German Foundation Awards The Claims Conference Emergency Assistance Funding For Holocaust Survivors December 12, 2019 – Claims Conference President Julius Berman announces a new emergency assistance fund for Holocaust survivors provided by the Reimann family and administered through their new humanitarian arm, the Alfred Landecker Foundation. “The funds being provided through the Alfred Landecker Foundation […]
Social Media Campaign To Honor Righteous Among The Nations, Non-Jews Who Risked Everything During The Holocaust To Rescue Jews.
The Survivor Speakers Bureau — SSB, for short — is a vast database of Holocaust survivors willing and able to tell their stories. As the Holocaust survivor population wanes, it is more critical than ever that survivors tell their stories. The SSB exists to facilitate their vital telling by forging connections between survivors and those […]
Update November 2023: Austrian Holocaust Survivor Payment 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 […]
Founded in 1951 by representatives of 23 major international Jewish organizations, the Claims Conference negotiates for and disburses funds to individuals and organizations and seeks the return of Jewish property stolen during the Holocaust. As a result of negotiations with the Claims Conference since 1952, the German government has paid more than $80 billion in indemnification to individuals for suffering and losses resulting from persecution by the Nazis.