THE WORLD JEWISH RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (WJRO) WELCOMES THE APPOINTMENT OF...
The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) welcomes the appointment of Ellen Germain by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to the position of Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues. Founded in...
View ArticleDEADLINE FOR LUXEMBOURG DIRECT PAYMENT PROGRAM EXTENDED
New Deadline – January 31, 2022 WJRO is pleased to announce that the deadline for the Luxembourg direct support payment program has been extended to January 31, 2022, to ensure that Holocaust survivors...
View ArticleWJRO STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF DR. AUREL VAINER, LONGTIME HEAD OF THE...
The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) mourns the passing of Dr. Aurel Vainer, longtime head of the Jewish Federation in Romania. Gideon Taylor, WJRO Chair of Operations and Mark Weitzman,...
View ArticleHOLOCAUST SURVIVORS TO RECEIVE EUR 5,000 EACH IN FIRST INSTALLMENT PAYMENT AS...
Luxembourg Direct Support Payment Program still accepting applications New deadline – January 31, 2022 The World Jewish Organization (WJRO) is pleased to announce that the Claims Conference has begun...
View ArticleTHE WORLD JEWISH RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION WELCOMES HISTORIC UN RESOLUTION...
On the 80th anniversary of the Wannsee Conference, United Nations General Assembly approves International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of Holocaust denial and distortion...
View ArticleWORLD JEWISH RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (WJRO) LAUNCHES THIRD ANNUAL SOCIAL...
Campaign expands to TikTok, where Holocaust survivors and youth speak about seeking justice for the unprecedented theft of property from Jewish people and communities during the Shoah and its aftermath...
View ArticleWJRO WELCOMES PASSAGE OF HOLOCAUST ERA RESTITUTION LEGISLATION IN LATVIA
Law to provide €40 Million to revitalize Latvian Jewish Community, Holocaust memorialization, remembrance, education, and social services (New York, NY) February 10, 2022: Today, the World Jewish...
View ArticleWJRO: PASSAGE OF LOOTED ART LEGISLATION IN FRANCE IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN THE...
(New York, NY) February 15, 2021: The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) welcomes the passage of looted art legislation in France as an important step in the restitution of works plundered...
View ArticleWJRO STATEMENT ON THE RESTORATION OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND...
(New York, NY) July 4, 2022: The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) welcomes the announcement by President Isaac Herzog and Polish President Andrzej Duda of restoring a Polish ambassador in...
View ArticleWJRO STATEMENT ON AGREEMENT BY ROMANIA TO PAY PENSIONS TO HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS...
The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) welcomes the agreement by Romania to provide approximately 7,000 Holocaust survivors in Israel with pensions. After more than six years, a deal was...
View ArticleINTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT IN STRASBOURG HIGHLIGHTS...
Resolution to Accelerate Return of Plundered Property to Holocaust Victims and Jewish Communities Introduced (Strasbourg, France,) September 13, 2022: Charles Goerens, Member of the European...
View ArticleTHE WORLD JEWISH RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (WJRO) ANNOUNCES REPORT ON CULTURAL...
Report presents historical analysis of the KOMZA (Commission for the Gathering and Protection of Cultural Monuments and Antiquities) and information on current location of many cultural objects NEW...
View ArticleTHE WORLD JEWISH RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (WJRO) GATHERED WITH MINISTERS,...
Conference focused on Holocaust era property restitution and related issues; Representatives of 47 countries provided new ideas of additional steps that can be taken as an implementation of the 2009...
View ArticleTHE WORLD JEWISH RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (WJRO) WELCOMES LITHUANIAN PRIME...
Proposed legislation provides €37 million as symbolic compensation for private property expropriated during the Holocaust & addresses heirless Jewish property (New York, NY) November 20, 2022: The...
View ArticleTHE WORLD JEWISH RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (WJRO) APPLAUDS PASSAGE OF...
Legislation, introduced by Lithuanian Prime Minister in November, passes overwhelmingly, and will provide €37 million as symbolic compensation for private property expropriated during the Holocaust...
View ArticleWJRO STATEMENT ON VOTE TO KEEP NAZI WAR CRIMINAL BUST AT ROMANIAN CAPITAL
(New York, NY) January 4, 2023: The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) issued the following statement on the Romanian Bucharest’s city council for refusing to dismantle a bust honoring...
View ArticleWORLD JEWISH RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (WJRO) LAUNCHES FOURTH ANNUAL SOCIAL...
Campaign highlights recent community property success stories while encouraging others to share their own stories to shine a light on the unprecedented theft of property from Jewish people and...
View ArticleTHE WORLD JEWISH RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (WJRO) WELCOMES GOOD WILL...
Good Will Foundation to administer one-time symbolic payment to eligible Lithuanian Jews or their heirs; provides total of €5-10 million to be distributed to approved applicants (New York, NY) February...
View ArticleTHE WORLD JEWISH RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (WJRO) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM HOST...
Conference marks the first steps in building a network of Holocaust envoys across the world to address the injustices of the past; More than 20 VIPS attended representing over 10 countries NEW YORK, NY...
View ArticleTHE CONFERENCE ON JEWISH MATERIAL CLAIMS AGAINST GERMANY (CLAIMS CONFERENCE)...
The report, “The ERR Looting of the Julius Genss Collection in Estonia” presents a historical analysis of ERR (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg) archival records and partial information on the...
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