Funding is available for projects that preserve, organize, and make accessible Holocaust-related materials through archival work, exhibitions, and the recording of new testimonies. Priority is given to projects that expand public access and contribute to long-term historical understanding of the Shoah. Archival Projects The Claims Conference prioritizes archival initiatives that make Holocaust-related materials publicly accessible […]
Added Funding Helps Safeguard Vulnerable Nazi Victims In the South As the rocket attacks from Gaza continue, Holocaust victims are particularly vulnerable, physically and emotionally. With southern cities having faced attacks for years, the Claims Conference has worked closely with the Israeli government and non-governmental organizations to protect, care for and comfort Holocaust victims and […]
Rosa Lindenberg and her husband, Leo, both Holocaust survivors, did everything they were supposed to do to save for retirement and their old age. Unfortunately, due to Leo’s prolonged illness, the couple depleted their savings, and Rosa must now rely on the Jewish Family Service of Broward County, and the Claims Conference, for food assistance […]
The Claims Conference is pleased to announce that the government of Hungary, after protracted and difficult talks over the course of several years, has agreed to release $5.6 million in previously committed funds for social welfare services for needy Holocaust survivors of Hungarian origin living outside of Hungary. In order to secure the Hungarian government […]
Direct compensation payments are made from the Central and Eastern European Fund (CEEF) and the Hardship Fund. Currently, CEEF payments are €600, the same as the Article 2 Fund, as a result of Claims Conference negotiations with the German government. Recent governmental reforms have resulted in drastic cuts in Hungarian health care services and social […]