International Holocaust Survivors Night 2019
For the third year in a row, International Holocaust Survivors Night was celebrated around the world with menorah lighting ceremonies during Chanukah to honor and celebrate Holocaust survivors. Events included ceremonies in Germany, the U.S., Russia and at the Kotel in Jerusalem. This year International Holocaust Survivors Night expanded to include Paris.
On November 7th, colleagues and family of Moshe Jahoda were joined by Austrian officials for a ceremony renaming Turnertempel Memorial Square in Vienna after Moshe Jahoda.
As a result of annual negotiations with the German government, last summer the Claims Conference obtained recognition, for the first time, for the survivors of Iasi, who were forced to endure pogroms and death trains at the hands of Nazi soldiers and the Romanian authorities.
Viewers in the U.S., watch the program on Yahoo.com Viewers outside of the U.S., watch the program on YouTube Journalists, educators, and financial and political strategists gather for PaleyIMPACT: The Media’s Role in Combating Holocaust Denial, Misinformation and Antisemitism, on January 27, 2021, moderated by Paula Zahn, to discuss why Holocaust denial and misinformation are […]
Claims Conference Gave Funding to Produce Movie βSon of Saul,β the critically acclaimed film that received funding from the Claims Conference, has won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The Claims Conference is proud to have supported this ground-breaking film that also won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015 and […]