The Claims Conference has received an additional $4 million grant from the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation to provide emergency assistance to Holocaust victims in North America. The Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private Jewish foundations in the U.S., has as its mission the funding of nonprofit organizations that assist low-income and vulnerable individuals […]
Laura Brade is a Kagan Fellow at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where she is a Ph.D. candidate in history.
Direct compensation payments are made from the Article 2 Fund, the Hardship Fund and the Child Survivor Fund. Service Social Juif is the central Jewish welfare agency in Brussels. Chore/housekeeper services and personal nursing care are key elements of Service Social Juif’s programs, as an increasing number of survivors require assistance each year. Transportation services […]
To help ensure that serious study and research of the Holocaust continues even after survivors are gone, the Saul Kagan Claims Conference Fellowships in Advanced Shoah Studies supports selected Ph.D. candidates around the world. Ella Florsheim of Israel grew up listening at the Shabbat table to her grandparents’ tales of surviving the Holocaust. During her […]
10-day rehabilitation programs operated by the Commission held twice a year at the Srodborow facility outside of Warsaw. This program assists isolated and disabled Nazi victims in need of psychological support and rehabilitation in a Jewish environment. Activity Beginning in January 2022, CEEF payments increased to €600 per month due to Claims Conference negotiations with […]