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 CONFERENCE ON JEWISH MATERIAL CLAIMS AGAINST GERMANY (CLAIMS CONFERENCE) AND THE WORLD JEWISH RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (WJRO) ANNOUNCE THE PUBLICATION OF A REPORT ON THE LOOTING OF THE JULIUS GENSS COLLECTION, THE PRINCIPAL ESTONIAN JEWISH ART COLLECTOR, DURING THE HOLOCAUST
The report, “The ERR Looting of the Julius Genss Collection in Estonia” presents a historical analysis of ERR (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg) archival records and partial information on the [...]
THE WORLD JEWISH RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (WJRO) WELCOMES GOOD WILL FOUNDATION’S SYMBOLIC COMPENSATION PROGRAM FOR IMMOVABLE PRIVATE PROPERTY EXPROPRIATED IN LITHUANIA DURING THE HOLOCAUST & ITS AFTERMATH FOR ELIGIBLE SURVIVORS & THEIR HEIRS
Good Will Foundation to administer one-time symbolic payment to eligible Lithuanian Jews or their heirs; provides total of €5-10 million to be distributed to approved applicants (New York, NY) [...]
WJRO STATEMENT ON VOTE TO KEEP NAZI WAR CRIMINAL BUST AT ROMANIAN CAPITAL
(New York, NY) January 4, 2023: The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) issued the following statement on the Romanian Bucharest’s city council for refusing to dismantle a bust [...]
THE WORLD JEWISH RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (WJRO) WELCOMES LITHUANIAN PRIME MINISTER’S PROPOSAL ON HOLOCAUST ERA PROPERTY RESTITUTION
Proposed legislation provides €37 million as symbolic compensation for private property expropriated during the Holocaust & addresses heirless Jewish property (New York, NY) November 20, [...]
THE WORLD JEWISH RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (WJRO) GATHERED WITH MINISTERS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS & HEADS OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AT TEREZIN II CONFERENCE URGENTLY CALLING FOR JUSTICE FOR HOLOCAUST VICTIMS & THEIR HEIRS
Conference focused on Holocaust era property restitution and related issues; Representatives of 47 countries provided new ideas of additional steps that can be taken as an implementation of the [...]
THE WORLD JEWISH RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (WJRO) ANNOUNCES REPORT ON CULTURAL OBJECTS LOOTED DURING THE HOLOCAUST BY THE CROATIAN FASCIST USTAŠE, THEN NATIONALIZED AND DISTRIBUTED UNDER COMMUNISM
Report presents historical analysis of the KOMZA (Commission for the Gathering and Protection of Cultural Monuments and Antiquities) and information on current location of many cultural objects [...]
WJRO: PASSAGE OF LOOTED ART LEGISLATION IN FRANCE IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN THE RESTITUTION OF WORKS PLUNDERED DURING THE HOLOCAUST
(New York, NY) February 15, 2022: The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) welcomes the passage of looted art legislation in France as an important step in the restitution of works [...]
WJRO WELCOMES PASSAGE OF HOLOCAUST ERA RESTITUTION LEGISLATION IN LATVIA
Law to provide €40 Million to revitalize Latvian Jewish Community, Holocaust memorialization, remembrance, education, and social services (New York, NY) February 10, 2022: Today, the World Jewish [...]
THE WORLD JEWISH RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION WELCOMES HISTORIC UN RESOLUTION REJECTING AND CONDEMNING HOLOCAUST DENIAL
On the 80th anniversary of the Wannsee Conference, United Nations General Assembly approves International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of Holocaust denial and [...]