Topics: allocations
Natalya Lazar
Natalya Lazar, a Ph.D. Candidate in Holocaust Studies at Clark University in Massachusetts, is a recipient of a Kagan Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies. Claims Conference fellowships support Ph.D. and postdoctoral candidates pursuing research on Holocaust-related topics. Her dissertation, entitled “Czernowitz Jews and the Holocaust,” explores Jewish life and the changing dynamics of interethnic and […]
Survivor Story: Georgette Hancock
Georgette Hancock lives alone in Portland, Oregon, after her daughter, son-in-law and four grandchildren recently moved away. But Georgette says the staff at Jewish Family & Child Service in Portland supports her and cares for her, with the funds it receives from the Claims Conference. Life During the Holocaust Born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1936, Georgette […]
Weinberg Emergency Assistance Fund
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Holocaust Survivor Emergency Assistance Fund provides grants to social service agencies in the U.S. and Canada to benefit Holocaust survivors in need
Looted Art & Cultural Property Grants
The Claims Conference allocates funds for projects relating to looted art and cultural property. ERR ProjectThe compiling and making available of the records of the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR). Nazi-Era Provenance Internet Portal(NEPIP): Created by the American Association of Museums, NEPIP is a searchable registry of objects in U.S. museum collections that changed hands in Continental […]
Hungary Releases Promised $5.6 Million to Claims Conference for Holocaust Survivor Aid Worldwide
The Claims Conference is pleased to announce that the government of Hungary, after protracted and difficult talks over the course of several years, has agreed to release $5.6 million in previously committed funds for social welfare services for needy Holocaust survivors of Hungarian origin living outside of Hungary. In order to secure the Hungarian government […]
