Overview The Claims Conference funds more than 100 Jewish organizations, primarily Jewish Family and Childrenβs Service agencies, in more than 20 U.S. states, to provide social welfare services for Nazi victims. More than four in five victims reside in just five U.S. states: New York, California, Florida, New Jersey and Illinois. Of Nazi victims currently […]
Compensation Direct compensation payments are made from the Article 2 Fund and the Hardship Fund. The Claims Conference negotiates on an ongoing basis with the German government to include additional Nazi victims in compensation programs, increase payments, and provide increased funds for social services. Cuts to federal Supplemental Security Income and adult day health care, […]
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 […]
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.