International Holocaust Survivors Night 2018
VIDEO: This year, on the second annual International Holocaust Survivors Night (IHSN), Jewish survivors of the Shoah were honored in Jerusalem, Berlin…
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Moshe Jahoda Honored in Vienna Square Dedication
On November 7th, colleagues and family of Moshe Jahoda were joined by Austrian officials for a ceremony renaming Turnertempel Memorial Square in Vienn…
Surviving the Shoah and Pittsburgh
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, an…
Holocaust Survivors to Receive Increased Social Welfare Services After Negotiations with German Government
Claims Conference Negotiations Nets Additional Funding for Vital Services After German Delegation Hears First-Hand Survivor Testimony New York, NY Ju…
New Survey by Claims Conference Finds 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 Cla…
Czech Benefits for Survivors
Benefits Available to Holocaust Survivors Under the Czech Republic Social Security Administration The Claims Conference wishes to inform Holocaus…
Romanian Survivor Relief Program
Please note: The application deadline for the 2024 Romanian Survivor Relief Program has expired. New applications for this program can no longer be ac…
Claims Conference Provides Passover Packages to Holocaust Survivors in Need
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 …
Claims Conference to Compensate Algerian Jews Recognized for First Time by the German Government
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, F…
International Holocaust Survivors Night
The Claims Conference honored Holocaust survivors at the first annual “Holocaust Survivor Night,” with Chanukah candle lighting events at …
Eyewitness: Documenting the Holocaust on Film
The Claims Conference partnered with the Paley Center for Media for this important event moderated by veteran journalist Ted Koppel. The panel include…
Claims Conference Visit to Iasi, Romania
As a result of annual negotiations with the German government, last summer the Claims Conference obtained recognition, for the first time, for the sur…
U.S. Congress Urges More Funding for Survivor Care
The United States House of Representatives has unanimously approved a resolution urging the government of Germany to provide additional funding for se…
Claims Conference Appoints Ayelet Metzger as Ombudsman
The Claims Conference has appointed Ayelet Metzger as Ombudsman, following a lengthy international search, announced President Julius Berman. Ms. Metz…
Claims Conference Website Helps Holocaust Survivor Recover Pissarro Painting
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 …
Holocaust Survivors Begin New Year With More Payments and Aid
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…
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 sy…
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 m…
Social Security Administration Announcement 2014
The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) has recently issued several announcements regarding the exemption of Holocaust-related compensation paym…
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 en…
