BREAKING NEWS

Saul Kagan, Claims Conference founder and chief, dies at 91

 NEW YORK — Saul Kagan, the founder and a longtime chief of the Claims Conference, died Saturday at age 91.
Kagan helped found the organization in 1951 to be the main vehicle for negotiating with Germany over restitution for Holocaust survivors.
In a statement announcing his death, the Claims Conference credited Kagan with securing tens of billions in restitution payments during his 47 years at the helm of the organization.