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 […]
Supportive communities in Israel provide home modifications, counseling, security, and socialization programs.
The largest concentration of Jewish victims of Nazism in the world reside in Israel. One-third of all elderly in Israel are Holocaust victims. These circumstances, along with extensive cooperation with the Israeli government, give the Claims Conference a role in Israel that is unique among all the countries in which it operates. The Claims Conference […]
Nearly 300 people filled to capacity the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center in Manhattan for a movie screening of Who Will Write Our History. The event was hosted by the Claims Conference in partnership with the United States Holocaust Museum (USHMM), Katahdin Productions and World Jewish Congress President and Claims Conference Board Member, Ambassador Ronald Lauder.
Connect2 is a program of the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island, supported by Claims Conference funding. Connect2 offers vital companionship and support to Holocaust Survivors living throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan. Volunteers make regular visits to survivors in their homes. Volunteers hear extraordinary stories, learn courage and perseverance by living example, and have the […]
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