Comisión para el Esclarecimiento de las Actividades del Nazismo en la Republica
Argentina (CEANA)
[Commission of Enquiry into the Activities of Nazism in Argentina (CEANA)]
CEANA was established in May 1997 by President Carlos Menem to determine the number
of war criminals who entered Argentina and the quantity of victims’ assets that
were brought to Argentina. CEANA also investigates Nazi routes of escape to Argentina,
German naval activities in Argentine waters, German-Argentine military collaboration,
Argentine Central Bank transactions with the Nazis and their investments, and other
related issues. CEANA is composed of three separate bodies: an international panel,
including local and foreign historians; an advisory committee, including local and
foreign representatives; and an academic committee.
Esmeralda 1212, Annex C, 4th Floor
1007 Buenos Aires
Argentine Republic
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://mrecic.gov.ar
Museo Del Holocausto
Buenos Aires Shoah Museum
The Buenos Aires Shoah Museum was established in 1993. The mission of the Shoah
Museum of Buenos Aires is to keep alive the memory of the Holocaust, to remember,
not to allow to forget, to investigate and teach the history of the Holocaust, and
educate society about the grave consequences of racism, discrimination, and xenophobia.
Montevideo 919 (1019)
Buenos Aires
Argentine Republic
Telephone: +54-1148-1135-88
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.museodelholocausto.org.ar
World Jewish Congress
In 1992, the World Jewish Congress (WJC) launched efforts for restitution of Jewish
property in Europe and established the World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO).
The WJC was charged with the task of negotiating with the governments and Jewish
communities involved in restitution. Over time, the WJC introduced restitution matters
to western European nations and revealed newly declassified intelligence documents
relating to the actions of various European governments during the war and helped
attract international media attention. WJC negotiations helped instigate 20 governmental
inquiry commissions to investigate how each country behaved during the war and how
stolen Jewish property was dealt with after the war. The WJC continues to research
restitution issues worldwide and issues public policy dispatches and reports.
Casilla de Correo 20
1453 Buenos Aires
Argentine Republic
Telephone: +54-11-4961-4534; +54-11-4962-5028
Fax: +54-11-4963-7056
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.congresojudio.org.ar
Sydney Jewish Museum
The Sydney Jewish Museum is dedicated to documenting and teaching the history of
the Holocaust so that these events will never be repeated. This world-class museum
challenges visitors' perceptions of democracy, morality, social justice and human
rights and places the Holocaust in its historical and contemporary context.
148 Dalinghurst Road
Darlinghurst, NSW
Commonwealth of Australia
Telephone: +61-2-9360-7999
Fax: +61-2-9331-4245
Jewish Holocaust Centre
[Remembrance Education Museum]
The Jewish Holocaust Centre serves as a permanent reminder of what happens in a
society which refuses to accept other cultures and beliefs. The centre conducts
lectures and runs seminar programs throughout the year, and has developed educational
resources and materials to support an active school visitor program that sees thousands
of students visiting to meet and talk to Holocaust Survivor guides and their descendants
each year.
13-15 Selwyn Street, Elsternwick
Victoria
Commonwealth of Australia 3185
Telephone: +61-3-9528-1985
Fax: +61-3-9528-3758
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.jhc.org.au
The Art Gallery of New South Wales Provenance Research
The gallery’s website contains a listing of artwork with incomplete histories of
particular concern for art museums around the world. The website lists European
works of art with incomplete histories for the 1930s and 1940s. The gallery actively
researches the provenance of its own artwork. Within its collection, four old master
and nine twentieth-century European paintings have been identified as having incomplete
histories for the period 1933 to 1945.
Art Gallery Road, the Domain 2000
Sydney
Commonwealth of Australia
Telephone: +612-9225-1700; +612-9225-1744; +612-9225-1790
Email: [email protected]
Website:
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/provenance
The National Gallery of Victoria Provenance Research Project
As part of its ongoing research to identify the provenance of its artwork, the National
Gallery of Victoria has established a website that lists its artwork with incomplete
histories from the period 1933 to 1945.
PO Box 7259, VIC 8004
Melbourne
Commonwealth of Australia
Telephone: +613-8662-1555
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au
Österreichische Staatsarchiv
[Austrian State Archive]
It is a subordinate agency of the Federal Chancellery serving two purposes. On the
one hand, it is a central archive for the federal services of the Republic of Austria
(supreme bodies and ministries), which has a legal responsibility to transfer its
acts and documents to the State Archives. On the other hand, its historical departments
are the keepers of the archival heritage of the Habsburg Empire (1526–1918) and
its central authorities, as well as of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
(until 1806). The oldest piece in the collection of acts and charters of the Babenbergs
and Habsburgs dates back to 816.
Nottendorfer Gasse 2
A-1030 Vienna
Republic of Austria
Telephone: +43-1795-40-0
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.oesta.gv.at
Department for Restitution Affairs
Since the mid-1990s, as a consequence of the international and Austrian developments
in the process of coming to terms with the Nazi past, the Jewish Community Vienna
(IKG Vienna) has been extensively dealing with the issues of compensation and restitution
of assets seized during the Holocaust era.
Desider-Friedmann-Platz 1
A-1010 Vienna
Republic of Austria
Telephone: +43-1531-04-201; +42-1531-04-105
Fax: +43-1531-04-219
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.ikg-wien.at
Kommission Provenienzforschung
[Commission for the Investigation of Provenance of Art Objects of the Federal Ministry
for Education and Culture of Austria]
Austrian Federal Minister Elizabeth Gehrer initiated the commission in March 1998
to research historical material on the looting of works of art and their restitution.
Members of this commission include representatives from the relevant Federal museums,
the Austrian National Library, and the Federal Memorial Office. Professor Dr. Ernst
Bacher coordinates the scholarly research.
A-1010 Vienna Austria
Telephone: +1 43 1 534 15 201
Fax: +1 43 1 534 15 252
Email: [email protected]
[email protected]
Website: http://www.bda.at http://www.provenienzforschung.gv.at
Allgemeiner Entschädigungsfonds für Opfer des Nationalsozialismus
[General Settlement Fund for Victims of National Socialism]
The National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism was
called into being with the Federal Law BGBl ("Federal Law Gazette") no. 432/1995
in 1995. Its task was to make so called gesture payments, as quickly and unbureaucratically
as possible, to persons who had been victims of National Socialism in Austria between
1938 and 1945.
A-1017
Vienna
Republic of Austria
Telephone: +43-1408-12-63
Fax: +43-1310-00-88
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.nationalfonds.org
Nationalfonds der Republik Österreich
[National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism]
Over the years, the National Fund evolved into a central point of contact for survivors
of National Socialist injustice and as such was entrusted with further responsibilities.
In 2001, the General Settlement Fund for Victims of National Socialism was established
on the basis of the Washington Agreement in order to enable a comprehensive resolution
to open questions of compensation for victims of National Socialism on the territory
of the present day Republic of Austria. Both institutions pursue a common goal:
The recognition of Austria's special responsibility towards the victims of the National
Socialist regime.
A-1017
Vienna
Republic of Austria
Telephone: +43-1408-12-63
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.nationalfonds.org
Österreichischer Fonds für Versöhnung, Frieden, und Zusammenarbeit
[Austrian Fund for Reconciliation, Peace, and Cooperation]
The Austrian Fund for Reconciliation, Peace, and Cooperation was created on December
20, 2000. Its purpose is to make payments to former slave and forced laborers of
the National Socialist regime in the territory of present-day Austria.
Rotenturmstrasse 16-18/3
A-1011
Vienna
Republic of Austria
Website: http://www.versoehnungsfonds.at
Mauerbach-Fonds für Bedürftigte Jüdische Überlebende des Holocaust in und aus Österreich
[Mauerbach Fund for Jewish Survivors of the Holocaust within and outside of Austria]
In October 1996, artworks that had been seized by the National Socialists and whose
former owners could not be identified were sold on behalf of the Federation of Jewish
Communities in Austria at the so-called Mauerbach Benefit Sale. In compliance with
Austrian legislation, 88 percent of the net proceeds are being used by the Federation
of Jewish Communities in Austria to benefit needy Jewish survivors of the Holocaust
in and from Austria.
Telephone: +43-1531-04-201
Fax: +43-1531-04-108
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.ikg-wien.at/
Österreichisches Opferfürsorgegesetz
[Austrian Victim Services Law]
Pursuant to a law originally passed in 1947, Holocaust victims possessing Austrian
citizenship, including those who have returned to Austria, can apply for a certificate
of victim status. In March 2002, this law was extended to those who held Austrian
citizenship at one time and had emigrated elsewhere. Financial compensation may
be awarded in individual cases.
Schottenring 24
A-1010 Vienna
Republic of Austria
Telephone: +43-1531-1485-376; +43-1531-1485-379
Fax: +43-1531-1499-852-15
Erste Bank der österreichischen Sparkassen AG
Supported by an independent team of historians at the University of Vienna, Erste
Bank der österreichischen Sparkassen AG ("Erste Bank") has made efforts in the past
few years to analyse its role during the Nazi era (1938–1945) and to search for
dormant accounts of its former Jewish clients. From the archives of the former branches
of DIE ERSTE Österreichische Spar-Casse, a total of 199 savings accounts have been
identified as dormant accounts of Jewish account holders. Claims regarding confiscated
or looted savings accounts with DIE ERSTE Österreichische Spar-Casse not listed
in the report are covered by the General Settlement Fund. The deadline for filing
a claim is June 30, 2003.
Graben 21 A-1010
Vienna
Republic of Austria 050 10010100
Website: https://www.sparkasse.at/erstebank
Pension Insurance and Nursing Care Payments
On the basis of the Austrian Social Security Act, victims of Nazi persecution may
qualify for an Austrian pension by paying retroactive contributions at a reduced
rate, provided they resided in Austria on March 12, 1938, and were born on or before
March 12, 1938. Austrian victims of Nazi persecution receiving an Austrian pension
may be eligible for nursing care payments/Pflegegeld depending on the category of
care, with "7" being the highest need.
Friedrich Hillegeist-Strasse 1
A-1021 Vienna
Republic of Austria
Website: http://www.pensionsversicherung.at/
Rossauer Lände 3
A-1092 Vienna
Republic of Austria
Website: http://www.pensionsversicherung.at/
Wiedner Hauptstraße 84-86
A-1050 Vienna
Republic of Austria
Telephone: +43-1546-540
Fax: +43-1546-54-385
Website: http://www.sva.or.at
Historical Museum of Vienna Restitution Project
On April 29, 1999, the Viennese City Council agreed to restore to their original
owners or legal successors art and cultural objects that were purchased or stolen
during the Nazi era. The Historical Museum of Vienna has posted a list of 148 objects
that were acquired by it during the Nazi era on its Website. The museum asks that
those legally entitled to the objects send the appropriate documentation to the
Historical Museum.
Karlsplatz
1040 Vienna
Republic of Austria
Telephone: +43-1505-87-47
Email: [email protected]
[email protected]
Website: http://www.museum.vienna.at/168.htm
Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany (Claims Conference)
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, other governments, and certain industries; recovered unclaimed
German Jewish property; and funded programs to assist the neediest Jewish victims
of Nazism.
Desider Friedmann-Platz 1
A-1010 Vienna
Republic of Austria
Telephone: +43-1-533-1622
Fax: +43-1-533-1623
Email: [email protected]
Foundation "Understanding and Reconciliation" in the Republic of Belarus
Founded on June 14, 1994, the foundation is a nongovernmental partner organization
of the Austrian Fund for Reconciliation, Peace, and Cooperation. The foundation
gives financial assistance to Belarusian victims of the National Socialists during
World War II.
Ya. Kolas St. 39-A
220013 Minsk
Telephone: +375-172-9270-96
Fax: +375-172-1138-25
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.reconciliationfund.at/
The Jewish Museum of Deportation and resistance
The Jewish Museum of Deportation and Resistance (JMDR) is situated in the building
which was previously known as the Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen, Belgium. It was here
that, in 1942, the Nazis established SS-Sammellager Mecheln (SS-Collection Camp
Mechelen). The Kazerne Dossin was therefore, literally, ‘the waiting room for death’.
The underlying theme of the Museum is to cover this dark period in our history.
Joods Museum can Deportatie en Verzet
Goswin de Stassartstraat 153
B-2800 Mechelen
Kingdom of Belgium
Telephone: +32-15-29-06-60
Fax: +32-15-29-08-76
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.cicb.be
Commission d’Études des Biens Juifs
[Study Commission on Jewish Assets]
The Study Commission on Jewish Assets was established by Royal Decree on July 6,
1997, and extended by the Act of January 15, 1999. The commission investigated the
ways in which looting took place during the German occupation of Belgium, as well
as the measures taken by the government and the private sector after World War II
to restore looted property to its owners and to pay compensation.
Boulevard Bischoffsheim 38
B-1000 Brussels
Kingdom of Belgium
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.combuysse.fgov.be/
Services des Victimes de la Guerre
[Department of War Victims]
The Department of War Victims is responsible for paying annuities to political prisoners,
deportees for forced labor, persons who refused forced labor, persons fighting against
Nazism, Resistance members, wartime fishermen, or their rightful claimants. The
application period for National Recognition Status and benefits has expired, with
some exceptions.
Square de l’Aviation, 31
B-1070 Brussels
Kingdom of Belgium
Telephone: +32-2528-91-00
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.warvictims.fgov.be
Organization of Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom”
The Organization of Jews in Bulgaria (OJB) “Shalom” is a communal body of the Jewish
community in Bulgaria and a reference point for the country’s restitution issues.
In March 2002, Emil Kalo, President of OJB “Shalom” spoke at an American Jewish
Committee (AJC) conference in Bucharest, Romania, about Holocaust restitution in
Bulgaria.
Boulevard Al Stambolijski, No. 50
Sofia 1303
Republic of Bulgaria
Telephone: +359-240-063-01
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.shalom.bg/
Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre
The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre educates people of all ages and backgrounds
about the Holocaust, while sensitizing the public to the universal perils of anti-Semitism,
racism, hate and indifference.
5151, chemin de la Cote-Sainte-Catherine
Montreal (Quebec)
H3W 1M5
Canada
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.mhmc.ca
National Gallery of Canada Provenance Research Project
The National Gallery of Canada maintains a list of digital images of more than 100
artworks from its permanent collections that have gaps in their provenance for the
World War II years. This information is published in accordance with the Guidelines
Governing the Unlawful Appropriation of Objects during the Nazi Era, adopted by
the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) in June 1998 and by the Canadian
Art Museum Directors Organization (CAMDO) in 1998 and 1999.
National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive
P.O. Box 427, Station A
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1N 9N4
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal recherche sur la provenance
[Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Provenance Research]
The museum’s online provenance research was initiated to provide information on
its European paintings and sculptures executed before 1946 and acquired since 1933
for which the provenance is incomplete for the years 1933 to 1945.
1380 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H3G 1J5
Telephone: 800-899-6873
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.mmfa.qc.ca/
The Art Gallery of Ontario Provenance Research Project
In July 1998, the Board of Trustees of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) established
the Ad Hoc Committee on the Spoliation of Art in Europe (1933–1945). The AGO’s staff
Task Force focused on the most important paintings, sculptures, and drawings of
the European collection with gaps in their provenance between the critical years
of 1933 and 1945. Forty-six works of art are listed on the AGO Website, which will
continue to be updated.
317 Dundas Street West
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5T 1G4
Website: http://www.ago.net/provenance-research-project
Consumer Assistance Centre
Canada’s life and health insurers have established a dedicated, toll-free telephone
information service, in both English and French, to assist anyone seeking information
on possibly unclaimed insurance proceeds owing to victims and survivors of the Holocaust
and their heirs. This service is being offered through the Consumer Assistance Center
(CAC) of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association. The center assists
callers by putting them in touch with Canadian insurers or with other organizations
in the United States and elsewhere that have been set up to assist the heirs of
Holocaust victims, survivors, and their heirs to locate possibly unclaimed insurance
policies on a worldwide basis.
1 Queen Street East
Suite 1700, Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5C 2X9
Telephone: +800-268-8099; +800-361-8070
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.clhia.ca
Post-War Property Restitution Fund
Croatia’s property restitution laws of the early 1990s, covering only property nationalized
during the Communist era, were amended in July 2002 to allow non-Croatian citizens
to file claims in certain cases. Earlier, U.S.–Yugoslav agreements provided compensation
for claims pertaining to property expropriated between 1939 and 1948. The process
ended in the 1960s. The Jewish community and World Jewish Restitution Organization
are pressing for several changes in the law, e.g., citizenship and dates of confiscation,
as well as its decentralized administration. Deadline: January 2003.
Palmoticeva 16
10000 Zagreb
Republic of Croatia
Telephone: +385-149-226-92
Fax: +385-149-226-94
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.zoz.hr
Nadační fond obĕtem holocaustu
[Endowment Fund for Victims of the Holocaust (EFVH)]
The Endowment Fund for Victims of the Holocaust (EFVH) was established in July 2000
and is operated by the Federation of Jewish Associations in the Czech Republic for
the purpose of mitigating property injustice caused to Holocaust victims. The Fund
supports projects dealing with social and health care issues of Holocaust survivors,
focuses on educational activities concerned with Judaism, and supports renovation
of Jewish monuments in the Czech Republic.
Although application forms can be downloaded from the EFVH Website or obtained directly
from the EFVH office in Prague, registration was required by December 31, 2001.
Legerova 22/1854
120 00 Praha 2
Czech Republic
Telephone: +420-224-261-615
Fax: +420-224-262-563
Website: www.fondholocaust.cz
European Shoah Legacy Institute
European Shoah Legacy Institute p.b.c. was incorporated by the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Czech Republic on January 20th, 2010 as a follow up to the Terezin
Declaration endorsed by representatives of 47 states, who met in June 2009 in Prague
and Terezin at the Holocaust Era Assets Conference organized by the Czech Presidency
of the Council of Europe. This public benefit corporation was founded to seek –
in cooperation with governments, non-governmental organizations and independent
experts – systematic solutions on international level leading to restitutions of
immovable property, art, Judaica and Jewish cultural assets stole by the Nazis,
provision of adequate social welfare to Holocaust (Shoah) survivors and other victims
of Nazism and promotion of Holocaust education, research and remembrance.
Rytirska 31
Prague 1- 110 00
Czech Republic
Telephone: +420-221-610-242
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.shoahlegacy.org
Danish Government Compensation to Victims of Nazi Persecution
Danish citizens or former citizens of Denmark who suffer from a physical disability
as a result of persecution during the Nazi occupation of Denmark or incarceration
in concentration camps may be eligible to receive compensation from the Danish government.
The amount of compensation depends upon the applicant’s current level of disability
resulting from the persecution.
National Board of Industrial Injury
Aebeloegade 1, P.O. Box 3000
DK-2100 Copenhagen
Kingdom of Denmark
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.ask.dk
Inimsusevastaste Kuritegude Uurimise Eesti Rahvusvahelise Komisjonc
[Estonian International Commission for the Investigation of Crimes against Humanity]
President of the Republic of Estonia, established the International Commission for
the Investigation of Crimes against Humanity on October 2, 1998. The commission,
chaired by Max Jacobson, is an independent, nongovernmental organization whose purpose
is to investigate what crimes against Estonian citizens occurred in Estonia during
the Holocaust.
Weizenbergi 39
15050 Tallinn
Republic of Estonia
Website: http://www.historycommission.ee
National Board of Antiquities
The National Board of Antiquities compiled legislation regarding assets and cultural
property in a manual entitled Transfer of Cultural Property 1995, which was updated
in December 2001.
P.O. Box 913
FIN-00101 Helsinki Finland
Telephone: +358-9-40-501
Fax: +358-9-4050-9300
Website: http://www.nba.fi/en/nmf
Commission pour l’indemnisation des victimes de spoliations intervenues du fait
des législations antisémites en vigueur pendant l’Occupation (CIVS- Commission Drai)
[Commission for the Compensation of Victims of Spoliation Resulting from Anti-Semitic
Legislation in Force during the Occupation (CIVS- Drai Commission)]
Founded in November 1999, this Commission reviews the claims submitted by victims
of spoliation, considers and recommends the appropriate reparations, restitution,
or compensation based on their three principles of equity, diligence, and pragmatism.
As of October 31, 2001 the Commission received 7,725 individual claims for compensation,
and adopted 1,276 recommendations for compensation totaling 26.43 million Euros,
of which bank-related spoliation account for 200,000 Euros.
1, rue de la Manutention
75016 Paris
French Republic
Telephone: +33-1-56-52-85-00
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.civs.gouv.fr
Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations
[Register of Deposits and Consignments]
The Register investigated its own role and behavior during the Occupation, particularly
regarding the spoliation of French Jews. The investigative committee studied these
questions from 1990 until November 2001, when it filed its final report.
56, rue de Lille
75007 Paris
French Republic
Service des archives
Caisse des dépôts et consignations
15, quai Anatole France
75007 Paris
French Republic
Statut d’interné politique
[Statute of the Political Internee]
This statute concerns people who were interred in a camp for at least 90 days and
children who were housed in orphanages run by the UGIF (Union générale des Israëlites
de France). The identification card of the political internee is granted by the
Ministry of War Veterans (ONAC). Interested persons must furnish documentation of
internment, for which it may be necessary to contact the Archives and History service
of the OSE (Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants).
10, avenue du Val de Fontenay
94 135 Fontenay-sous-Bois
French Republic
Telephone: +33-149-7434-00
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://ose-france.org/
World Jewish Congress
In 1992, the World Jewish Congress (WJC) launched efforts for restitution of Jewish
property in Europe and established the World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO).
The WJC was charged with the task of negotiating with the governments and Jewish
communities involved in restitution. Over time, the WJC introduced restitution matters
to western European nations and revealed newly declassified intelligence documents
relating to the actions of various European governments during the war and helped
attract international media attention. WJC negotiations helped instigate 20 governmental
inquiry commissions to investigate how each country behaved during the war and how
stolen Jewish property was dealt with after the war. The WJC continues to research
restitution issues worldwide and issues public policy dispatches and reports.
European Jewish Congress
78 avenue des Champs Elysées
F – 75008 Paris
French Republic
Telephone: +33-1-4359-9463
Fax: +33-1-4225-4528
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.eurojewcong.org
Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz
[House of the Wannsee Conference]
The main focus of the site is the Wannsee Conference of 20 January 1942 and its
significance for the process of planning the genocide of European Jews, as well
as the involvement of the conference participants and the authorities they represented
in the persecution and murder of the Jews. Four rooms are dedicated to these themes
(rooms 7 to 10).
Am Grossen Wannsee 56-58
D-14109 Berlin
Federal Republic of Germany
Telephone: +49-30-80-50-01-0
Fax: +49-30-80-50-01-27
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.ghwk.de
Topography of Terror Exhibition
Between 1933 and 1945, the central institutions of Nazi persecution and terror were
located on the grounds of the present-day “Topography of Terror.” Since 1987, the
permanent exhibition “Topography of Terror” has informed the public about this historic
site. The new Documentation Center and the redesigned historic grounds are opened
since May 7, 2010.
Niederkirchnerstrasse 8
10963 Berlin, Federal of Terror Exhibition
Federal Republic of Germany
Telephone: +49-30-254509-50
Fax: +49-30-254509-55
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.topographie.de
The Ravensbruck Memorial
After the reunification of Germany, the Memorial became part of the Brandenburg
Memorials Foundation, a foundation under public law by the State of Brandenburg
and the Federal Government. Since 2004, this building has contained an exhibition
on the female SS guards deployed at Ravensbruck concentration camp.
Strasse der Nationen
D-16798 Furstenberg/Havel
Federal Republic of Germany
Telephone: +49-33093-608-0
Fax: +49-33093-608-29
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.ravensbrueck.de
Memorial and Museum Sachsenhausen – Brandenburg Memorials Foundation
The redesign of Sachsenhausen Memorial encompasses an overall decentralizing concept,
giving visitors the opportunity to learn about the history of the places within
the authentic surroundings. The remnants of buildings and other relics of the camp
will be put into the focus of the presentation and combined with an explanatory
historical documentation on its history.
Strasse der Nationen 22
D-16515 Oranienburg
Federal Republic of Germany
Telephone: +49-3301-200-0
Fax: +49-3301-8109-28
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.stiftung-bg.de
Bergen Belsen Memorial
Bergen Belsen Memorial is located on the grounds of the former P.O.W. (Prisoner
of War) and concentration camps, marked graves and monuments hold reminders of the
suffering and deaths of its prisoners. A documentation centre illustrates the history
of the camp and its victims.
Gedenkstatte Bergen-Belsen, Anne-Frank Platz
29303 Lohheide
Federal Republic of Germany
Telephone: +49-5051-4759-200
Fax: +49-5051-4759-118
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.bergenbelsen.de
Buchenwald Memorial
The foundation’s obligations include the organization and realization of permanent
and temporary exhibitions, scientific colloquia and cultural events on the national
and international level, the educational guidance of the visitors with a special
focus on young people, and scientific documentation, research and publication in
connection with the work of the memorial.
99427 Weimar-Buchenwald
Federal Republic of Germany
Telephone: +49-3643-430-0
Fax: +49-3643-430-100
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.buchenwald.de
Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial
The Memorial Site on the grounds of the former concentration camp was established
in 1965 on the initiative of and in accordance with the plans of the surviving prisoners
who had joined together to form the Comité International de Dachau.
KZ-Gedenkstatte Dachau
Alte Romerstrasse 75
D-85221 Dachau
Federal Republic of Germany
Telephone: +49-8131-66997-0
Fax: +49-8131-2235
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.kz-gedenkstaette-dachau.de
International Tracing Service
Requests concerning the German foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future”
come under the mandate of the International Tracing Service (ITS). The foundation’s
partner organizations can forward inquiries for which they cannot find evidence
to ITS. The results are checked at ITS to determine whether the individual is registered
in the Central Index of Names and was assigned as a forced or slave laborer in order
to qualify for claims compensation from the German fund. In cooperation with the
Federal Archives Koblenz and the Federal Association for Information and Advice
for NS-Persecutees in Cologne, the ITS guarantees that the three organizations will
exhaust all possibilities of providing evidence to claims cases.
Grosse Allee 5-9
34454 Bad Arolsen
Federal Republic of Germany
Telephone: +49-5691-629-0
Fax: +49-5691-629-501
Email: [email protected] (tracing
section); [email protected]
(press office)
Website: http://www.its-arolsen.org
Stiftung "Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft"
["Remembrance, Responsibility, and Future" Foundation]
Markgrafenstrasse 12-14
10969 Berlin, Germany
Telephone: +1 49 30 25 92 97 0
Fax: +1 49 30 25 92 97 11
Email: [email protected]
Koordinierungsstelle für Kulturgutverluste
[Coordination Office for Lost Cultural Assets]
Since its creation in 1994, the Coordination Office has been responsible mainly
for documenting, researching, registering, and describing looted art. Currently,
more than 300 museums, libraries, and archives registered in the internal database
of the Coordination Office have reported the loss of more than three million objects.
About 40,000 of these objects are described in detail in the office’s database.
The Coordination Office converted its internal database of looted cultural assets
into the Lost Art Internet Database in 1999. The database facilitates the worldwide
registration of cultural assets relocated during the war, seized in the course of
persecution, or exhibiting provenance gaps.
Turmschanzenstaße 32
39114 Magdeburg
Federal Republic of Germany
Telephone: +49-391-5673-891
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.lostart.de
Deutsche Bank
The Deutsche Bank cooperates with the foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility, and
the Future” and is also making efforts to have its own past fully and critically
appraised. In December 1997, the bank initiated an independent international historical
commission to research the history of the bank in the Nazi period. The commission’s
task was to investigate the dealings of the Deutsche Bank with gold belonging to
victims of Nazi persecution. The commission found that from 1941 to 1944 the bank
dealt in Nazi gold, including 744 kilograms of dental gold, wedding bands, and personal
jewelry of Nazi victims.
Zimmerweg 16
60325 Frankfurt am Main
Telephone: +49-699-10-00
Fax: +49-699-1034-225
Website: http://www.deutsche-bank.de
Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany (Claims Conference)
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, other governments, and certain industries; recovered unclaimed
German Jewish property; and funded programs to assist the neediest Jewish victims
of Nazism.
Sophienstrasse 26
60487 Frankfurt am Main
Federal Republic of Germany
Telephone: +49-69-970-7080
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.claimscon.org
The Art Loss Register
The Art Loss Register (ALR) is the world's largest private international database
of lost and stolen art, antiques, and collectibles that provides recovery and search
services to collectors, the art trade, insurers, and law enforcement through technology
and a professionally trained staff of art historians. In 1998, the ALR made full-time
staff and resources available for the task of compiling a database of 1933–1945
cultural spoliation claims, objects confiscated by Nazi looting agencies, the Soviet
Trophy Brigades, or individual acts of looting by Allied troops. War-era claim forms
can be obtained from the ALR website in German and English. The ALR database lists
thousands of works of art that were looted from both private and museum collections,
with Holocaust claims comprising the majority of the losses.
The Art Loss Register Ltd
First Floor, 63 – 66 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8LE
Federal Republic of Germany
Telephone: +44-20-7841-5780
Fax: +44-20-7841-5781
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.artloss.com
Ministry of National Resources
In an effort to restore looted art to its rightful owners, the Hungarian National
Gallery in Budapest maintained a database of more than 40,000 works of art and handed
over all of its data to the Ministry of National Cultural Heritage. The ministry
has been engaged in resolving the question of looted artworks for several years
and acts as the negotiator on behalf of the Hungarian state on these matters.
1055 Budapest, Szalay utca 10-14
Budapest
Republic of Hungary
Telephone: +36-1-795-1200
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.nefmi.gov.hu
[Jewish Heritage in Hungary Public Endowment]
On March 4, 1997, the Hungarian Parliament passed legislation concerning restitution
to Hungarian Holocaust survivors. The legislation was passed to comply with the
Paris Treaty of 1947, which stipulates the need to compensate members of Jewish
communities and their heirs who suffered or perished during the Holocaust. The legislation
established the Jewish Heritage in Hungary Public Endowment to oversee restitution
issues in Hungary. The Civil Foundation provides aid to victims of Nazi persecution
and may be contacted about compensation and claims issues.
1054 Budapest, Tüköry utca 3
Budapest
Republic of Hungary
Telephone: +36-1-269-1181
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.mazsok.hu
The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority
As the Jewish people’s living memorial to the Holocaust, Yad Vashem safeguards the
memory of the past and imparts its meaning for future generations. Established in
1953, as the world center for documentation, research, education and commemoration
of the Holocaust, Yad Vashem is today a dynamic and vital place of intergenerational
and international encounter.
PO Box 3477
Jerusalem 91034
State of Israel
Telephone: +972-2-644-34-00
Fax: +972-2-644-34-43
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.yadvashem.org
Beit Lohamei Haghetaot
Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum
The Ghetto Fighters' House – Itzhak Katzenelson Holocaust and Jewish Resistance
Heritage Museum was founded in 1949 by a community of Holocaust survivors, members
of the Jewish underground in the ghettos of Poland, and veterans of partisan units,
to be a place of testimony that would tell the story of the Jewish People in the
20th century in general, and during the Second World War in particular. At the center
of this chronicle: the manifestations of Jewish resistance in its many forms.
Kibbutz Lohamei Haghetaot D.N.
Western Galilee 25220
State of Israel
Telephone: +972-4-995-80-80
Fax: +972-4-995-80-07
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.gfh.org.il
The World Jewish Restitution Organization
Established by the World Jewish Congress in 1992, the World Jewish Restitution Organization
(WJRO) is the umbrella organization that works to return unclaimed public and private
properties to their original owners; to arrange for compensation in cases where
restitution is impossible; and to advance restitution efforts for communities, associations,
organizations, and Holocaust survivors.
013 Netvision
15 Hamelacha St., Rosh Ha’ayin 48091
State of Israel
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.013netvision.net.il/
Generali Holocaust Fund
On June 15, 1998, Generali, one of Europe’s largest prewar insurers, announced a
humanitarian fund in memory of those insured by Generali in East and Central Europe
who perished in the Holocaust. This US$12 million fund is for “ex gratia” payments
to beneficiaries or their legitimate heirs, and assistance to survivors who have
not been paid. The fund also promotes humanitarian initiatives and sustains organizations
that dedicate their activity to perpetuate the memory of victims. The deadline for
applications was September 15, 1998.
1 Shazar Street
P.O. Box 36311
Jerusalem 91360
State of Israel
Telephone: +972 4-995-8080
Website: http://www.gfh.org.il
The Centre of Organizations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel
The Centre of Organizations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel (COHSI) was established
in 1989 to respond to the needs of Holocaust survivors and to serve as a representative
agency of survivors’ organizations in the State of Israel. COHSI has initiated and
taken part in deliberations both in Israel and abroad on issues of restitution and
compensation from Germany, the restoration of personal and public Jewish property,
and compensation for forced labor. It also worked to discover and release the dormant
bank accounts of Holocaust victims held in Swiss banks.
4 Emile Botta St.
P.O. Box 7218
Jerusalem
State of Israel
Telephone: +972-2-62-317-37
Fax: +972-2-62-227-43
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.survivors-holocaust.org/english.html
Property: Office of The General Custodian
The Parliamentary Inquiry Committee For the Location and Restitution of Assets of
Holocaust Victims, created in 2000, led to the establishment of a special unit of
the Office of the General Custodian. The Office has published a list of missing
persons who owned assets that were transferred into its possession, with names of
persons who were most likely killed in the Holocaust.
216 Jaffa Road PO 36278
94383 Jerusalem
State of Israel
Website: http://www.justice.gov.il/MOJHeb/ApotroposKlali
World Jewish Congress
In 1992, the World Jewish Congress (WJC) launched efforts for restitution of Jewish
property in Europe and established the World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO).
The WJC was charged with the task of negotiating with the governments and Jewish
communities involved in restitution. Over time, the WJC introduced restitution matters
to western European nations and revealed newly declassified intelligence documents
relating to the actions of various European governments during the war and helped
attract international media attention. WJC negotiations helped instigate 20 governmental
inquiry commissions to investigate how each country behaved during the war and how
stolen Jewish property was dealt with after the war. The WJC continues to research
restitution issues worldwide and issues public policy dispatches and reports.
21 Arlozorov Street
91042 Jerusalem
State of Israel
Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany (Claims Conference)
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, other governments, and certain industries; recovered unclaimed
German Jewish property; and funded programs to assist the neediest Jewish victims
of Nazism.
Ha’arbaa Street 8, 1st floor
Tel Aviv 64739
State of Israel
Telephone: +972-3-519-4400/-4401
Fax: +972-3-561-3932
Email: [email protected]
Commissione Interministeriale per il Recupero delle Opere d’Arte
[Interministerial Commission for Works of Art]
In October 1995, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry for Cultural
Heritage and Activities established this commission to research missing artwork
plundered by the Nazis during World War II.
Via degli Astalli 3/A
00186 Rome, Italy
Telephone: +39-063-6911
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.esteri.it/mae/it
Union of Italian Jewish Communities
The Italian Parliament passed Law 791 in November 1980 to provide monthly pensions
(equivalent to the minimum monthly Italian Social Security of approx. Euro 390)
to Italian citizens who were deported to concentration camps. Law 96 (March 1955)
and Law 932 (December 1980) also provide pensions for Italian citizens who were
persecuted for political or racial reasons. Certain Jews from the island of Rhodes
who were deported to concentration camps are eligible to apply under Law 791, on
the basis of their Italian citizenship during the war, provided they have retained
Italian citizenship.
Lungotevere Sanzio 9
Rome
Italian Republic
Website: www.ucei.it
Latvijas Vēsturnieku komisija
[The Commission of the Historians of Latvia]
The Commission of the Historians of Latvia was established in November 1998 following
the initiative of former president Guntis Ulmanis. The commission members include
historians and experts from the Institute of History, the departments of History
and Philosophy of the University of Latvia, the State History Archives of Latvia,
the Museum of Occupation, and the Chancery of the President. Foreign experts are
also members of the commission.
1 Akademijas lauk. LV 1050
Riga
Republic of Latvia
Telephone: +371-670-921-57
Fax: +371-670-921-57
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.president.lv/index.php?pid=2240
Independent Commission of Historians
In May 2001, the government of Liechtenstein appointed an independent Historians
Commission to examine specific questions concerning Liechtenstein’s role in World
War II. The central question under investigation is whether Liechtenstein helped
hide and transfer stolen assets. The government also established a separate Advisory
and Coordination Committee to advise it on all questions raised with respect to
Liechtenstein’s role in World War II, particularly those regarding domestic and
foreign policy, public relations, and the consequences of the historians’ work.
Bahnhofstrasse 6
Postfach 802
FL-9494 Schaan
Principality of Liechtenstein
Email: [email protected]
Tarptautine Komisija Nacių, ir Sovietinio Okupacinių, Rezimų Nusikaltimams Lietovoje
Jvertinti
[The International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet
Occupation Regimes in Lithuania]
Established by presidential decree on September 9, 1998, the commission was created
to examine the circumstances and establish factual data relating to the Holocaust
in Lithuania and annihilation of Lithuanian citizens during World War II and the
Soviet occupation in Lithuania during and after the war. When proceedings commenced
November 17, 1998, it was decided to create two subcommissions to research crimes
committed by the two occupying powers during and after the Holocaust.
Gedimino Ave. 11
Vilnius 2039
Republic of Lithuania
Telephone: +370-5266-38-03
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.komisija.lt
Lietuvos Dialės Muziejus
[Lithuanian Art Museum]
The Lithuanian Art Museum maintains a list of artworks and cultural assets that
were looted from 1942 to 1944 by Nazi officials. The list serves as a register of
museum treasures lost during this period.
4 Didžioji/5 Bokšto Street
2001 Vilnius
Republic of Lithuania
Telephone: +370 5 212 4257
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.ldm.lt
Commission speciale pour l’étude des spoliations des bien juifs au Luxembourg pendant
les années de guerre 1940–1945
[Special Study Commission on the Spoliation of Jewish Assets in Luxembourg during
the War Years 1940–1945]
The commission, created upon the suggestion of the Prime Minister, was established
in September 2001 and first convened in January 2002. Its mission is to study the
conditions under which the Nazi occupiers plundered Jewish assets during the war
years in Luxembourg. It will also study the manner and degree of restitution and
compensation accorded to victims of spoliation and to their heirs after the war.
Though the exact time the research will take is unknown, the commission hopes to
finish its work in three years and will publish an interim report in spring 2003.
57 Boulevard de la Pétrusse
Ville
Luxembourg L-2320
Telephone: +352-478-2478
Fax: +352-290-039
Email: [email protected]
Jewish Holocaust Fund
The Jewish Holocaust Fund in Macedonia was established in April 2002. Enacted by
the Macedonian government, the Fund protects property rights of Jewish citizens,
who were deported during the Nazi era and perished in the concentration camps, leaving
no legal heirs.
Ul. Samoilova 2
1000 Skopje
Republic of Macedonia
Telephone: +389 2 3122697
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://holocaustfund.org.mk
Anne Frank House
Anne Frank is a Jewish girl who had to go into hiding during The Second World War
to escape the Nazis.
PO Box 730
1000 AS Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Telephone: +31-20-5567-100
Fax: +31-20-6207-999
Website: http://www.annefrank.org
Dutch Insurance Claims
Stichting Individuele Verzekeringsaanspraken Sjoa (Holocaust Foundation for Individual
Insurance Claims) was founded on 9 November 1999. The purpose of the Foundation
is to determine to what extent an individual is entitled to a payment in respect
of an insurance of an insured affected by the war who was persecuted for being Jewish.
This insurance must have been taken out with an insurer who is a member of the Verbond
van Verzekeraars (Dutch Association of Insurers). The purpose of the Foundation
is to award someone a payment, depending on the evaluation of the Board of Directors.
Posbus 91475
2509 EB Den Haag, Netherlands
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.stichting-sjoa.nl/index.htm
The Ekkart Committee
The Ekkart Committee supervises research into the provenance of the objects in the
Netherlands Art property collection (NK collection) and makes recommendations to
the Dutch government. The Ekkart Committee also monitors the methods and quality
of the Herkomst Gezocht [Origins Unknown] agency’s research.
Prins Willem Alexanderhof 20
NL-2595 DE The Hague, The Netherlands
Telephone: +1 31 70 302 8120
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.herkomstgezocht.nl
Herkomst Gezocht Project
[Origins Unknown Project]
Upon the recommendation of the Ekkart Committee, the Origins Unknown project office
was created in September 1998 to trace the original owners of the works of art held
in the NK collection, which comprises state-owned artworks. The collection consists
of 4,000 paintings, drawings, and other works repatriated to the Netherlands from
Germany after 1945. The results of the provenance investigation will be published
in a series of interim reports. The goal of the agency is to conclude the investigation
into the provenance of the collection and to finish the historical research at the
end of 2002.
Prins Willem Alexanderhof 20
NL-2595 DE The Hague
The Netherlands
Telephone: +31-70-371-7200
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.herkomstgezocht.nl;
http://www.originsunknown.org
Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie
[Netherlands Institute for War Documentation]
The Netherlands Institute for War Documentation was established shortly after the
liberation of the Netherlands on May 8, 1945. Since its founding, the Institute
has housed the archives of the Resistance as well as illegal newspapers and pamphlets,
posters and photographs, and books and articles. The Institute is charged with collecting
and storing archives on World War II and the Netherlands and making them accessible
and available, conducting academic research and publishing the research findings,
and providing information to government institutions and private persons.
1016 CJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Telephone: +31-205-233-800
Fax: +31-205-233-888
Centraal Joods Overleg
[Central Jewish Consultative Committee]
Centraal Joods Overleg (CJO) is an umbrella organization comprising six major Dutch-Jewish
institutions that was established in 1997 to represent the interests of the Jewish
community to outside parties. During the first years of its existence, the organization
focused on the restitution of Dutch-Jewish assets appropriated during World War
II, which led to agreements with Dutch insurers (1999), the Dutch government (2000),
and Dutch banks and the stock exchange (2000). A total of 764.12 million guilders
(346.74 million Euros) were repaid. In the past two years, CJO cofounded several
foundations that distribute this money, such as the Stichting Sjoa for insurance
claims, the Sie Sjoa for stock and other individual claims, the Joods Humanitair
Fond for foreign humanitarian projects, and the Maror Fund. The main part of the
funding has been divided among individual Jewish war survivors and their heirs.
Other portions are designated for individual and legal claims as well as for collective
Dutch Jewish purposes and humanitarian projects outside Holland.
P.O. Box 11646
2502 The Hague
The Netherlands
Telephone: +31-203-018-496
Fax: +31-203-018-485
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.cjo.nl
Stichting Individuele Effectenaanspraken Sjoa
[Foundation for Individual Securities Claims Shoah]
The Central Jewish Consultative Committee (CJO) in the Netherlands and the Israel
Platform of formal Dutchmen in Israel established a foundation to reimburse three
kinds of war claims: (1) damages suffered by Jews as a result of the settlement
by the Waarborgfonds Rechtsherstel in 1953 for the restitution of securities stolen
during World War II; (2) part of the commissions that the Puttkammer charged for
issuing sperren (stays of deportation) to Jews; and (3) amounts that banks charged
Jews for breaking open their safe-deposit boxes during the war. The foundation arises
from the agreement that the CJO and the Israel Platform reached with the Netherlands
Bankers’ Association, the Amsterdam Stock Exchange Association, and the Amsterdam
Exchanges N.V. A Shoah Foundation for individual insurance claims has already been
created and a Shoah Foundation for bank claims is in the process of being created.
P.O. Box 94200
1090 GE Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Website: http://www.oorlogsgetroffenen.nl/
Dutch Museums Association
In line with a protocol drawn up by the American Association of Art Museum Directors,
the Committee on Museum Acquisitions published a guideline in 1999 to help Dutch
museums deal with works of art of dubious origin, particularly objects that changed
hands or were acquired during or immediately after World War II. The guideline advises
on what position museums should take, not only on objects that already form part
of their collections but also on future acquisitions and loans from both Dutch and
foreign sources. The guideline stipulates that museums have an obligation to investigate
the provenance of all the objects they own, especially those objects that changed
hands or were acquired between 1940 and 1948 to ensure that they were legally acquired
and not plundered from victims of the Nazi regime.
Rapenburgerstraat 123
Postbus 2975
1011 VL Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Telephone: +31-20-551-2900
Fax: +31-20-551-2901
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.museumvereniging.nl
Pensioen & Uitkerings raad
[The Pension and Benefit Board]
The Pension and Benefit Board is responsible for the application and administration
of Dutch laws and regulations that offer financial support to victims of the Second
World War and their next of kin. The PUR performs historical research and medical
examinations to establish whether or not someone is a victim of persecution, a civilian
war victim, or a participant of the resistance. The amount of financial support
is dependent on the outcome of medical examinations and financial inquiries. The
decisions are made by chambers, which consist of people who are appointed by the
Dutch Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport. The members of these chambers have
strong ties with the target groups of the various laws.
Postbus 9575
2300 RB LEIDEN
The Netherlands
Telephone: +71 535-65-00; +71-535-68-88
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.pur.nl
Maror Fund
The Dutch-Jewish Maror organization was established at the initiative of the Dutch-Jewish
community and in conjunction with the Dutch government. Upon identifying deficiencies
in the post–World War II restoration of justice, the Dutch-Jewish community arranged
payment regulations with the government and insurers, banks, and the stock exchange.
The government allocated 400 million Dutch guilders for payment to the Jewish community,
and the financial institutions returned 364 million Dutch guilders. The Maror organization
was established on December 1, 2000, to distribute the funds to individuals. The
deadline to submit a claim to Maror passed on January 1, 2002, but information regarding
individual payments will remain available on the Website until further notice for
applicants who have not yet received a decision.
The Maror Fund Desk
Weteringschans 123
1017 XV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Telephone: +20-67-993-73
Fax: +20-67-335-89
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.maror.nl
The Art Loss Register
The Art Loss Register (ALR) is the world's largest private international database
of lost and stolen art, antiques, and collectibles that provides recovery and search
services to collectors, the art trade, insurers, and law enforcement through technology
and a professionally trained staff of art historians. In 1998, the ALR made full-time
staff and resources available for the task of compiling a database of 1933–1945
cultural spoliation claims, objects confiscated by Nazi looting agencies, the Soviet
Trophy Brigades, or individual acts of looting by Allied troops. War-era claim forms
can be obtained from the ALR website in German and English. The ALR database lists
thousands of works of art that were looted from both private and museum collections,
with Holocaust claims comprising the majority of the losses.
The Art Loss Register Ltd
First Floor, 63-66 Hatton Garden
London EC1N8LE
Telephone: +44-20-7841-5780
Fax: +44-20-7841-5781-166-66
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.artloss.com
State Museum at Majdanek
The German concentration camp in Lublin, popularly called Majdanek, was initiated
by Heinrich Himmler’s decision. Visiting Lublin in July 1941, Himmler entrusted
Lublin district SS and police commander, Odilo Globocnik, with building a camp “for
25-50,000 inmates who would be used to work in SS and police workshops and at construction
sites”. The camp was going to be the source of a free workforce for the realization
of the plans to build a German empire in the east.
ul.Droga Meczennikow Majdanka 67
20-325 Lublin
Republic of Poland
Telephone: +48-81-710-28-21
Fax: +48-81-710-28-65
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.majdanek.pl
Fundacja "Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie"
["German-Polish Reconciliation" Foundation]
The foundation was established in February 1992 to provide assistance to former
slave and forced laborers of the National Socialist regime. It is a partner organization
of the Austrian Fund for Reconciliation, Peace, and Cooperation.
ul. Krucza 36
00-921 Warsaw
Republic of Poland
Telephone: +48-22-695-9941; +31-70-338-2456
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.fpnp.pl
The Foundation for Mutual Understanding and Reconciliation of the Russian Federation
A partner organization of the Austrian Fund for Reconciliation, Peace, and Cooperation,
the foundation was established in November 1993 by the Government of Russia to provide
compensation to the victims of Nazi persecution during World War II.
Konnyi Pereulok, dom 4
115162 Moscow
Russian Federation
Telephone: +7-499-237-50-24
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.fondvp.ru
The Russian Research and Educational Holocaust Center and the Holocaust Foundation
Russian Research and Educational Holocaust Center was registered in June 1992. The
Interregional Holocaust Foundation was established in Moscow in 1997. It is the
first organizations in the post-Soviet era aimed at preserving the memory of Holocaust
victims, creating museums and documentary exhibitions, including the subject in
the curricula of schools and institutions of higher education, organizing commemorative
events, erecting monuments, and gathering of evidence and memoirs.
Sadovnicheskaya St. 52/45
Moscow
Russian Federation 115035
Telephone: +7-495-951-58-76
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://en.holocf.ru
The South African Holocaust Foundation
The South African Holocaust Foundation (SAHF) was established in 2007 by the Board
of Trustees of the Cape Town Holocaust Centre (established in 1999) in response
to the incorporation of the study of the Holocaust into the National High School
Curriculum.
The SAHF provides the educational and philosophical direction for the three Holocaust
Centres in South Africa and is dedicated to providing support for the national curriculum
through the development of classroom support materials and the facilitation of national
in-service teacher training, adult programmes and seminars.
88 Hatfield Street, Gardens 8001
Cape Town
The Republic of South Africa
Telephone: +27-21-462-5553
Fax: +27-21-462-5554
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.ctholocaust.co.za
Bank for International Settlements
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has prepared a finding aid to sources
in its historical archive on BIS wartime activities in general as well as on the
Nazi gold issue. The finding aid can be found at the website below.
Bank for International Settlements, Archive
Centralbahnplatz 2
CH-4002 Basel
Swiss Confederation
Telephone: +41-61-280-80-80
Fax: +41-61-280-91-00
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.bis.org
International Organization for Migration
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) created two compensation programs
for victims of the Nazi regime, the German Forced Labour Compensation Programme
and the Holocaust Victim Assets Programme (related to Swiss banks). The period for
filing claims under these programs expired on December 31, 2001. Since that time,
the IOM’s focus has shifted from outreach and assistance to processing and payment.
Some IOM offices ended their involvement with the programs, some continue processing
claims, and a few have shifted their focus to the area of related humanitarian and
social programs. The IOM currently publishes an occasional newsletter, “Compensation
News,” to provide a forum for continued information, discussion, and dialogue for
all parties involved with the programs. The deadline for both of the programs has
expired.
International Organization for Migration
17, Route des Morillons / C.P. 71
1211 Geneva 19
Swiss Confederation
Telephone: +41-22-717-9111
Fax: +41-22-798-6150
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.iom.int
Commission Indépendante d’Experts Suisse-Seconde Guerre Mondiale (Commission Bergier)
[Independent Commission of Experts Switzerland-Second World War (Bergier Commission)]
The commission was established in December 1996 by the Swiss Federal Assembly. Its
mandate was to conduct a historical and legal investigation on the volume and fate
of assets moved to Switzerland before, during, and immediately after World War II.
The mandate included investigations into gold trading and foreign currency transactions
conducted by the Swiss National Bank and by private commercial banks. The objects
of the investigation were all assets moved to Switzerland, including insurable values
and cultural assets, both of the victims of the Nazi regime as well as of its perpetrators
and collaborators. The commission also examined the relations of Swiss industrial
and commercial companies with the National-Socialist economy, especially regarding
their involvement in “aryanization measures” and the exploitation of forced laborers,
as well as Swiss refugee policy and government measures for the return of unlawfully
acquired assets in the postwar period. The five-year appointment of the Independent
Commission of Experts (ICE) reached its expiration date in December 2001, and in
March 2002, the ICE presented and published its final report in four languages.
Copies of the commission’s interim and final reports may be ordered online from
its website. On December 19, 2001, the mandate of the ICE ended and the commission
was dissolved.
3003 Berne
Swiss Confederation
Telephone: +41-31-322-3247
Fax: +41-31-324-9061
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.uek.ch
Anlaufstelle Raubkunst
[Contact Bureau on Looted Art]
The Swiss Federal Office of Culture maintains a Contact Bureau on Looted Art, a
center of expertise to respond to all issues linked to looted art from the World
War II era. The bureau is primarily responsible for processing inquiries and researching
the federal art collections, and it also maintains close contact with private Swiss
and foreign institutions that deal with looted-art issues.
Hallwylstrasse 15
CH-3003 Berne
Swiss Confederation
Website: http://www.kultur-schweiz.admin.ch
Claims Resolution Tribunal (CRT) for Dormant Accounts in Switzerland
An international, independent tribunal was established in Switzerland by the Independent
Committee of Eminent Persons to resolve Swiss bank claims made by victims of Nazi
persecution following the $1.25 billion settlement agreement. Its initial mandate
was to adjudicate claims of entitlement of approximately 5,570 foreign dormant accounts
that had been identified in two lists published by the Swiss banks in 1997. Having
virtually completed its review of over 100,000 deposited asset claims, the CRT is
now in the process of closing down.
Badenerstrasse 141
Postfach 7589
8023 Zurich
Swiss Confederation
Website: http://www.crt-ii.org
Schweizerische Nationalbank
[Swiss National Bank]
The Swiss National Bank published a study on the monetary policy background of its
gold transactions during World War II. The aim of the study was to contribute to
a better understanding of the economic policy situation during the war.
Börsenstrasse 15
PO Box 2800
8022 Zurich
Swiss Confederation
Telephone: +41-44-631-3111; +41-44-631-3910
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.snb.ch
Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund
[Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities (SFJC)]
The Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities is an umbrella organization of the Jewish
communities in Switzerland and represents Swiss Jews politically. By the 1950s and
1960s, the SFJC was already dealing with the question of dormant accounts and assets
being held by banks and insurance companies. Since 1995, the representatives of
the SFJC have been involved in the investigation into the role played by Switzerland
at home and abroad during World War II. It has acted as a mediator between international
Jewish organizations, such as the World Jewish Congress, and the banks as well as
Swiss government departments.
Gotthardstrasse 65
8002 Zurich ZH
Postfach 564
8027 Zurich
Swiss Confederation
Telephone: +41-43-305-0777
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.swissjews.ch
National Foundation “Mutual Understanding and Reconciliation” in Ukraine
The Cabinet of the Ministries of Ukraine established the Ukrainian Foundation of
Peace and Reconciliation on June 16, 1993. The group’s objective is to research
former forced laborers and victims of National Socialism within Ukraine.
Wuliza Frunse 15
04080 Kiev
Ukraine
Telephone: +380-44-462-5011
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://unf.kiev.ua
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The Holocaust Centre
The Holocaust Centre promotes an understanding of the roots of discrimination and
prejudice, and the development of ethical values, leading to a greater understanding
within society. The Centre uses the history of genocide as a model of how society
can break down, and emphasises how current and future generations must carefully
examine and learn from these tragedies. The Centre promotes respect for human rights,
equal opportunities and good citizenship, which has greater resonance than ever
in our culturally diverse society.
Beth Shalom Laxton
Newark,Notts NG220 PA
United Kingdom of Great Britain
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://hcentrenew.aegisdns.co.uk
The Art Loss Register
The Art Loss Register (ALR) is the world's largest private international database
of lost and stolen art, antiques, and collectibles that provides recovery and search
services to collectors, the art trade, insurers, and law enforcement through technology
and a professionally trained staff of art historians. In 1998, the ALR made full-time
staff and resources available for the task of compiling a database of 1933–1945
cultural spoliation claims, objects confiscated by Nazi looting agencies, the Soviet
Trophy Brigades, or individual acts of looting by Allied troops. War-era claims
forms can be obtained from the ALR Website in German and English. The ALR database
lists thousands of works of art that were looted from both private and museum collections,
with Holocaust claims comprising the majority of the losses.
Contact in the United Kingdom (head office):
The Art Loss Register Ltd
Suite 101, Linton House
164-180 Union Street
London SE1 OLH
United Kingdom of Great Britain
Telephone: +44-20-7841-5780
Fax: +44-20-7841-5781
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.artloss.com
The Commission for Looted Art in Europe
The Commission for Looted Art in Europe (ECLA) is the representative body in Europe
dealing with all matters relating to Nazi-looted art and other cultural property.
It helps families, communities, and institutions worldwide with research, identification,
and recovery of looted cultural property. ECLA works with museums, governments,
and other institutions to identify and locate looted cultural property. It also
supports and pursues restitution claims and procedures in all countries, and promotes
public policy and legislative change throughout Europe to enable the resolution
of these issues. ECLA monitors and furthers international developments in the implementation
of international principles on cultural assets; provides an international database
of all information and research on works of art, books, Judaica, and other cultural
objects seized by the Nazis; and encourages the disclosure of all relevant archives
and records. It also works to establish codes of practice for the auction houses
and the art trade, particularly with respect to the provision of provenance information
and all other essential records, and promotes alternative dispute resolution mechanisms
for resolving cases that involve looted cultural property.
Catherine House
76 Gloucester Place
London W1U 6HJ
United Kingdom of Great Britain
Telephone: +44-20-7487-3401
Fax: +44-20-7487-4211
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.lootedartcommission.com/
The Enemy Property Claims Assessment Panel (EPCAP)
The EPCAP maintains a Website containing a database of more than 30,000 records
relating to property seized between 1939 and 1945 that originally belonged to residents
of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania,
Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia. The database also includes records of persons from
other countries and persons who could not be traced. In March 1999, the EPCAP launched
a payment scheme for victims of Nazi persecution whose assets were confiscated in
the United Kingdom. It has received and assessed claims from across the world, paying
out more than 7 million pounds.
1 Victoria Street
London SW1H OET
United Kingdom of Great Britain
Telephone: +44-207-215-3486; +44-207-215-2268
Fax: +44-207-215-3487
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.enemyproperty.gov.uk
The Bank of England Archive
The bank has an extensive archive that contains records of every aspect of its administration
from the bank’s foundation to the present. The bank’s archive may be used to trace
wartime gold transactions. The archive provides research facilities for academics.
Individuals seeking information about confiscated assets during World War II should
consult with such organizations as Restore UK.
Threadneedle Street
London EC2R 8AH
United Kingdom of Great Britain
Telephone: +44-20-7601-4444
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/
Restore UK
Restore UK is a central agency established by the British banking industry to handle
claims relating to accounts frozen under World War II legislation. Its objective
is to help reunite Holocaust victims or their heirs with any money in bank accounts
that has been unclaimed since World War II. Restore UK is an agency of the British
Bankers’ Association.
105-108 Old Broad Street
London EC2N 1EX
United Kingdom of Great Britain
Telephone: +44-20-7216-8909
Fax: +44-20-7216-8908
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.restoreuk.org.uk
National Museum Directors’ Conference (NMDC)
In June 1998, the National Museum Directors’ Conference established a working group
to examine the issues surrounding the spoliation of art during the Holocaust and
World War II period.
Lambeth Road
London SE1 5HZ
United Kingdom of Great Britain
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.nationalmuseums.org.uk
The Holocaust Educational Trust
Established in 1988, the Holocaust Educational Trust has commissioned research into
the following issues: the banking industry in Britain during the Nazi occupation,
Britain and postwar art restitution, the fate of assets in Britain of Holocaust
victims and survivors, and Nazi gold issues.
BCM Box 7892
London WC1N 3XX
United Kingdom of Great Britain
Telephone: +44-20-7222-6822
Fax: +44-20-7233-0161
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.het.org.uk
Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley
JFS provides a broad range of support services for over 160 local Holocaust survivors
and their families to assist in maintaining their financial, emotional, and physical
well-being: Reparations claims assistance and up- to-date; Claims Conference information;
Emergency services and financial assistance; Case management and emotional support;
Home visits and homemaker assistance; Wellness services and greater access to medical
care.
14855 Oka Road, Suite 202
Los Gatos, CA 95032
United States of America
Telephone: +1-556-0600
Fax: +1-408-551-0091
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.jfssv.org
Jewish Family & Children’s Services of the East Bay
Jewish Family & Children's Services of the East Bay has been responding to the evolving
needs of our community for more than 130 years. In 1877, JFCS/East Bay was founded
as the Daughters of Israel Relief Society, a volunteer organization focused on the
Jewish aged, widowed, and orphaned.
2484 Shattuck Avenue, Ste. 210
Berkeley, CA 94704
United States of America
Telephone: +1-510-704-7475
Fax: +1-510-704-7494
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.comartrecovery.org/
Jewish Family and Children’s Services of San Francisco, The Peninsula, Marin and
Sonoma Counties
Jewish Family and Children's Services is one of the oldest and largest family service
institutions in the United States, founded in 1850 by immigrant pioneers who arrived
in California during the Gold Rush and created an extended family to care for each
other.
2150 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
United States of America
Telephone: +1-415-449-1200
Fax: +1-415-449-3839
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.jfcs.org
Jewish Family Service of Colorado
Jewish Family Service of Colorado (JFS) is committed to providing vital community
resources to anyone facing a life challenge, no matter which leg of life's journey
they are traveling. Staffed by caring and compassionate professionals and assisted
by dedicated volunteers, JFS is committed to being one of metro Denver's premier
human services agencies.
3201 South Tamarac Drive
Denver, CO 80231
United States of America
Telephone: +1-3-3-597-5000
Website: http://jewishfamilyservice.org
Jewish Family Service of New Haven
JFS provides a wide range of quality social and human services throughout the Greater
New Haven area. These include: Individual, Couple & Family Counseling; Children’s
Psychiatric and Counseling Services; Programs for Senior Adults; a Holocaust Survivor
Program; Infant, Domestic and Intercountry Adoption Services; Specialized Foster
Care; Children’s Respite Services; Programs for Adults with Developmental Disabilities;
Food Assistance Programs; Empowering People for Success Program; Pastoral Care and
Pastoral Counseling; Social Work Outreach Services; and Volunteer Services.
1440 Whalley Avenue, New Haven, CT 06515 United States of America Telephone: +1-203-378-5599
Fax: +1-203-389-5904
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.jfsnh.org
Jewish Family Service
Jewish Family Service is the social service agency of the Jewish community in Eastern
Fairfield County. It is incorporated under the regulations of the State of Connecticut
as a not-for-profit organization, and operates in accordance with Federal Tax Regulations,
Paragraph 501c3. Our services are available to all Connecticut residents, regardless
of faith or affiliation.
2370 Park Avenue
Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604-1699
United States of America
Telephone: +1-203-366-5438
Fax: +1-203-366-1580
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.jfsct.org
Jewish Family Services of Connecticut
Programs for Holocaust Survivors at Jewish Family Services meet a variety of needs
for this special and vulnerable population. Funding is provided by The Claims Conference,
the single largest organization in the world working to secure compensation, restitution
and assistance for survivors of the Holocaust or the heirs of victims. The goal
of the program is to keep survivors living in their own home or apartment and out
of institutional care for as long as possible.
333 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite A
West Hartford, CT 06117
United States of America
Telephone: +1-860-236-1927
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.jfshartford.org
Jewish Family Service of Broward County
Jewish Family Service of Broward County is dedicated to empowering individuals,
strengthening families and protecting the vulnerable by providing human services,
guided by the Jewish value of social responsibility, compassion and respect.
100 South Pine Island Road Suite 230
Plantation, Florida 33324
United States of America
Telephone: +1-954-370-2140
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.jfsbroward.org
Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service
Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service (JFS) offers help, hope and humanity through our
comprehensive range of programs and services which support people of all ages and
beliefs.
21300 Ruth & Baron Coleman Blvd
Boca Raton, Florida 33428
United States of America
Telephone: +1-561-852-3333
Fax: +1-561-852-3332
Website: http://www.ruthralesjfs.org
Ferd & Gladys Alpert Jewish Family & Children’s Service
The mission of Alpert Jewish Family & Children’s Service is to serve the Jewish
Community and fulfill its obligation of TIKKUN OLAM by: Serving the Jewish Community
primarily but not exclusively; Providing a wide range of needed social services
to strengthen individuals and families; Participate in identifying, addressing,
and assisting in the coordination of community needs; Fulfill its mission guided
by Jewish traditions and values.
5841 Corporate Way, Suite 200
West Palm Beach, FL 33407
United States of America
Telephone: +1-561-684-1991
Fax: +1-561-684-5366
Website: http://jfcsonline.com
The Baltimore Jewish Council
It was founded in 1939 primarily to assist European Jewry and to combat anti-Semitism
on a global and local basis. The Council represents Greater Baltimore area Jewish
organizations & congregations on social, political, and humanitarian issues affecting
Jews locally, nationally, and worldwide.
5750 Park Heights Avenue,
Baltimore, MD 21215
United States of America
Telephone: +1-410-542-4850
Fax: 1-410-542-4834
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://baltjc.org
Jewish Family & Children’s Services
For almost 150 years, Jewish Family & Children’s Service (JF&CS;) has been Greater
Boston’s leading and trusted provider of comprehensive human services. JF&CS; helps
people of all faiths, races, and ages with the challenges of life.
1430 Main Street
Waltham, MA 02451
United States of America
Telephone: +1-781-647-5327
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.jfcsboston.org
Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis
Inspired by the wisdom and values of our tradition, Jewish Family and Children’s
Service of Minneapolis supports people of all backgrounds to reach their full potential.
Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis is the first place people choose:
for help, to volunteer, to donate, and to work.
13100 Wayzata Blvd, Suite 400
Minnetonka, MN 55305
United States of America
Telephone: +1-952-546-0616
Fax: +1-952-593-1778
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.jfcsmpls.org
Jewish Family Service Agency
JFSA serves many of the nearly 350 Survivors living in Las Vegas, many of whom are
struggling emotionally and financially. JFSA receives a social services grant for
Nazi victims from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany which
includes assistance in the following areas: Filing claims for reparations,
counseling and/or case management services to provide emotional support, ensuring
access to food, supplying medical and prescription assistance, and offering social
opportunities.
4794 S Eastern Avenue, Suite C
Las Vegas, NV 89119
United States of America
Telephone: +1-702-732-0304
Fax: +1-702-794-2033
Website: http://www.jfsalv.org
Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties
The mission of Jewish Family Service is to strengthen and promote Jewish individual,
family, and community well-being. In keeping with Jewish values and the spirit of
tikkun olam (healing the world) we are committed to providing services to the entire
community regardless of race, religion, or ethnicity.
607 N. Jerome Avenue
Margate, NJ 08402-1527
United States of America
Telephone: +1-609-822-1108
Fax: +1-609-822-1106
Website: http://www.jfsatlantic.org
Jewish Family Service, Inc.
The agency builds strong families, capable children, healthy elders and vital communities.
JFS has a network of human services building on wellness to address life challenges.
Each year, JFS serves more than 3,000 people in Bergen County and the northern region
of Hudson County.
1485 Teaneck Road
Teaneck, NJ 07666
United States of America
Telephone: +1-201-837-9090
Website: http://www.jfsbergen.org
Jewish Family Service
Founded over 50 years ago to serve the communities of greater Clifton and Passaic,
Jewish Family Service has a history of evolving services to families in need regardless
of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age or disability.
199 Scoles Avenue
Clifton, NJ 07012
United States of America
Telephone: +1-973-777-7638
Fax: +1-973-777-9311
Website: http://www.jfsclifton.com
Jewish Family Service of Metro West
Jewish Family Service of MetroWest has its community origins dating back to 1861,
in Newark, New Jersey, when it was known as the Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum.
Today JFS is a comprehensive social service agency, with office locations serving
Essex, Morris, Sussex, North Union and parts of Hudson counties. JFS annually serves
more than 3,500 families, on a non-discriminatory basis, comprising close to 10,000
people.
256 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 105
Florham Park, NJ 07932
United States of America
Telephone: +1-973-765-9050
Fax: +1-973-765-0195
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.jfsmetrowest.org
Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County
Jewish Family & Children's Service ("JFCS") of Greater Mercer County is a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit community service agency that strengthens individuals and families by
empowering people to care for themselves and others. This is accomplished through
a wide range of high quality social services and programs including therapy, information
and referral, support, education and advocacy.
707 Alexander Road, Suite 102
Princeton, NJ 08540
United States of America
Telephone: +1-609-987-8100
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.jfcsonline.org
Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Greater Monmouth County
This program is now in its eighth year - and far exceeds our original expectations.
Financial Assistance for all services is provided by the Jewish Material Claims
Conference Against Germany.
705 Summerfield Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ 07712
United States of America
Telephone: +1-732-774-6886
Fax: +1-732-774-8809
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.jfcsmonmouth.org
Westchester Jewish Community Services
Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS), a non-sectarian, state-licensed, not-for-profit
agency, has been a leader in mental health, home health care, developmental disabilities
and human services since 1943, serving all people who live or work in Westchester.
845 North Broadway
White Plains, NY 10603
United States of America
Telephone: +1-914-761-0600
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.wjcs.com
Jewish Family Service of Rochester, Inc.
Jewish Family Service of Rochester helps individuals and families navigate life's
transitions and challenges with comprehensive personalized social services, grounded
in the time honored Jewish traditions of dignity, kindness and improving the world.
441 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607
United States of America
Telephone: +1-585-461-0110
Fax: +1-585-461-9658
Website: http://www.jfsrochester.org
Jewish Family Service of Ohio
Since 1943, Jewish Family Service has played a vital role in serving the constantly
changing human service needs of individuals and families in Greater Cincinnati.
8487 Ridge Road
Cincinnati, OH 45236
United States of America
Telephone: +1-513-469-1188
Fax: +1-513-766-3358
Website: http://www.jfscinti.org
Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland
Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland (JFSA) is a contemporary behavioral
and health organization which has served the greater Cleveland community for over
130 years. JFSA provides high quality, professional services for every generation
of the family, regardless of religious affiliation or financial status.
3659 South Green Road, Suite 322
Beachwood, Ohio 44122
United States of America
Telephone: +1-216-292-3999
Website: http://www.jfsa-cleveland.org
Jewish Family & Child service
JFCS’ safety net services include crisis counseling, care management, advocacy,
referrals, help accessing community resources, food vouchers, and financial aid
for housing, food, utilities, transportation, medication, clothing, and school supplies
as resources permit.
1130 SW Morrison
Portland, OR 97205
United States of America
Telephone: +1-503-226-7079
Website: http://www.jfcs-portland.org
Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Pittsburgh
JF&CS;'s program for Holocaust survivors is designed to address and support the psychological
and emotional needs of aging Jewish Holocaust survivors. This program is funded
by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc.
5743 Bartlett Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
United States of America
Telephone: +1-412-422-7200
Website: http://www.jfcspgh.org
Jewish Family Service of Greater Wilkes-Barre
Offers services which are designed to help elderly survivors of the Holocaust live
their remaining years safely, with dignity, and as independently as possible. Jews
who resided in European countries which were subject to Nazi rule and control between
1933 and 1945 are eligible.
71 W. Northampton Street
WilkesBarre, PA 18701
United States of America
Telephone: +1-570-823-5137
Fax: +1-570-824-4210
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.jfswb.org
Jewish Family Service of Lackawanna County
Holocaust Survivors Assistance Services are designed to help elderly survivors of
the Holocaust live their remaining years safely, with dignity, and as independently
as possible. Jews who resided in European countries that were subject to Nazi rule
and control between 1933 and 1945 are eligible. All others affected by Nazi persecution
are eligible for services as well.
615 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 204
Scranton, PA 18510
United States of America
Telephone: +1-570-344-1186
Website: http://jfsoflackawanna.org
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia
With a rich tradition of over 155 years, Jewish Family and Children's Service of
Greater Philadelphia offers a diverse array of services to help children, adults,
seniors, and families cope with challenges that arise throughout the lifecycle.
JFCS' staff of caring and dedicated fully licensed clinical social workers is committed
to providing quality services, compassionate support, and solutions that work.
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.jfcsphilly.org
California State Treasurer
California is home to 15,000 to 20,000 Holocaust survivors, the second-largest such
population in the United States. An estimated 6,000 to 8,000 Californians receive
reparation or restitution payments. For example, about 1,040 now receive monthly
pension benefits that average $350 from the German government. About 40 percent
of those who receive reparation or restitution payments live in poverty, according
to officials at Bet Tzedek Legal Services, a Los Angeles-based non-profit, nonsectarian
law firm that serves the poor, elderly and disabled without regard to race or religion.
PO Box 942809
Sacramento, CA 94209
United States of America
Telephone: +1-916-653-2995
Website: http://www.treasurer.ca.gov
Holocaust Victim Asset Litigation (Swiss Banks)
Website: http://www.treasurer.ca.gov
Holocaust Claims Processing Office of the NY State Banking Department
The Holocaust Claims Processing Office has played an integral role in helping individuals
of all backgrounds obtain just resolution for the theft of property during the Holocaust.
Banks, insurance companies, and museums now take seriously claims from those whose
property was stolen, or their heirs. To provide institutional assistance to individuals
seeking to recover Holocaust-looted assets, Governor Pataki created the Holocaust
Claims Processing Office of the New York State Banking Department on June 25, 1997.
One State Street
New York, NY 10004-1417
United States of America
Telephone: +1-212-709-5583
Fax: +1-212-709-5592
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.claims.state.ny.us
California Department of Insurance
The State of California's Department of Insurance has played a pivotal role in protecting
the rights of Holocaust survivors and their heirs. California was instrumental in
the establishment of the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims
(ICHEIC), and acted as both an active participant and a constructive critic in ICHEIC's
development and work.
300 South Spring Street, South Tower
Los Angeles, CA 90013
United States of America
Telephone: +1-916-492-3545
Fax: +1-916-445-6552
Website: http://www.insurance.ca.gov
Bet Tzedek - The House of Justice
Bet Tzedek—Hebrew for the “house of justice”—opened its doors 35 years ago as a
one-night-a-week storefront community law office staffed by volunteers.
145 S Fairfax Ave. Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90036
United States of America
Telephone: +1-323-939-0506
Fax: +1-323-549-5880
Website: http://www.bettzedek.org
Austrian Holocaust Restitution
3524 International Court
Washington, D.C. 20008
United States of America
Website: http://www.austria.org
Jewish Community Services of South Florida
Jewish Community Services of South Florida will provide exemplary social services
in South Florida on behalf of the Jewish Community which promote the quality of
life and the maximum achievement of potential within that community and the community
as a whole.
735 N.E. 125th Street
North Miami, FL 33161
United States of America
Telephone: +1-305-899-1587
Website: http://jcsfl.org
Jewish Family Service of Orange County
Jewish Family Service of Orange County aspires for a community where no one is alone
and without hope. It strives to ensure that everyone in the community has access
to a lifeline of support. The programs are open to all who come to us.
1 Federation Way, Suite 220
Irvine, CA 92603-0174
United States of America
Telephone: +1-949-435-4360
Fax: +1-714-445-4960
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.jfsoc.org
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles is an extended family of compassionate social
services that enriches the community and improves the lives of countless men, women
and children of all religions, ethnicities and ages.
Telephone: +1-877-275-4537
Website: http://www.jfsla.org
Jewish Family & Children’s Services of Southern Arizona
Since 1941, JFCS has been providing a variety of social services to the community;
serving people of all races, religions and ethnic origins. JFCS programs include
Counseling & Support Services, Services for Older and Disabled Persons, Home Services,
Refugee Services, and Community and Volunteer Services. JFCS also operates the Irving
Greenfield Tucson Loan Chest and the Holocaust Program as well as providing continuing
education classes for people working in human services.
4301 E. Fifth Street
Tucson, AZ 85711-2005
United States of America
Telephone: +1-520-795-0300
Fax: +1-520-795-8206
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://jfcstucson.org
3801 East Willow Street
Long Beach, California 90815
United States of America
Telephone: +1-562-427-7916
Fax: +1-562-427-7910
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.jfcslongbeach.org
The Source for Independent Living
Self-help is a non-sectarian, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to
maintaining the independence and dignity of seniors and at-risk populations through
a spectrum of housing, home health care and social services and will lead in applying
new methods and technologies to address changing needs of its community.
520 Eight Avenue
New York, NY 10018
United States of America
Telephone: +1-866-735-1234
Website: http://selfhelp.net
The DNA Shoah Project
The DNA Shoah Project is building a database of genetic material from Holocaust
survivors and their immediate descendants in hopes of reuniting families disrupted
by the Shoah (“Holocaust” in Hebrew). The Project aims to match displaced relatives,
provide Shoah orphans and lost children with information about their biological
families and, eventually, assist in the forensic identification of Holocaust-era
remains.
PO BOX 210240
Tucson, Arizona 85721
United States of America
Telephone: +1-520-626-6203
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.dnashoah.org
The Blue Card
The Blue Card offers its invaluable help to Holocaust survivors through five programs.
Once The Blue Card determines that a Holocaust survivor is qualified to receive
financial assistance, there is no cap or time limit on help. The Blue Card is the
only agency that provides continuing, ongoing support for medical care, rent subsidies,
food and other basic needs to indigent Holocaust survivors.
171 Madison Avenue, Suite 1405
New York, NY 10016
United States of America
Telephone: +1-212-239-2251
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.bluecardfund.org
Virginia Holocaust Museum Tolerance Through Education
The Virginia Holocaust Museum was founded in 1997 by Mark Fetter, Al Rosenbaum,
and one of Richmond’s youngest Holocaust survivors, Jay Ipson, in an effort to preserve
and educate people on the atrocities of the Holocaust of World War II. The Museum
had a singular mission, “Teaching Tolerance Through Education.”
Website: http://www.va-holocaust.com
Simon Wiesenthal Center
The Simon Wiesenthal Center is a global Jewish human rights organization that confronts
anti-Semitism, hate and terrorism, promotes human rights and dignity, stands with
Israel, defends the safety of Jews worldwide, and teaches the lessons of the Holocaust
for future generations.
1399 South Roxbury Drive
Los Angeles, California 90035
United States of America
Telephone: +1-310-553-9036
Fax: +1-310-553-4521
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.wiesenthal.com
Holocaust Museum & Study Center
The Holocaust Museum & Study Center, formerly known as the Rockland Center for Holocaust
Studies, is unique in the Lower Hudson Valley Region. The idea for a permanent Center
for Holocaust Studies originated with the Rockland County Holocaust Commission,
which was appointed by the County Legislature on May 15, 1979.
17 South Madison Avenue
Spring Valley, NY 10977
United States of America
Telephone: +1-845-356-1974
Fax: +1-845-356-1974
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.holocauststudies.org
Holocaust & Intolerance Museum of New Mexico
The purpose is to educate people about the Holocaust as well as teach about other
genocides and forms of bullying that have affected people around the world. They
are not limited to one religion, culture, geographic area, or time.
616 Central Avenue SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
United States of America
Telephone: +1-505-247-0606
Fax: +1-505-247-0606
Website: http://www.nmholocaustmuseum.org
Museum of Jewish Heritage – a living memorial to the Holocaust
Multiple perspectives on modern Jewish history, life, and culture are presented
in the Museum’s unique Core Exhibition and award-winning special exhibitions: acclaimed
public programs, including discussions, films, plays, and concerts, highlight the
richness of Jewish culture and ideas.
Edmond J. Safra Plaza
36 Battery Place
New York, NY 10280
United States of America
Telephone: +1-646-437-4202
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.mjhnyc.org
Holocaust Memorial Center: Zekelman Family Campus
It is the mission of the Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus to remember
those who perished and survived the Holocaust and, in a world increasingly faced
with sectarian strife and intolerance, to set forth the lessons of the Holocaust
as a model for teaching ethical conduct and responsible decision-making. By highlighting
those individuals who, in the midst of evil, stood for the best rather than the
worst of human nature, the Holocaust Memorial Center seeks to contribute to maintaining
an open, free society.
28123 Orchard Lake Rd.
Farmington Hills, MI 48334-3738
United States of America
Telephone: +1-248-553-2400
Fax: +1-248-553-2433
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.holocaustcenter.org
Los Angeles Museum of Holocaust
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust (LAMH) is the oldest Holocaust museum in the
United States. They discovered that each of them had a photograph, concentration
camp uniform, or other precious primary source object from the Holocaust era. They
decided that these artifacts needed a permanent home where they could be displayed
safely and in perpetuity. They also wanted a place to memorialize their dead and
help to educate the world so that no one would ever forget.
100 S. The Grove Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
United States of America
Telephone: +1-323-651-3704
Fax: +1-323-651-3706
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.lamoth.org
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
The Illinois Holocaust museum & Education Center is dedicated to preserving the
legacy of the Holocaust by honoring the memories of those who were lost and by teaching
universal lessons that combat hatred, prejudice and indifference. The museum fulfills
its mission through the exhibition, preservation and interpretation of its collections
and through education programs and initiatives that foster the promotion of human
rights and the eliminations of genocide.
9603 Woods Drive
Skokie, IL 60077
United States of America
Telephone: +1-847-967-4800
Fax: +1-847-967-4801
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org
The Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida
In 2001, the exhibit was transformed into a museum and educational center, operating
as a 501(c)(3) not-for- profit corporation. With our focus on education, our programs
have reached over 23,000 students in the 2008/ 2009 school year and the museum hosts
more than 5,000 visitors annually.
4760 Tamiami Trail North
Suite 7, Sandalwood Square
Naples, FL 34103
United States of America
Telephone: +1-239-263-9200
Fax: +1-239-263-9500
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.hmswfl.org
Holocaust Museum and Learning Center In Memory of Gloria M. Goldstein
The Holocaust Museum and Learning Center, a department of the Jewish Federation
of St. Louis, opened in May 1995 and was realized through the vision and generosity
of many community leaders and Holocaust survivors. The Holocaust Museum and Learning
Center houses a 5,000 square foot core exhibition that provides a chronological
history of the Holocaust with personal accounts of Holocaust survivors who emigrated
to St. Louis.
12 Millstone Campus Drive
St. Louis, MO 63146
United States of America
Telephone: +1-314-432-0020
Fax: +1-314-432-1277
Website: http://www.hmlc.org
The Holocaust Museum of Houston
Holocaust Museum Houston is dedicated to educating people about the Holocaust, remembering
the 6 million Jews and other innocent victims and honoring the survivors' legacy.
Using the lessons of the Holocaust and other genocides, we teach the dangers of
hatred, prejudice and apathy.
5401 Caroline St.
Houston, TX 77004-6804
United States of America
Telephone: +1-713-942-8000
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.hmh.org
The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida
The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center offers a variety of programs
to sensitize the public to issues of tolerance, diversity and respect for cultural
differences. Its leadership and supporters firmly believe that preserving the past
helps us protect the future, and that a moral and just community grows from understanding
the watershed events of human
851 N Maitland Ave
Maitland, FL 32751
United States of America
Telephone: +1-407-628-0555
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.holocaustedu.org
Tauber Holocaust Library and Education Program
The Holocaust Center of Northern California has relocated its library, offices,
and staff to its new home at Jewish Family and Children’s Services of San Francisco,
the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties. The Center will reopen in its new location
in February 2011. The Holocaust Center research library includes the following materials:
Reference library, Yizkor books, Oral history tapes and transcripts, Historical
pamphlet collection, Archival collections.
2150 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
United States of America
Telephone: +1-415-449-3717
Fax: +1-415-449-3720
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.hcnc.org
Florida Holocaust Museum
The Florida Holocaust Museum honors the memory of millions of innocent men, women,
and children who suffered or died in the Holocaust. The museum is dedicated to teaching
members of all races and cultures to recognize the inherent worth and dignity of
human life in order to prevent future genocides.
55 Fifth Street South
St.Petersburg, FL 33701
United States of America
Telephone: +1-727-820-0100
Fax: +1-727-821-8435
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.flhm2.org
The El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center
The mission of the El Paso Holocaust Museum & Study Center is to educate the public,
particularly young people, about the Nazi Holocaust as a way of ensuring that similar
acts will not be repeated; to honor those who perished in the Holocaust and those
who survived, and to oppose prejudice and bigotry by reminding the world of the
importance of acceptance, the value and dignity of human life, and of the consequences
of negating these principles.
715 N. Oregon
El Paso, Texas 79902
United Status of America
Telephone: +1-915-351-0048
Website: http://www.elpasoholocaustmuseum.org
Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance
The Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance teaches about the
past, to learn for today, in order to impact the future. A not-for-profit 501 (c)
(3) since 1984 and is located in the basement of the Jewish Community Center building
on Northaven Road in North Dallas.
211 N. Record St.
Suite 100 Dallas, Texas 75202
United States of America
Telephone: +1-214-741-7500
Fax: +1-214-747-2270
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.dallasholocaustmuseum.org
The Commission for Art Recovery
The Commission for Art Recovery was established in 1997 to stimulate restitution
efforts by European governments in order to help bring a small measure of justice
into the lives of families whose art was seized, confiscated, or wrongfully taken
as a result of the policies of the Third Reich and the devastation of the Holocaust.
The commission encourages and assists governments, museums, and other public institutions
to identify works of art in their collections that may have been stolen during the
years of the Third Reich, to publicize information on these works on the Internet,
and to adopt streamlined procedures that facilitate the return of these works to
their rightful owners.
2 Park Avenue, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10016
United States of America
Email: [email protected]
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Founded in 1914, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) serves as
the overseas arm of the Jewish community, sponsoring programs of relief, rescue,
and reconstruction.
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
711 Third Avenue
New York, NY 19917
United States of America
Telephone: +1-212-687-6200
Fax: +1-212-370-5467
Website: http://www.jdc.org
Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany (Claims Conference)
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, other governments, and certain industries; recovered unclaimed
German Jewish property; and funded programs to assist the neediest Jewish victims
of Nazism.
Contact in USA:
1359 Broadway, Room 2000
New York, NY 10018
United States of America
Telephone: +1-646-536-9100
Fax: +1-212-679-2126
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://claimscon.org
World Jewish Congress
In 1992, the World Jewish Congress (WJC) launched efforts for restitution of Jewish
property in Europe and established the World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO).
The WJC was charged with the task of negotiating with the governments and Jewish
communities involved in restitution. Over time, the WJC introduced restitution matters
to western European nations and revealed newly declassified intelligence documents
relating to the actions of various European governments during the war and helped
attract international media attention. WJC negotiations helped instigate 20 governmental
inquiry commissions to investigate how each country behaved during the war and how
stolen Jewish property was dealt with after the war. The WJC continues to research
restitution issues worldwide and issues public policy dispatches and reports.
Contact in USA (headquarters):
501 Madison Avenue, 17th floor
New York, NY 10022
United States of America
Telephone: +1-212-755-5770
Fax: +1-212-755-5883
Website: http://www.wjc.org.il
California Department of Insurance Holocaust Information
During World War II, many Jewish families in Europe purchased life insurance policies
as financial protection for loved ones who would survive the war. However, Nazi
Germany did not preserve insurance policy documents, nor did they issue death certificates
for Jews and countless untold others murdered in the concentration camps. As a result,
many Holocaust victims and their heirs to this day have been unable to collect on
the policies purchased over half a century ago.
300 South Spring Street, South Tower
Los Angeles, CA 90013
United States of America
Telephone: +1-213-897-8921
Website: http://www.insurance.ca.gov
National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration maintains an extensive collection
of archives and has published finding aids to facilitate research on Holocaust-era
assets.
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
United States of America
Website: http://www.archives.gov/research_room/holocaust_era_assets
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners maintains an International Holocaust
Commission Task Force to work toward restituting unpaid insurance claims. It was
also fundamental in the creation of the International Commission on Holocaust Era
Insurance Claims.
2301 McGee, Suite 800
Kansas City, MO 64108-2604
United States of America
Telephone: + 1-816-842-3600
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.naic.org
American Association of Museums
The American Association of Museums (AAM) has established a guideline on ethical
obligations of museums concerning the acquisition of Nazi-era objects. The AAM also
maintains a website concerning Nazi-era provenance, including links to “Guidelines
Concerning the Unlawful Appropriation of Objects During the Nazi Era,” issued in
November 1999 and updated in April 2001; AAM Recommended Procedures for Providing
Information to the Public about Objects Transferred in Europe during the Nazi Era;
the Report of the AAM’s Task Force on the Spoliation of Art during the Nazi/World
War II Era (1933–1945); and research by many museums about Nazi-era provenance of
objects in their collections.
1575 Eye Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20005
United States of America
Telephone: + 1-202-289-1818
Fax: + 1-202-289-6578
Website: http://www.aam-us.org
American Jewish Committee
In March 2002, the American Jewish Committee hosted a conference entitled “Anti-Semitism,
Holocaust Memory, Property Restitution and Related Issues Confronting the Jewish
Communities of Central and Eastern Europe” in Bucharest, Romania. Jewish leaders
in NATO-aspirant nations in eastern Europe offered observations on progress made
in property restitution and other issues at the conference.
165 East 56th Street
New York, NY 10022
United States of America
Telephone: +1-212-751-4000
Website: http://www.ajc.org
Austrian Holocaust Restitution
On numerous occasions, high-ranking representatives of the Republic of Austria have
acknowledged that Austrians were not just victims of National Socialism but that
many Austrians both supported the NS regime and committed atrocities. Speeches by
Chancellor Franz Vranitzky and President Thomas Klestil in Israel in 1993 and 1994
were important milestones along the way. Thus, Austria has taken many steps to financially
alleviate the pain and suffering of numerous victims of the NS regime.
3524 International Court
Washington, D.C. 20008
United States of America
Website: http://www.austria.org/content/view/414/217
International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims (ICHEIC)
The International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims (ICHEIC) was established
in October 1998 by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in cooperation
with several European insurance companies, European regulators, representatives
of several Jewish organizations, and the State of Israel. The commission is charged
with establishing a just process that will expeditiously address the issue of unpaid
insurance policies issued to victims of the Holocaust. To do so, ICHEIC has set
up a Claims Resolution Process to handle insurance claims of Holocaust victims,
survivors, and their heirs and beneficiaries.
Website: http://www.icheic.org
Nazi-Era Provenance Internet Portal
The Nazi-Era Provenance Internet Portal (NEPIP), created by the American Association
of Museums (AAM), is a searchable registry of objects of collections in US museums.
This portal is free of charge and is designed to aid people in their search for
lost or stolen objects during the Nazi era (1933–1945) from continental Europe.
1575 Eye St. NW, Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20005
United States of America
Telephone: +1-202-289-9139
Fax: +1-202-289-6578
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.aam-us.org;
http://www.nepip.org
The Simon Wiesenthal Center
Established in 1977, the Simon Wiesenthal Center closely interacts on an ongoing
basis with a variety of public and private agencies, meeting with elected officials,
the U.S. and foreign governments, diplomats, and heads of state.
1399 South Roxbury Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90035
United States of America
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.wiesenthal.com
American Red Cross Holocaust and War Victims Tracing and Information Center
Central Maryland Red Cross is the headquarters for a tracing service for the victims
of the Holocaust and World War II. The Holocaust and War Victims Tracing and Information
Center (HWVTIC) acts as a national clearinghouse for inquiries made by people separated
from family and friends during the Nazi reign of terror in eastern Europe and the
former Soviet Union. Volunteers and staff at the center coordinate with local Red
Cross chapters throughout the country and with Red Cross societies throughout the
world to help individuals looking for answers regarding the fate of lost loved ones
and/or to obtain proof of internment necessary for reparations.
4800 Mount Hope Drive
Baltimore, MD 21215
United States of America
Telephone: +1-410-764-7000
Fax: +1-410-764-7664
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.redcross-cmd.org
Claims Restitution Tribunal
In February 2001, the Claims Restitution Tribunal (CRT) published the names of the
owners of approximately 21,000 accounts that probably or possibly belonged to victims
of Nazi persecution. In January 2005, the CRT published approximately 2,700 additional
names of account owners and approximately 400 additional names of power of attorney
holders of accounts probably or possibly belonging to victims of Nazi persecution.
At this point, these previously published lists of names of account owners and names
of power of attorney holders no longer appear on the Internet.
The Art Loss Register
The Art Loss Register (ALR) is the world's largest private international database
of lost and stolen art, antiques, and collectibles that provides recovery and search
services to collectors, the art trade, insurers, and law enforcement through technology
and a professionally trained staff of art historians. In 1998, the ALR made full-time
staff and resources available for the task of compiling a database of 1933–1945
cultural spoliation claims, objects confiscated by Nazi looting agencies, the Soviet
Trophy Brigades, or individual acts of looting by Allied troops. War-era claim forms
can be obtained from the ALR website in German and English. The ALR database lists
thousands of works of art that were looted from both private and museum collections,
with Holocaust claims comprising the majority of the losses.
The Art Loss Register Inc / the Art Loss Register Ltd
First Floor, 63-66 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8LE
New York
United States of America
Telephone: +1-44-20-7841 5780
Fax: +1-44-20-7841-5781
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.artloss.comz
Austrian Bank Fund
The Austrian Bank Fund was created to benefit Holocaust survivors (or their heirs)
who were persecuted by the Nazi regime between 1933 and 1946 because of their race,
religion, ethnic origin, nationality, political belief, sexual orientation, or disability—and
who were damaged directly or indirectly by Bank Austria or Creditanstalt, such as
through lost, stolen, or confiscated assets. Although approved in January 2000,
the US $40 million fund became fully effective only as of August 2001. The deadline
for submitting claims was May 31, 2000.
Austrian Bank Holocaust Litigation Settlement
PO Box 852
New York, NY 10274-0852
United States of America
Tel: +1-646-519-8742
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.claimscon.org