Topics: Successor Organization
Our Work
Negotiations We negotiate for compensation payments and aid to Holocaust survivors and for the return of and restitution for Jewish-owned property. Successor Organization We recover unclaimed Jewish property in the former East Germany and use the proceeds to provide vital social services to Holocaust victims around the world.
The Wertheim Property
The Wertheim Department Store group was among the largest and most distinguished Jewish department stores in pre-Hitler Germany. Wertheim owned a number of stores, including the famous Wertheim Department Store at Leipziger Platz in Berlin. Three Wertheim brothers had majority ownership in the department stores. As early as 1933, Jewish department stores became the focus […]
Issues Regarding Future Income
For background information on this subject, please see: Asset Recovery and Pending Claims As of March 31, 2017, the Claims Conference had filed 124,569 claims covering real estate and businesses as well as additional claims for smaller types of assets. These smaller claims are being handled separately from the real estate and business claims. For the […]
Amendment to the Goodwill Fund
As a result of decisions of the Claims Conference in 2009 and 2010, the Goodwill Fund Guidelines now contain the following provisions: (A) If an application is made after March 31, 2004 which otherwise would have been eligible under the Guidelines and which meets either of the following: (a) Was submitted by an original owner of […]
