The following are testimonies of living individuals who were subjected to Nazi medical experiments and who were identified by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference). These testimonies and those of the other identified individuals will be turned over to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (in Washington, D.C.), Yad Vashem (in Israel) and other Holocaust institutions. The individuals listed below want their experiences to become part of the historical record, but asked to keep their names private because of the sensitivity of the material.
The Claims Conference Releases a Cutting-Edge Mixed-Reality Experience Detailing the Heartbreaking and Inspiring Story of Benno Kern, from Anschluss to Auschwitz to Liberation in Buchenwald.
Before the Holocaust Toman Brod, born in 1929, grew up in a well-to-do assimilated Jewish family in Prague, which he described as “an idyllic city” before the war. He never experienced anti-Semitism and had Jews and non-Jews as friends. Toman recalls the delicious food that Anci Kopska, the family’s cook, prepared, including “superb” bread dumplings, […]
The Claims Conference, in partnership with the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, has announced its first-ever, global film series in commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day. All films were supported by the Claims Conference and focus on Holocaust-related topics. The film series will be hosted April 13 through April 20 globally, with screenings occurring in Frankfurt and Berlin in Germany as well as all five boroughs of New York City.