Direct compensation 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. Grants to Organizations That Assist Survivors With Claims Conference support, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Arrangement for concluding the libel suit submitted by the Claims Conference following the film “The Reparations Moral – The War Continues” In the framework of the compromise agreement secured by the parties, Shamayim Productions Ltd., Orly Vilnai and Guy Meroz signed an agreed apology document. This agreement concludes the proceedings in the libel suit filed […]
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 […]