Negotiations With Germany Result In Emergency Payments For Survivors, Liberalization Of Compensations And Increased Home Care For Holocaust Survivors Globally. NEW YORK, NY: September 15, 2022 β Today, at the invitation of the German Federal Minister of Finance, Mr. Christian Lindner, the Claims Conference will join German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Israelβs Minister for Social […]
Home Care Services Funding For Holocaust Survivors Will Increase An Additional $105.2 Million For A Total Of $888.9 Million; Outcomes For These Negotiations Also Include Expanded One-Time Payments Per Year Through 2027, Impacting More Than 128,000 Holocaust Survivors Worldwide.
Mihail, 82, had not left his one-room Kiev apartment since the recent unrest in the Ukrainian capital turned violent.Β Frightened and alone, he was indescribably grateful when Alena Druzhynina showed up at his apartment with a food package from Hesed Bβnei 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 […]
The Survivor Speakers Bureau β SSB, for short β 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 […]