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. […]
About 150 Nazi victims in the Washington, D.C. area have received free dental care since 2011 through a partnership of three area organizations, Jewish Social Service Agency (JSSA) in Rockville, MD.; the Alpha Omega International Dental Fraternity’s public service arm, the Alpha Omega Foundation; and the Maimonides Dental Society of Greater Washington. Iosif Fikhman, a […]
Direct compensation payments are made from the Article 2 Fund and the Hardship Fund. The Claims Conference negotiates on an ongoing basis with the German government to include additional Nazi victims in compensation programs, increase payments, and provide increased funds for social services. The Claims Conference supports Tzedaka Foundation’s Holocaust Survivor Assistance Program, designed to […]
Who is eligible? This fund is open to Jewish Nazi victims who were persecuted as Jews and were born January 1, 1928 or later AND who suffered one of the following types of persecution: (I) Were in a concentration camp; or (II) Were in a ghetto (or similar place of incarceration in accordance with the […]