Topics: grants
Celebrating Rosh Hashanah 5782
As new year celebrations are under way and the sounds of the shofar are still in our ears, I wanted to take a moment to thank our extraordinary partners and staff from around the world for their tireless efforts on behalf of Holocaust survivors. Two hundred agencies around the world, in fifty countries, helped tens […]
Claims Conference Establishes Special Emergency Fund for Holocaust Survivors During COVID-19 Crisis
$300 Million Advanced To Social Service Agencies Globally, And An Emergency Fund Of $4.3 Million Established For Social Service Agencies Providing Life-Saving Assistance
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 […]
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 […]
