For years, the Claims Conference has been a constituent member of the World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO), which is charged with the recovery of confiscated property from countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Together with local Jewish communities, the WJRO and the Claims Conference continue to press governments to provide for the restitution of, or […]
United States Restitution payments paid to a Nazi victim, his or her heirs or estate, are not subject to federal income tax. See IRS Publication 525 at page 34. This exclusion includes payments made by a foreign government, the United States, or any foreign or domestic entity. Certain types of interest earned on these payments […]
Please note: This program is closed. In 2000, the Claims Conference intensified its property negotiations with Austria, contending that over the last 50 years Austria had not adequately addressed the major material losses of its Jewish population during the Holocaust. Not only was the First Republic unable to protect a part of its citizens from […]
Agencies that receive Claims Conference grants are required to acknowledge the Claims Conference on websites and in press materials
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 […]