Over the past year, the Claims Conference has been negotiating with the Austrian government for additional benefits for Holocaust survivors from Austria. As a result of these negotiations, it was agreed that the Austrian Government would make a payment of €5,087.10 to each former Austrian Jew who has been persecuted by the Nazi Regime or […]
The Austrian Jewish Community Before the Anschluss Persecution and Deportation: 1938-1945 The Postwar Austrian Jewish Community Difficulties in Enacting Restitution and Compensation The Austrian Jewish Before the Anschluss The Jewish Community (Kultusgemeinde) was established as a result of a Habsburg statute of 1890, which granted Austrian Jews religious autonomy. In January 1938, there were […]
“I never thought that for doing something good but normal, the humane thing, one can receive any compensation in this world.” These were the words of Bronislawa Bakun, aged 90, last week upon hearing that she would be recognized by the Claims Conference Righteous Rescuer Pension Fund. Bronislawa lives near the small village of Janów, Sokolka, […]
Yad Mordechai is a kibbutz in southern Israel, sitting roughly 2 miles north of the Gaza Strip. It was established in December 1943 by members of the Ha’shomer Hatza’ir Zionist youth movement who chose its name to commemorate the young leader of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, Mordechai Anielewicz, also a member of Ha’shomer Hatza’ir. At […]
“Transports to Extinction: Shoah (Holocaust) Deportation Database Project” includes Yad Vashem’s research into the deportation of Jews from every Jewish community in Europe during the Holocaust.
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