Seeking Fairness for Property Claimants/Rzeczpospolita Op-ed May 31, 2019
Debunking Myths about Calls for a Denationalization Law (Translation from Rzeczpospolita Op-ed: May 31, 2019) [...]
POLISH PRIME MINISTER’S STATEMENT IS DEEPLY INSENSITIVE TO HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS — AND INCORRECT
WJRO Responds to Negative Rhetoric and Public Attacks by the Polish Government about Issue of Property Restitution (New York, NY) May 20, 2019: At a campaign rally on Saturday, May 18, [...]
FORMER POLISH DIPLOMAT APPOINTED AS DIRECTOR OF POLISH JEWISH HERITAGE ORGANIZATION
(Warsaw, Poland) April 8, 2019: The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland (FODZ), a partnership of the World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) and the Union of Jewish [...]
WORLD JEWISH RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (WJRO) LAUNCHES SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN– #MyPropertyStory – BEHIND EVERY PROPERTY THERE IS A STORY
Survivors and their families share stories about their lives before the Holocaust to show how their homes, land, business, or personal possessions are important and powerful links to their pasts [...]
WJRO: Poland’s Prime Minister Morawiecki is wrong. The issue of restitution has not been resolved
For Immediate Release Statement of Gideon Taylor, Chair of Operations, World Jewish Restitution Organization February 17, 2019 We were surprised and disappointed to see Prime Minister [...]
US Secretary of State Pompeo Calls for Holocaust-Era Property Issue with Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs
Calls for Poland to Endorse Legislation for Property Compensation (New York, NY) February 13, 2019: In a joint press conference in Warsaw, in his first official visit to Poland as US Secretary [...]
European Union Calls for Property Restitution in Bosnia
For First Time, European Parliament Considers Seized Property in Reviewing Bosnia’s Membership Application (Strasbourg, France) February 13, 2019: The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) [...]
European Parliament Passes Resolution to Identify and Recover Looted Art
Resolution Calls for Comprehensive Database for Jewish-Owned Artworks Seized by the Nazis Millions of cultural goods were stolen during WWII including more than 650,000 pieces of [...]
World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) Condemns Vandalization of Cemetery in Poland
Swastikas and ISIS Inscriptions Deface Holocaust Monument (New York, NY) November 20, 2018. The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) condemns the vandalization of the Jewish cemetery in [...]
WJRO Statement on the Passing of Romanian Ambassador Mihnea Constantinescu
(Jerusalem) November 19, 2018. The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) mourns the passing of Romanian Ambassador Mihnea Constantinescu. Gideon Taylor, WJRO Chief of Operations and [...]