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Auschwitz Pavilion
A new permanent exhibition at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum has updated decades-old information with a compelling format, placing the murder of more than 1 million Jews at the death camp in the larger context of the Holocaust. The Auschwitz Pavilion, created in the camp’s former Block 27, was designed and built by Yad Vashem and funded […]
Austrian Bank Fund
The Austrian bank Österreichische Creditanstalt – Wiener Bankverein was taken over by the Nazis in 1938 following the Anschluss and renamed the Creditanstalt Bankverein (CABV). During World War II, the CABV expanded into the Czech Lands, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia, Romania and Bulgaria. By 1942, it fell fully under the control of the Deutsche […]
Eastern Europe
The Claims Conference allocates funds to agencies in nine countries in Eastern Europe. Related Information:Restitution in Poland, Hungary, Romania and Other Countries in Eastern EuropeBosnia-HerzegovinaIn Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Claims Conference works with La Benevolencija to provide home care, medical care and medication, case management, transportation, emergency assistance, food programs, and socialization. BulgariaIn Bulgaria, Shalom provides services […]
Tax Exemptions
United States Restitution payments paid to a Nazi victim, his or her heirs or estate, are not subject to federal income tax. See IRS Publication 525 at page 34. This exclusion includes payments made by a foreign government, the United States, or any foreign or domestic entity. Certain types of interest earned on these payments […]
International Holocaust Survivors Night 2019
International Holocaust Survivors Night 2019
For the third year in a row, International Holocaust Survivors Night was celebrated around the world with menorah lighting ceremonies during Chanukah to honor and celebrate Holocaust survivors. Events included ceremonies in Germany, the U.S., Russia and at the Kotel in Jerusalem. This year International Holocaust Survivors Night expanded to include Paris.
