases in Compensation and Social Services for Holocaust Survivors
Read more October 12, 2020
Each day for the past 75 days, in the first-ever, survivor-led digital campaign #NoDenyingIt, Holocaust survivors have directly addressed Mark Zuckerberg, telling him that Holocaust denial is antisemitic hate speech. We welcome the announcement today that Facebook has agreed to ...
Read more September 29, 2020
Residents of the Alma Nursing Home in Nof HaGalil, Israel, who are overwhelmingly Holocaust survivors, were visited by a special guest on erev Rosh Hashanah.
Read more August 13, 2020
Disturbing Findings Reveal Significant Number Of Millennials and Gen Z Can’t Name A Single Concentration Camp Or Ghetto, Believe That Two Million Or Fewer Jews Were Killed And A Concerning Percentage Believe That Jews Caused The Holocaust
NEW YORK, NEW YORK: ...
Read more July 1, 2020
Gideon Taylor Elected President; After Four Decades Of Service, Julius Berman Steps Down At The 2020 Annual Board Meeting
NEW YORK, NEW YORK: June 30, 2020
Gideon Taylor, right, then-chair of operations of the World Jewish Restitution Organization, speaks at a 2017 ...
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April 20, 2020
To commemorate Yom HaShoah, we will present an online screening of the films Who Will Write Our History and 116 Cameras. The event is co-presented by the Claims Conference with The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Katahdin Productions, and The Azrieli Foundation.
Two ...
Read more April 6, 2020
$300 Million Advanced To Social Service Agencies Globally, And An Emergency Fund Of $4.3 Million Established For Social Service Agencies Providing Life-Saving Assistance
Read more April 3, 2020
The Claims Conference community – lay leaders, staff, and our extended family of more than 300 global agencies – is working through this challenging time to continue to provide quality care to Holocaust survivors around the world during the Coronavirus ...
Read more January 22, 2020
25% Of Millennials Have Not Heard – Or Don’t Think They Have Heard – About The Holocaust
Drancy, France, December 3, 1942, Jews in the transit camp. Photo: Yad Vashem64,759 Jews were deported from Drancy in 64 transports. Approximately 61,000 of ...
Read more December 26, 2019
International Holocaust Survivors Night 2019
For the third year in a row, International Holocaust Survivors Night was celebrated around the world with menorah lighting ceremonies during Chanukah to honor and celebrate Holocaust survivors. Events included ceremonies in Germany, the U.S., Russia ...
Read more December 20, 2019
Nearly 300 people filled to capacity the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center in Manhattan for a movie screening of Who Will Write Our History. The event was hosted by the Claims Conference in partnership with the United States Holocaust Museum (USHMM), ...
Read more December 12, 2019
German Foundation Awards The Claims Conference Emergency Assistance Funding For Holocaust Survivors
December 12, 2019 – Claims Conference President Julius Berman announces a new emergency assistance fund for Holocaust survivors provided by the Reimann family and administered through their new humanitarian ...
Read more July 1, 2019
NEW YORK, NEW YORK: July 1, 2019 – Today, Julius Berman, President of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), announced the results of the organization’s negotiations this year with the German Government on behalf of Jewish ...
Read more April 29, 2019
More than One-Third Feel National Socialism Could Come to Power Again, and the Majority Polled Did Not Know Six Million Jews Killed During the Holocaust
Members of the League of German Girls wave Nazi flags in support of the German annexation ...
Read more February 8, 2019
On Thursday, February 7, 2019, the Claims Conference in partnership with the Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles presented the second edition of a special forum on Holocaust film: Eyewitness: Documenting the Holocaust on Film
Read more January 23, 2019
The Majority Polled Did Not Know Six Million Jews Were Killed During The Holocaust And A Stunning Near-Majority Believe There Are A Large Number Of Neo-Nazis In The U.S.
Pictured: Child Survivors at the Liberation of Auschwitz – 27 January 1945. ...
Read more December 17, 2018
Claims Conference Ongoing Negotiations With Germany Yield Compensation For Child Survivors Of The Kindertransport
December 17, 2018
Julius Berman, President of the Claims Conference, announced that as a result of ongoing negotiations between the Claims Conference and the German government, an agreement ...
Read more December 16, 2018
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VIDEO: This year, on the second annual International Holocaust Survivors Night (IHSN), Jewish survivors of the Shoah were honored in Jerusalem, Berlin, the New York/New Jersey metro area, and Moscow.
This week, for the second year, we celebrated International Holocaust Survivors ...
Read more December 14, 2018
On November 7th, colleagues and family of Moshe Jahoda were joined by Austrian officials for a ceremony renaming Turnertempel Memorial Square in Vienna after Moshe Jahoda.
Read more November 2, 2018
Ahead of what will be a very difficult Shabbat, the Claims Conference extends its thoughts and prayers to those who lost loved ones, those injured, and the entire congregation at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.
Read more July 10, 2018
Claims Conference Negotiations Nets Additional Funding for Vital Services After German Delegation Hears First-Hand Survivor Testimony
New York, NY
July 10, 2018 – Today, Julius Berman, President of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), announced the outcomes from the ...
Read more April 9, 2018
A new survey by the Claims Conference found a 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 ...
Read more April 5, 2018
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 ...
Read more April 5, 2018
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 ...
Read more March 29, 2018
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 ...
Read more February 5, 2018
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 ...
Read more December 21, 2017
The Claims Conference honored Holocaust survivors at the first annual “Holocaust Survivor Night,” with Chanukah candle lighting events at the Kotel in Jerusalem, the Bundestag in Berlin and in New York.
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Read more December 7, 2017
The Claims Conference partnered with the Paley Center for Media for this important event moderated by veteran journalist Ted Koppel. The panel included Holocaust survivors, film directors and experts in the field in a discussion on the impact of Film ...
Read more July 17, 2017
As a result of annual negotiations with the German government, last summer the Claims Conference obtained recognition, for the first time, for the survivors of Iasi, who were forced to endure pogroms and death trains at the hands of Nazi ...
Read more June 8, 2016
The United States House of Representatives has unanimously approved a resolution urging the government of Germany to provide additional funding for services for Holocaust victims. Three hundred sixty-three members of the U.S. Congress sent a clear and unequivocal message to ...
Read more March 28, 2016
The Claims Conference has appointed Ayelet Metzger as Ombudsman, following a lengthy international search, announced President Julius Berman.
Ms. Metzger, who was born in the United States and made aliyah to Israel from Canada, most recently served as Deputy CEO of ...
Read more March 3, 2016
The recent return of a Nazi-looted Pissarro painting to a French Holocaust survivor began when her family discovered it in a Claims Conference online listing of Nazi looting records. The University of Oklahoma has agreed to return “La bergère rentrant ...
Read more September 4, 2015
Elderly Holocaust survivors around the world are beginning the Jewish new year of 5776 receiving more care and aid than ever before. Tens of thousands of Holocaust survivors also go into this year having received acknowledgement of their persecution for ...
Read more May 27, 2015
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 ...
Read more January 1, 2015
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 ...
Read more December 31, 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 ...
Read more December 15, 2014
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 ...
Read more November 24, 2014
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 ...
Read more November 18, 2014
Winner to Receive $40,000 to Produce Holocaust Film Short The Claims Conference has launched “Short Film, Large Subject: The Holocaust Film Competition.” This is the organization’s first film contest, open to students currently enrolled in graduate-level film schools or recent ...
Read more September 17, 2014
Tracks leading to the Sobibór railway yard Photo: Jacques Lahitte
The Sobibor Documentation Project
The gas chambers of the Sobibor death camp in Poland, destroyed by the Nazis after the 1943 prisoner uprising, have been unearthed by an archaeological expedition.
Survivors of the ...
Read more September 3, 2014
The Claims Conference has reached a landmark agreement with the German Finance Ministry under which the organization and the German government will together provide assistance to Jewish child survivors of the Holocaust.
“The joint fund will recognize survivors worldwide who were in ...
Read more July 14, 2014
Establishes Demographic Research & Policy Unit to Track Shoah Victim Needs
Board Approves Recommendations of Structure & Governance Panel; Officers Elected
After extensive discussion among more than 60 representatives from its member organizations at the annual meeting of the Claims Conference, the ...
Read more March 14, 2014
Mihail, 82, had not left his one-room Kiev apartment since the recent unrest in the Ukrainian capital turned violent. Frightened and alone, he was indescribably grateful when Alena Druzhynina showed up at his apartment with a food package from Hesed ...
Read more January 8, 2014
Experts in Looted Art and Restitution; Calls for Transparency, Cites Moral Imperative
January 8, 2014 — To assist in determining the extent and origin of Nazi-looted art in the collection discovered to be in the possession of Cornelius Gurlitt in Munich, ...
Read more November 19, 2013
The Claims Conference has received an additional $4 million grant from the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation to provide emergency assistance to Holocaust victims in North America. The Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private Jewish foundations in the U.S., ...
Read more November 7, 2013
Contact information for inquiries about the artworks discovered in Munich
1) The Coordination Office for Lost Art in Magdeburg:
Koordinierungsstelle Magdeburg
Turmschanzenstr. 32
39114 Magdeburg
Germany
Fax: 01149 391 567 3899
2) The Prosecutor’s Office in Augsburg:
Staatsanwaltschaft Augsburg
Herrn Leitenden Oberstaatsanwalt Nemetz
86197 Augsburg
Germany
Fax: 01149 821 3105-1360
3) Any Embassy ...
Read more September 30, 2013
New Approaches Provide Vital Support for Non-Professional Caregivers
September 30 – The Claims Conference today announced the launch of its Caregiver Support Seminars, an online series of presentations providing advice and information to family caregivers of Holocaust victims, covering medical, emotional ...
Read more July 23, 2013
The Claims Conference is pleased to announce that the government of Hungary, after protracted and difficult talks over the course of several years, has agreed to release $5.6 million in previously committed funds for social welfare services for needy Holocaust ...
Read more May 28, 2013
May 28, 2013 – The Claims Conference has negotiated an agreement under which the German government has committed to provide approximately $1 billion over a four-year period for homecare for Jewish Holocaust victims, with the annual amount increasing every year through 2017.
The German government agreed, in its talks with the Claims ...
Read more February 4, 2013
The Claims Conference is very pleased to announce significant changes in the eligibility criteria for Holocaust survivor pensions from the Claims Conference Article 2 Fund and Central and Eastern European Fund (CEEF) as of January 1, 2013. After long and ...
Read more January 28, 2013
With the region’s recovery from the storm slow and continuing for some time, the Claims Conference has been working on numerous fronts to assist survivors and generate awareness about their plight as well as that of agencies in affected areas. ...
Read more November 15, 2012
The government of Germany has committed through an agreement signed with the Claims Conference at a public ceremony, to continue compensation payments to eligible Holocaust survivors and providing funding for homecare for elderly victims.
Read more July 10, 2012
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 ...
Read more July 9, 2012
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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 ...
Read more March 19, 2012
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 ...
Read more December 25, 2011
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December 25, 2011
The Claims Conference announces three changes ...
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December 5, 2011
Certain Holocaust survivors who have been ...
Read more November 28, 2011
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November 28, 2011
In negotiations with the Claims Conference, ...
Read more October 31, 2011
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October 31, 2011
Marshall Huebner next month is running ...
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October 12, 2011
NEW YORK, October 12, 2011 — ...
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August 2, 2011
In December 2009, the Claims Conference ...
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July 12, 2011
For the first time, after nearly ...
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June 6, 2011
In a letter to Congress, six ...
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May 10, 2011
The Claims Conference has helped launch ...
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April 29, 2011
The Claims Conference could pay a ...
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April 5, 2011
In annual negotiations with the German ...
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February 11, 2011
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims ...
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December 6, 2010
The Claims Conference has negotiated a ...
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November 9, 2010
Announcement regarding actions by U.S. Attorney ...
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October 18, 2010
More Than 10,000 Unrestituted Nazi-looted Art ...
Read more October 5, 2010
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October 5, 2010
Announcement Regarding Appeals/Investigation
The Claims Conference has ...
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July 13, 2010
Holocaust Victims to Receive $10 Million ...
Read more July 1, 2010
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July 1, 2010
As part of its ongoing investigation ...
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March 19, 2010
In meetings with the Claims Conference, ...
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March 12, 2010
Claims Conference Negotiates Total of €91 ...
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February 11, 2010
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims ...
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October 20, 2009
Previously rejected applications from Holocaust survivors ...
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October 12, 2009
Further to a statement issued by ...
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September 30, 2009
One year after its establishment, the ...
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August 11, 2009
In early July, the Austrian government ...
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July 15, 2009
Julius Berman, Chairman of the ...
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June 28, 2009
Regional Pension Institutions
Frequently Asked Questions About ...
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June 20, 2009
German Social Security for Ghetto Workers ...
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April 27, 2009
Following the announcement that Claims Conference ...
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April 1, 2009
The Goodwill Fund Guidelines have been ...
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March 25, 2009
After having served for 10 years ...
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March 20, 2009
As a result of Claims Conference ...
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March 20, 2009
Pensions to Increase by Approximately €60 ...
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January 13, 2009
The Claims Conference is allocating more ...
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January 9, 2009
$168 Million to Be Allocated in ...
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November 5, 2008
The Claims Conference will continue negotiating ...
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November 4, 2008
The Claims Conference is pleased to ...
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November 4, 2008
Claims Conference international outreach concerning Hardship ...
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August 6, 2008
In negotiations with the German government, ...
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July 20, 2008
In an historic breakthrough, the Claims ...
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July 17, 2008
At its annual meeting July 8-9 ...
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July 16, 2008
A June 2008 report by ...
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July 10, 2008
Addressing the Claims Conference Board of ...
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July 1, 2008
Read the text of the proposed ...
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June 30, 2008
Figures obtained by the Claims Conference ...
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June 11, 2008
In its annual negotiations with the ...
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May 8, 2008
Below is an excerpt from the ...
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April 28, 2008
The Claims Conference responds to “Reparations ...
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April 22, 2008
Further to a statement issued by ...
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March 11, 2008
The Prime Minister of Poland, Donald ...
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February 11, 2008
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims ...
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January 28, 2008
A supplemental fund to provide medical ...
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January 22, 2008
An Israeli ministerial committee approved draft ...
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January 15, 2008
At the request of the Israeli ...
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January 9, 2008
At the request of the Government ...
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December 12, 2007
Elderly Nazi victims in Sderot and ...
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September 20, 2007
PLEASE NOTE: THE CLAIMS CONFERENCE IS ...
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September 3, 2007
In Breakthrough, Claims Conference Secures $250 ...
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August 10, 2007
A list of approximately 7,000 names ...
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August 10, 2007
Maarive Op-Ed by Claims Conference Chairman ...
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August 10, 2007
Claims Conference Board of Directors Chairman ...
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July 23, 2007
Studies show that there will be ...
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July 18, 2007
The U.S. State Department’s Special Envoy ...
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July 18, 2007
At the meeting of the Board ...
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July 5, 2007
Current Issue
For its annual audit, the ...
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July 2, 2007
On June 26-28, 2007 a Claims ...
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June 29, 2007
Claims Conference Secures 1,500 More Pensions ...
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June 19, 2007
No evidence of misuse of Claims ...
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June 12, 2007
Israel Singer has advised the Chairman ...
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May 1, 2007
Through a program funded by the ...
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April 12, 2007
In cooperation with the Central Jewish ...
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March 14, 2007
The Claims Conference has been holding ...
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March 13, 2007
February 27, 2007, Warsaw — Polish ...
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March 8, 2007
Please note: There is no claims ...
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December 13, 2006
Fifty artworks that were looted in ...
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November 30, 2006
Members of the Claims Conference Board ...
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November 10, 2006
Following efforts by the Claims Conference ...
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October 19, 2006
The Claims Conference announced that an ...
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September 20, 2006
Following the retirement of Haim Huller, ...
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September 18, 2006
The following are the staff in ...
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August 21, 2006
Israeli celebrity Anat Atzmon, performing with ...
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July 31, 2006
Official German occupation of Hungary ...
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