NEW YORK, NEW YORK: July 1, 2019 โ Today, Julius Berman, President of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), announced the results of the organizationโs negotiations this year with the German Government on behalf of Jewish Holocaust survivors. โThese increased benefits achieved by the hard work of our negotiations delegation, including […]
Establishes Demographic Research & Policy Unit to Track Shoah Victim Needs Board Approves Recommendations of Structure & Governance Panel; Officers Elected After extensive discussion among more than 60 representatives from its member organizations at the annual meeting of the Claims Conference, the Board of Directors voted on the long-term future direction of the organization that […]
“Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I cannot say any more than thank you,” Lea Kriesbacher quietly and earnestly whispers into the phone. She rushes on, โIf I have one word, it is a dream. A dream which every winter for the past four years has come true.โ Lea is one of about 70 survivors […]
Mihail, 82, had not left his one-room Kiev apartment since the recent unrest in the Ukrainian capital turned violent.ย Frightened and alone, he was indescribably grateful when Alena Druzhynina showed up at his apartment with a food package from Hesed Bโnei Azriel. She walked through the then-dangerously chaotic Independence Square area to make sure that […]
Funding is available for projects that preserve, organize, and make accessible Holocaust-related materials through archival work, exhibitions, and the recording of new testimonies. Priority is given to projects that expand public access and contribute to long-term historical understanding of the Shoah. Archival Projects The Claims Conference prioritizes archival initiatives that make Holocaust-related materials publicly accessible […]