As a result of annual negotiations with the German government, last summer the Claims Conference obtained recognition, for the first time, for the survivors of Iasi, who were forced to endure pogroms and death trains at the hands of Nazi soldiers and the Romanian authorities.
On Thursday, February 7, 2019, the Claims Conference in partnership with the Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles presented the second edition of a special forum on Holocaust film:ย Eyewitness: Documenting the Holocaust on Film
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 โMazal Tovโ and her birthdate on one side, and the Hebrew letter Hey, a shortened version of Godโs name, on the other. The pendant remained buried for […]
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 […]