Gurlitt Trove Investigation Must Intensify, Transparency Increase
With the Bern Kunstmuseum’s announcement that it will accept ownership of the Gurlitt artwork collection, the Claims Conference calls on Germany to in…
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Claims Conference Launches International Short Film Contest for Graduate Students and Recent Grads
Winner to Receive $40,000 to Produce Holocaust Film Short The Claims Conference has launched “Short Film, Large Subject: The Holocaust Film Competitio…
Discovery at Sobibor Filmed with Claims Conference Support
The Sobibor Documentation Project The gas chambers of the Sobibor death camp in Poland, destroyed by the Nazis after the 1943 prisoner uprising, have …
Claims Conference Reaches Landmark Agreement with Germany to Assist Child Survivors of the Holocaust
The Claims Conference has reached a landmark agreement with the German Finance Ministry under which the organization and the German government will to…
Claims Conference Board of Directors Charts Future Course at Annual Meeting
Establishes Demographic Research & Policy Unit to Track Shoah Victim Needs Board Approves Recommendations of Structure & Governance Panel; Off…
Ukraine Update
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 in…
Claims Conference Recommends Two Appointees to Gurlitt Art Task Force
Experts in Looted Art and Restitution; Calls for Transparency, Cites Moral Imperative January 8, 2014 — To assist in determining the extent and …
Holocaust Victims to Receive an Additional $4 Million in Aid From Weinberg Foundation Grant to Claims Conference
The Claims Conference has received an additional $4 million grant from the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation to provide emergency assistance to H…
Nazi-Looted Art Trove Discovered in Munich Must Be Made Public to Aid Restitution
Contact information for inquiries about the artworks discovered in Munich 1) The Coordination Office for Lost Art in Magdeburg: Koordinierungsstelle M…
New Online Video Series Provides Expert Guidance On Health & Well-Being For Family Caregivers Of Holocaust Survivors
New Approaches Provide Vital Support for Non-Professional Caregivers September 30 – The Claims Conference today announced the launch of its Caregiver …
Hungary Releases Promised $5.6 Million to Claims Conference for Holocaust Survivor Aid Worldwide
The Claims Conference is pleased to announce that the government of Hungary, after protracted and difficult talks over the course of several years, ha…
Claims Conference Reaches $1 Billion Agreement with German Government for Survivor Homecare
May 28, 2013 – The Claims Conference has negotiated an agreement under which the German government has committed to provide a…
Claims Conference Pension Changes
The Claims Conference is very pleased to announce significant changes in the eligibility criteria for Holocaust survivor pensions from the Claims Conf…
Helping survivors After Hurricane Sandy
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 survi…
Germany and Claims Conference Agree on Continued Payments, Homecare for Holocaust Survivors to Mark 60 Years of Compensation Agreements
The government of Germany has committed through an agreement signed with the Claims Conference at a public ceremony, to continue compensation payments…
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 fo…
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 …
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 fra…
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 prog…
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 prog…
