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鈥擥ideon 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 […]
Hosted By The Claims Conference Annually During Chanukah, International Holocaust Survivors Night This Year Will Include Messages Of Hope From Survivors Dignitaries And Celebrities, Culminating With An Official Menorah Lighting In Honor Of Survivors At The Western Wall In Israel. NEW YORK, NEW YORK, December 19, 2022: The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany […]
It is with a broken heart that we share with you details of Marian Turski, z”l following his passing at the age of 98 years old. Born Moshe Turbowicz in 1926, in Druskininkai, modern Lithuania, Marian was only fourteen when he and his parents were confined and forced to live in the 艁贸d藕 Ghetto. In […]
The loss of Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer deeply saddens the Claims Conference. She passed away at her home in Manhattan on July 12 at the age of 96. Perhaps best known for her work as a world-renowned psychosexual therapist, Dr. Ruth lived a multifaceted, inspirational life through her experiences on the Kindertransport and as a […]
Saul Kagan z鈥漧 made it his life鈥檚 calling to attain a small measure of justice for Jewish victims of Nazi persecution. A memorial tribute to honor his life was held on Monday, February 24, 2014 at the Center for Jewish History. Saul Kagan recollections of negotiations in 1952 Saul Kagan was the architect of Holocaust […]