Claims Conference
Global Holocaust survivor population drops to about 196,000 worldwide, half in Israel, data shows
New data shows the global number of Holocaust survivors has fallen to about 196,000, with nearly half living in Israel and most having survived as children.
Holocaust survivors in Israel to receive dedicated assistance through new program
Survey finds lack of Holocaust knowledge in eight countries, but majority fear another genocide
Ensuring 'dignity': Germany increases funds for Holocaust survivors by $114m
Claims Conference silent on reports of government probe
The New York-based organization is the primary Jewish communal interlocutor with Germany for Holocaust reparation issues, with an annual budget in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Candidly Speaking: A disgrace: New York attorney general investigates Claims Conference?
Although the New York State Office of the Attorney General does not confirm ongoing inquiries, it has in fact launched a probe into the management of the Claims Conference.
Layoffs at Claims Conference Tel Aviv office
Employee: It will affect how we can service our clients.
Claims Conference: Little progress made on looted Holocaust art
Despite pledges to find and return art looted by the Nazis found within their borders, little follow up action has been taken by the nations of Europe, Jewish groups find.
Memo to the Claims Conference: We Holocaust survivors are not dead yet
The organization has plans to re-invent itself to focus on Holocaust education, and pay for the programs by asking Germany for the money.
A week of highlights
American Kent Nagano conducts the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in a series of concerts next week.
Property stolen during the Nazi terror must be returned
As the largest representative of claimants who have not yet received their property from the Claims Conference, we (Claimants Representative Committee, CRC) have read your above article with interest.
For whom the Claims Conference tolls?
Were the Jewish presses in Poland stolen during the war and transported to Germany worthless? Why this sudden loss of interest in stolen Jewish property? Is this not what the Claims Conference should take care of?
No end to Claims Conference distortions and shamelessness
The mishandling of sacred Holocaust restitution funds represents the greatest moral failure of organized Jewish life in our generation.
Claims and counterclaims
The Claims Conference should be subject to an open, honest investigation. It should also, however, be treated fairly.