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The Successor Organization
In 1990, the new democratic government of East Germany introduced legislation to restitute property that had been nationalized by the former East German Communist regime. Even before the reunification of East and West Germany was finalized, the Claims Conference was able to achieve in intense negotiations that this legislation included the restitution of Jewish property […]
West German Federal Indemnification Law – BEG
The original West German Federal Indemnification Law (known as the Bundesentschädigungsgesetz, or BEG) was enacted in 1952 by the government of West Germany as a result of agreements with the Claims Conference. This law encompasses three separate German laws that were adopted in 1953, 1956 and 1965 that provided for compensation to Holocaust survivors. This […]
Negotiations
The Claims Conference negotiates agreements with the German government to provide compensation payments and in-home care to Holocaust survivors
Grants Process
The following is a description of the general steps followed in the process of the Institutional Grants Program. Amendments are made from time to time. The application review and approval process take approximately 8 months. Application Review and Assessment Applications are submitted for review to the Claims Conference on a semi-annual basis. All application forms […]
Israel
The largest concentration of Jewish victims of Nazism in the world reside in Israel. One-third of all elderly in Israel are Holocaust victims. These circumstances, along with extensive cooperation with the Israeli government, give the Claims Conference a role in Israel that is unique among all the countries in which it operates. The Claims Conference […]
