The Kindertransport Fund will open January 1, 2019 and begin processing eligible applications. Although some survivors were provided a small payment in the 1950s, prior payments under compensation programs will not bar claimants from receiving this new benefit.
Washington Conference Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art On December 3, 1998, the 44 governments participating in the Washington Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets endorsed the following principles for dealing with Nazi-looted art: Released in connection with the Washington Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets, Washington, DC, December 3, 1998 In developing a consensus on non-binding principles to assist in […]
The Austrian Jewish Community Before the Anschluss Persecution and Deportation: 1938-1945 The Postwar Austrian Jewish Community Difficulties in Enacting Restitution and Compensation The Austrian Jewish Before the Anschluss The Jewish Community (Kultusgemeinde) was established as a result of a Habsburg statute of 1890, which granted Austrian Jews religious autonomy. In January 1938, there were […]
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 payment should be the same as the Article 2 Fund. As of January 1, 2013, […]