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 […]
General Guidelines for the Institutional Grants Program Guidelines for Shoah Research, Education and Documentation Grants Guidelines for Film Grants
Grant applications are available for agencies that provide social services for Holocaust survivors and for Shoah education, documentation and research
The Claims Conference has approved over 100,000 Holocaust survivors for payment from this fund and has paid a total of approximately $4.9 billion. From the earliest negotiations, in 1952, West Germany recognized its obligations in principle to provide compensation to Holocaust survivors. In contrast, despite the Claims Conference’s many efforts, the Communist East German government […]
We administer compensation programs for Holocaust survivors, and offer information on other available programs for survivors worldwide.
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