With endless appreciation… Dear Colleague, “You know, we’ve seen much worse.” When I recently contacted a Holocaust survivor, checking in by phone, he calmly and resolutely told me, “You know, we’ve seen much worse.” “Of course,” I acknowledged, “but still, please don’t go out, and make sure you have a sufficient supply of medicine, just […]
May 21, 2021 The Claims Conference mourns the passing of one of our beloved board members, Roman Kent z”l. Chairman of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, Roman was a long-time Board member and co-Chair of the Claims Conference negotiating committee. Roman made himself available for every cause we put in front of him, […]
In late 1996 and early 1997, a series of class action lawsuits were filed in United States District Court against three Swiss banks. The suits alleged that the Swiss banks knowingly retained and concealed assets of Holocaust victims, and collaborated with and aided the Third Reich by accepting and laundering illegally obtained Nazi assets and profits of slave labor.
Wassili Michailowski, a survivor of the massacre at Babi Yar, shows a picture of himself as a child with his parents before the Holocaust. Photo: Masha Stahlberg, n-ost
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