Commemoration without Action is Not Enough
Op-ed by Ovidiu Creangă, Historian, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) Representatives from major Jewish organizations and diplomatic missions from around the...
View ArticleWJRO STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF SIR BEN HELFGOTT, HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR,...
(New York, NY) June 16, 2023: The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) mourns the passing of Sir Ben Helfgott, Holocaust survivor, British champion of Holocaust education and remembrance, and...
View ArticleThe World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) Appoints Gideon Taylor as...
(New York, NY) July 13, 2023: The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) is pleased to announce the appointment of Gideon Taylor as President of WJRO, effective immediately. This unanimous...
View ArticleWJRO Statement on New French Law on Holocaust Era Art
(New York, NY) July 24, 2023: The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) welcomes a significant new law that went into effect yesterday in France, which expedites the restitution of...
View ArticleTHE WORLD JEWISH RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (WJRO) LAUNCHES INTERNATIONAL...
Good Will Foundation to administer one-time symbolic payment to eligible Lithuanian Jews or certain heirs for immovable private property expropriated in Lithuania during the Holocaust and its...
View ArticleWJRO STATEMENT ON SCHIELE ARTWORK RETURNED TO HEIRS LOOTED DURING THE HOLOCAUST
In Manhattan, seven Schiele artworks returned to heirs of Fritz Grünbaum, killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust York, NY) September 20, 2023: The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO)...
View ArticleWJRO STATEMENT ON ARTWORK RETURNED TO HEIR LOOTED IN CROATIA DURING THE...
National Museum of Modern Art in Croatia returns artwork to heir of the Reischsmanns killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust (New York, NY) September 21, 2023: The World Jewish Restitution...
View ArticleWJRO STATEMENT ON CHRISTIE’S RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT ON NAZI LOOTED ART
(New York, NY) October 2, 2023: The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO), which has been in an ongoing dialogue with Christie’s, released the following statement in response to a significant...
View ArticleSECOND INTERNATIONAL GATHERING OF HOLOCAUST ENVOYS TO DISCUSS RESTITUTION...
Washington, DC, November 1, 2023: At today’s conference at the State Department, the World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) and the US Department of State brought together representatives from...
View ArticleWORLD JEWISH RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (WJRO) DELEGATION VISITS MOLDOVA TO...
WJRO delegation meets with Moldova’s first-ever Special Representative for the Policies of Memory (Holocaust) and Combating Antisemitism; contributes to Kishinev Pogrom Conference: 120 Years Later,...
View ArticleTHE WORLD JEWISH RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (WJRO) WELCOMES NEW REPORT...
Findings underscore that the SNCB received German payments of more than 50 million Belgian francs for the deportation of over 25,000 Jews, Roma, resistance fighters & forced laborers on 28 convoys...
View ArticleGIDEON TAYLOR’S REMARKS AT THE UNITED NATIONS’ EVENT FOR INTERNATIONAL...
Gideon Taylor, President, World Jewish Restitution Organization Inauguration Ceremony of “We’re Still Standing” Photo Exhibition “Each Holocaust survivor represents hope over despair, survival over...
View ArticleGLOBAL REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ART RESTITUTION OVER PAST 25 YEARS FINDS...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers keynote address unveiling historic endorsement of Best Practices by 22 countries in art and cultural property restitution at event jointly convened by...
View ArticleNEW REPORT RECOMMENDS CONTINUED PROVENANCE RESEARCH AND ESTABLISHMENT OF...
Report Addresses Accountability and Transparency in Nazi Looted Art Restitution at the Emil Bührle Collection Foundation at the Kunsthaus Zürich (New York, NY) June 28, 2024 — The World Jewish...
View ArticleWORLD JEWISH RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (WJRO) ANNOUNCES $10 MILLION...
Nearly 4,100 Survivors to benefit from restitution of communal properties wrongfully seized during and after WWII, support especially meaningful to Holocaust survivors displaced near Gaza border (New...
View ArticleTHE WORLD JEWISH RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (WJRO) WELCOMES CROATIAN...
Positive Step Forward; Further Actions Needed for Other Restitution Issues (New York, NY) September 22, 2024: The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) welcomes the Croatian Government’s...
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