New Fund for Holocaust Survivors from Romania
New York, June 5: The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) today announced the launch of a new fund totaling $1.3 million — the Romanian Survivor Relief Program (RSRP). This program [...]
WJRO applauds President Trump’s signing of JUST Act for Holocaust restitution
Washington, D.C., May 10, 2018 –The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) welcomes President Trump signing The Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today (JUST) Act into law yesterday. [...]
Congress unanimously approves law to assist Holocaust survivors
Washington, D.C., April 24, 2018 –The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) applauds the United States Congress for unanimously passing The Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today (JUST) [...]
US Senate urges Polish Prime Minister to pass fair restitution legislation
Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) authored the bipartisan letter, which was signed by 59 Senators. March 26 – 59 US Senators sent a bipartisan letter authored by Senators Tammy [...]
WJRO Concerned About Polish Government Decision to Return Property Law to Ministry of Justice; Urges Speedy Passage of Just and Fair Legislation
February 14 – The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) called on the Government of Poland to move forward quickly with improved legislation to address property confiscations. This came [...]
Statement of Gideon Taylor, chair of operations of the World Jewish Restitution Organization and co-chair of The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland (FODZ) regarding Jewish cemetery in Warsaw
New York, January 25 – The World Jewish Restitution Organization welcomes the Polish government commitment of PLN $100 ($28 million) from the national budget for the restoration and [...]
‘1945’ to Receive Inaugural WJRO Justice Award, Film Brings Property Restitution Issue to Public Attention, Many Hungarians ‘Confronting Past for the First Time’
New York, Jan. 23, 2018 – The World Jewish Restitution Organization proudly announced that the critically acclaimed film “1945” and its director Ferenc Török will receive the first annual WJRO [...]
The Hague, Netherlands Restitution Program
The Municipality of Hague has published the following notice: “Are you a Jewish home owner or a surviving relative of a Jewish homeowner in The Hague during the Second World War? Were back taxes [...]
Senate Unanimously Passes Baldwin and Rubio’s Bipartisan Legislation To Support Holocaust Survivors, Families
Washington, Dec. 12, 2017 – The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) applauded the U.S. Senate for unanimously passing the bipartisan Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today (JUST) Act [...]
World Jewish Restitution Organization “Profoundly Disappointed” at Proposed Polish Property Legislation that would Exclude Vast Majority of Holocaust Survivors and Their Families
Urges Government to Ensure Fair and Just Law October 20 – Over seventy years after 90% of Polish Jewry was killed during the Holocaust, the Polish Government today published proposed legislation [...]