Contact information for inquiries about the artworks discovered in Munich 1) The Coordination Office for Lost Art in Magdeburg: Koordinierungsstelle Magdeburg Turmschanzenstr. 32 39114 Magdeburg Germany Fax: 01149 391 567 3899 2) The Prosecutor’s Office in Augsburg: Staatsanwaltschaft Augsburg Herrn Leitenden Oberstaatsanwalt Nemetz 86197 Augsburg Germany Fax: 01149 821 3105-1360 3) Any Embassy or Consulate […]
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 […]
United States Canada Where We Work The Claims Conference funds more than 140 Jewish organizations, primarily Jewish Family Service agencies, in 23 U.S. states and in Canada, to provide social welfare services for Holocaust victims. Why Help Is Needed The global financial crisis has adversely affected social service delivery to Holocaust victims living in North America. […]
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.
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 […]