The Claims Conference has approved over 100,000 Holocaust survivors for payment from this fund and has paid a total of approximately $4.9 billion. From the earliest negotiations, in 1952, West Germany recognized its obligations in principle to provide compensation to Holocaust survivors. In contrast, despite the Claims Conference’s many efforts, the Communist East German government […]
Over the past year, the Claims Conference has been negotiating with the Austrian government for additional benefits for Holocaust survivors from Austria. As a result of these negotiations, it was agreed that the Austrian Government would make a payment of €5,087.10 to each former Austrian Jew who has been persecuted by the Nazi Regime or […]
On view at the Museum of Jewish Heritage through August 14, 2016, “Stitching History From the Holocaust” was created by and is on loan from the Jewish Museum Milwaukee. The Claims Conference helped fund the exhibit.
2012 December 17, 2012 For 60th Year, Germany Honors Duty to Pay Holocaust Victims New York Times July 11, 2012 $70 billion on, Claims Conf. marks 60 years of reparations from Germany JTA March 19, 2012 Israeli journalists apologize to Claims Conference over controversial film Haaretz March 19, 2012 Journalists apologize to Claims Conference JTA […]
Piecing Together One Victim’s Story When Karoline Cohn was born in Frankfurt on July 3, 1929, her parents Richard and Else had a necklace pendant made with the words “Mazal Tov” and her birthdate on one side, and the Hebrew letter Hey, a shortened version of God’s name, on the other. The pendant remained buried for […]