Topics: Eastern Europe
Application FAQs
Applying for Claims Conference-administered compensation 1. I filled out a form for a Claims Conference-administered payment. Where do I mail it? · For current residents of all countries EXCEPT Israel and Europe Claims Conference PO Box 1215 New York, NY 10113 USA Tel.: (646) 536-9100 Fax: (212) 679-2126 · For current residents of Israel Claims […]
Romania
Masia Herscu passed away in December 2018, z”l. May her memory be for a blessing. News Holocaust Survivors of Iasi Death Trains, Pogrom & Ghetto now to Receive First-ever Compensation Pensions Background Direct compensation payments are made from the Central and Eastern European Fund (CEEF) and from the Holocaust Victim Compensation Fund (HVCF). Beginning in […]
Centropa Budapest Cafe
In Budapest, elderly Holocaust survivors in need of a hot meal, a social worker, or medicine can find these necessities through programs funded by the Claims Conference. But sometimes there is a need for companionship and stimulation that goes beyond these daily, life-sustaining needs. Café Centropa, a program of the Vienna-based Central Europe Center for Research […]
Claims Conference Pension Amounts Equalized Following Negotiations with German Government
Since the establishment of the Central and Eastern European Fund (CEEF) in 1998, which issues pensions to certain Holocaust survivors living in the former Soviet bloc, the Claims Conference has been strongly advocating to the German government that its monthly payment should be the same as the Article 2 Fund. As of January 1, 2013, […]
Three Promises
Three Promises: A film about the Holocaust in Serbia On March 18, 1942, a Nazi gas van pulled up in front of the Jewish hospital of Belgrade, and for the first time in Serbia was used on Jewish citizens. This van and others that followed killed everyone within the hospital — patients, nurses, and doctors, […]
