Topics: restitution
The Wertheim Property
The Wertheim Department Store group was among the largest and most distinguished Jewish department stores in pre-Hitler Germany. Wertheim owned a number of stores, including the famous Wertheim Department Store at Leipziger Platz in Berlin. Three Wertheim brothers had majority ownership in the department stores. As early as 1933, Jewish department stores became the focus […]
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 […]
Compensation Payment Programs
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U.S. State Department Envoy Pressing Holocaust-Era Property Compensation in Eastern Europe
This post is for historical informational purposes only. Please do not refer to this post for information pertaining to current Claims Conference programs. Visit What We Do for current program guidelines and information. Thank you. July 10, 2008 Addressing the Claims Conference Board of Directors at its annual meeting this week, the U.S. State Department Special Envoy […]
Resolutions on Property Restitution Proposed in U.S. Congress
This post is for historical informational purposes only. Please do not refer to this post for information pertaining to current Claims Conference programs. Visit What We Do for current program guidelines and information. Thank you. July 1, 2008 Read the text of the proposed resolutions: Senate Proposed Resolution S. Res. 603 House of Representatives Proposed Resolution: H. […]
