Claims Conference

The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany

The Claims Conference works to secure compensation and restitution for survivors of the Holocaust and heirs of victims.

Since 1951, the Claims Conference - working in partnership with the State of Israel - has negotiated for and distributed payments from Germany, Austria as well as other governments and industry. It has also recovered unclaimed German Jewish property and funded programs to assist the neediest Jewish victims of Nazism.

To date, more than 500,000 Holocaust survivors in 67 countries have received more than DM 100 billion in compensation payments as a result of the work of the Claims Conference. The Claims Conference has also allocated more than $500 million to organisations meeting the social service needs of Holocaust survivors, and engaging in education, research, and documentation of the Shoah.

In Great Britain, the AJR receives and distributes (on behalf of an ad-hoc Umbrella Group committee) funds allocated to survivors living in this country.

Claims Conference News

The latest information from the Claims Conference is available here