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Swiss Banks Settlement: Refugee Class

Please note: The Swiss Refugee Program is closed.  Compensation for Jewish Refugees Who Fled to Switzerland to Escape the Nazis The program compensated Jews who fled to Switzerland to escape the Nazis and were turned back at the border, expelled from the country, or mistreated while there. From December 2001 through early 2005, the Claims […]

Fund for Victims of Medical Experiments and Other Injuries

In 2005, the Claims Conference concluded payments from the Fund for Victims of Medical Experiments and Other Injuries. The Fund was part of the German Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and the Future” and was administered by the Claims Conference for Jewish claimants (aside from those in the Czech Republic, Poland, and the former Soviet Union).

Do Holocaust Payments Affect U.S. Federal Benefits?

All Holocaust compensation and restitution payments are excluded from calculations relating to eligibility for federally funded benefits, per 1994 federal legislation. The legislation stated that payments made to individuals because of their status as victims of Nazi persecution are to be excluded from income and resources in determining both eligibility for and the amount of benefits or […]

Asset Recovery and Pending Claims

Compensation/Sales The Successor Organization generated revenue of approximately €8.9 million from sales and compensation in 2020. Furthermore, the CC received rental income prior to the sale of properties of approximately €86,500. Expenses relating to the maintenance of property pending sale were approximately €71,200. As of the end of 2020, the CC had filed 124,891 claims […]

Central and Eastern European Fund: Overview & History

The Claims Conference has approved over 33,000 Holocaust survivors for payment from this fund and has paid a total of approximately $948 million. After intensive negotiations with Germany, the Claims Conference reached an agreement in 1998 that would allow some of the most persecuted Nazi victims in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union […]

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