Brzeziny, Poland is 12 miles east of Lodz, and its prewar Jewish population stood at 6,850. The Jews were herded into a ghetto in April 1940, where they suffered starvation, cold, disease, selections for forced labor, and punishment and torture by the Nazis. On Purim 1942, the Nazis ordered that 10 Jews were to be […]
During the summer of 2014, with Israel under constant attack, the Claims Conference saw how its work to provide safe rooms in Amigour sheltered housing units helped protect its residents, nearly all of whom are Nazi victims. With southern cities having faced attacks for years, the Claims Conference partnered with Amigour to build protected rooms […]
In Budapest, elderly Holocaust survivors in need of a hot meal, a social worker, or medicine can find these necessities through programs funded by the Claims Conference. But sometimes there is a need for companionship and stimulation that goes beyond these daily, life-sustaining needs. Café Centropa, a program of the Vienna-based Central Europe Center for Research […]
Georgia’s Holocaust Learning Trunk Project has been a resounding success with teachers and students throughout the state. The Project is a Claims Conference-funded initiative of the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust to provide middle school students with a comprehensive set of materials on the history and lessons of the Holocaust. Trunks filled with books, posters, […]
Resulting from the Claims Conference negotiations, the Federal Government of Austria has agreed to pay every living Austrian Holocaust survivor an additional direct compensation payment of approximately €5,000 (approx. $3,300 USD) per survivor. As we estimate there to be about 2,500 Austrian Holocaust survivors alive today, the total financial commitment is €12.5 million (over $13 […]