One of the chief ongoing priorities for the Claims Conference has been to identify, collect, preserve, and make available Holocaust-era documentation. We are giving the world the tools it will need to learn about the Shoah and thus remember it long after its last survivors are here to tell of it. Our two main partners […]
The Claims Conference has approved over 33,000 Holocaust survivors for payment from this fund and has paid a total of approximately $948 million. After intensive negotiations with Germany, the Claims Conference reached an agreement in 1998 that would allow some of the most persecuted Nazi victims in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union […]
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As you know, on October 7, 2023, Hamas carried out the deadliest one-day attack on Jews since the Holocaust. With 120,000 Holocaust survivors and almost one hundred Claims Conference staff living in Israel, the attacks bring the organization particularly close to the daily and hourly events. The incredibly dedicated and committed Claims Conference staff in […]
In Addition To Home Care And An Extended Commitment To Holocaust Education, Negotiations With The German Government Result In Additional Hardship Fund Supplemental Payments Impacting More Than 127,000 Holocaust Survivors Around The World. NEW YORK, NEW YORK: October 29, 2025—Today, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) announced the outcomes of its […]