Documents, Reports & Position Papers
Reports
The Role of the United States in Pursuing Compensation for Holocaust Victims and Heirs, and the Historical Bases for U.S. Leadership, an analysis and commemoration of the many decades of crucial U.S. leadership that has helped Holocaust victims receive some degree of moral recognition of their incalculable losses, as well as tens of billions of dollars in compensation and restitution. March 2024
Restitution of Holocaust property. 10 years after the Terezin Declaration, December 2019
Immovable Property Restitution Study, ESLI, December 2016
WJRO Report Concerning Current Approaches of United States Museums to Holocaust-Era Art Claims, June 2015
WJRO Background on Restitution in the Former Yugoslavia, February 2014
WJRO Position Paper on Restitution in Serbia, February 2014
WJRO Position Paper on Romanian Law No 165-2013, September 2013
WJRO and Claims Conference Status Report on Restitution and Compensation Efforts for the Immovable Property Review Conference, November 2012
ESLI Green Paper Reviewing Progress on Restitution of Immovable Property in 28 Countries, November 2012
Status Report on Restitution for Holocaust-Era Private Property in Poland, November 2012
WJRO and Claims Conference Report: Holocaust-Era Looted Art: A World-Wide Preliminary Overview, June 2009
Letters
US House letter to Witek of Poland,August 9, 2021
Letter from US Speaker Pelosi to Marshal of Sejm Witek,August 6, 2021
European Parliament Letter to President Duda,July 20, 2021
US Senate Letter to President Duda,July 19, 2021
Letter from 25 Members of the United States Congress to Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić, February 2, 2016
Letter from U.S. Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues to Nowy Dziennik-Polish Daily News, December 22, 2015
Letter from Co-Chairs of the European Alliance for Holocaust Survivors (EAHS) to Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić, December 8, 2015
Letter from 36 European Parliamentarians from 18 Countries to European Parliament President Schulz, October 14, 2015
Letter from WJRO to Polish President Andrzej Duda Urging Completion of Constitutional Tribunal Review of Constitutionality of Legislation, August 14, 2015
Letter from New York Comptrollers and California Treasurer to Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, July 30, 2015
Letter from WJRO to Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski Opposing Legislation Restricting Property Recovery Under the Warsaw Decree, July 29, 2015
Letter from 46 Members of the United States Congress to Secretary of State John F. Kerry, June 29, 2015
Letter from Canadian Foreign Minister Robert Nicholson Affirming Canada’s Commitment to Holocaust-Era Property Restitution in Europe, March 12, 2015
Letter from Canadian Liberal Party Foreign Affairs Critic Marc Garneau Affirming Support for Holocaust-Era Property Restitution in Europe, January 23, 2015
Letter from Canadian NDP Foreign Affairs Critic Paul Dewar Affirming Support for Holocaust-Era Property Restitution in Europe, January 20, 2015
Letter from British Foreign Secretary William Hague to British Parliamentarians, March 26, 2014
Letter from 50 British Parliamentarians to Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland, February 24, 2014
Statements
Statement of the Special Envoys for Holocaust Issues and Anti-Semitism on Holocaust Restitution in the Republic of Serbia, May 11, 2015
Questions for the Record Submitted to Secretary-Designate John Kerry by Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (#1) Committee on Foreign Relations, April 8, 2014
Excerpts of Statement of Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on Behalf of the British Government at the House of Lords Debate on The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, February 27, 2014
International Declarations
Terezin Declaration on Holocaust Era Assets and Related Issues, June 30, 2009
Conferences
70 Years of Holocaust Compensation and Restitution International Conference, November 14-16, 2022