Topics: What We Do

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 […]


Negotiations

The Claims Conference negotiates agreements with the German government to provide compensation payments and in-home care to Holocaust survivors


Compensation Payment Programs

We administer compensation programs for Holocaust survivors, and offer information on other available programs for survivors worldwide.

Update: Life Certificates and Change in procedures due to COVID-19


Grants for Organizations

We provide grants to more than 200 social service agencies around the world to care for Holocaust survivors and further the memory and lessons of the Shoah