The Goodwill Fund Guidelines have been amended as follows: If an application is made after March 31, 2004 which otherwise would have been eligible under the Guidelines and which meets either of the following: (a) Was submitted by an original owner of the property or spouse of the original owner; or (b) Was submitted by a […]
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 β¬5,087.10 to each former Austrian Jew who has […]
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 […]
German Foundation Awards The Claims Conference Emergency Assistance Funding For Holocaust Survivors December 12, 2019 β 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. βThe funds being provided through the Alfred Landecker Foundation […]
January 27 is recognized as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It was designated by the UN in 2005. Marking the 1945 liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp by Soviet troops, this date honors the six million Jewish victims and others killed by the Nazi regime. Members of the Claims Conference family were involved in commemorations around […]