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HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS TO RECEIVE EUR 5,000 EACH IN FIRST INSTALLMENT PAYMENT AS PART OF HISTORIC LUXEMBOURG AGREEMENT ON HOLOCAUST ERA RESTITUTION
November 15, 2021

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 to distribute EUR 1,000,000 from the Luxembourg Fund allocated for this purpose to Holocaust survivors who are currently living in or were persecuted in the Grand […]
WJRO STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF DR. AUREL VAINER, LONGTIME HEAD OF THE JEWISH FEDERATION IN ROMANIA
November 1, 2021

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, WJRO Chief Operating Officer, issued the following statement: “With the death of Dr. Aurel Vainer, longtime head of the Jewish Federation in Romania, the world […]
DEADLINE FOR LUXEMBOURG DIRECT PAYMENT PROGRAM EXTENDED
October 11, 2021

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 have sufficient time to apply for the program. Approved applicants who submitted their application by October 15, 2021 will still receive their […]

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HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS TO RECEIVE EUR 5,000 EACH IN FIRST INSTALLMENT PAYMENT AS PART OF HISTORIC LUXEMBOURG AGREEMENT ON HOLOCAUST ERA RESTITUTION
November 15, 2021

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 to distribute EUR 1,000,000 from the Luxembourg Fund allocated for this purpose to Holocaust survivors who are currently living in or were persecuted in the Grand […]
WJRO STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF DR. AUREL VAINER, LONGTIME HEAD OF THE JEWISH FEDERATION IN ROMANIA
November 1, 2021

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, WJRO Chief Operating Officer, issued the following statement: “With the death of Dr. Aurel Vainer, longtime head of the Jewish Federation in Romania, the world […]
DEADLINE FOR LUXEMBOURG DIRECT PAYMENT PROGRAM EXTENDED
October 11, 2021

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 have sufficient time to apply for the program. Approved applicants who submitted their application by October 15, 2021 will still receive their […]

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