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/PRNewswire/ Today, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), announced that, in an important achievement for survivors,.
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), announced an important achievement for survivors with first-time pensions being allotted for Holocaust survivors who survived the Leningrad Siege, survivors who were in hiding in France and those who survived persecution in Romania, and who are not currently receiving Shoah related pensions.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ American Jewish Committee (AJC) regrets today s unanimous Supreme Court decision in the Guelph Treasure case (Federal Republic of Germany v Philipp), which sends the plaintiffs back to Germany to seek justice for their Holocaust-era art restitution claims. Unfortunately, Germany s record on these matters has been deficient, said Rabbi Andrew Baker, AJC Director of International Jewish Affairs.
Over twenty years ago, the Washington Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art, adopted at an international conference organized by the State Department, were heralded as a new means for survivors and their heirs to regain ownership of their looted artwork. Though not legally compelled to do so, governments agreed that they would examine the provenance of their state museum collections and return any art that was originally acquired by Nazi seizures or forced sales.