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entitled to a pension from the ZRBG (Ghetto Pension). This pension is not administered by
the Claims Conference. Please contact a German embassy or consulate near you or
https://www.germany.info/us-en/service/07-Pension/ghetto-financial-compensation/920638
CHILD SURVIVOR FUND In addition to the other eligible applicants listed above, the Child
ATTENTION HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS Survivor Fund may also provide a one-time payment to those who are among the One
Thousand Children amounting to €2,500 (approximately $2,500) per person. Approximately
If you are a Holocaust survivor who has not received any compensation payment (either 1,400 children were forced to leave their parents behind when they were rescued from Nazi
from the Claims Conference or German or Austrian governments), please call us immedi- Germany and Nazi-occupied countries and taken to the United States. Please contact us to
ately. You may be entitled.
learn the details of eligibility.
The Claims Conference has negotiated the following liberalizations of criteria to compen-
sation funds with the German government. PAYMENT TO SPOUSES OF DECEASED ARTICLE 2/CEE FUND BENEFICIARIES
The Claims Conference will provide payments to eligible spouses of deceased recipients
HARDSHIP FUND – SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENT Jewish Nazi victims eligible for the Hard- of the Article 2, Central and Eastern European (CEE) Funds. A spouse of an Article 2/
ship Fund have been approved for annual Supplemental Payments of approximately CEE Fund beneficiary may, upon the death of the Article 2/CEE Fund beneficiary,
€1,200 in 2023 through 2027. If you already received a Hardship Fund Supplemental be entitled to receive payments for up to 9 months, paid in three quarterly installments,
Payment (meaning payments over the two years of €2,400), you don’t have to apply if the following conditions apply:
again. You will only need to provide Proof of Life. Please register with Paneem for the 1. The spouse is alive at the date of the payment; and
2023 payment (you will need to do this every year through 2027). You will hear from us to 2. The spouse was married to the Article 2/CEE Fund beneficiary at the time of death
validate via Paneem. If you have moved, or don’t hear from us, please contact us. If you of the Article 2/CEE Fund beneficiary; and
have never applied, the deadline for the 2023 payment is December 31, 2023. 3. The Article 2/CEE Fund recipient passed away at any point while he or she was receiving

Holocaust survivors who were previously ineligible to receive the Supplemental Hardship a payment from the program.
Fund payments because they received one-time German government payments (for exam- The spouse of a Holocaust survivor must be alive at the time of each payment. Other heirs,
ple from Länderhärtefonds) are now eligible to apply for the supplemental payment. including children, are not entitled to receive any payment. To download an application from
Survivors who receive a German or Austrian pension for persecution during the Holocaust our website, please go to: www.claimscon.org/apply
(BEG, Article 2 Fund, Regional Specific Program (RSP), Austrian Victims Pension (Opfer-
ausweis)) are not eligible to receive the Hardship Supplemental Fund Payment. The German government established a similar program for surviving spouses of monthly
NEWLY APPROVED OPEN GHETTOS: Jewish Holocaust survivors who were persecuted Holocaust compensation pensions made under German Federal Indemnification Law,
in the open ghettos identified below, for at least three months, may be eligible for a monthly other German federal compensation laws or governmental programs, (sometimes referred
st
pension from the Article 2 or CEE Fund: to as Wiedergutmachung), for Holocaust survivors who passed away January 1 , 2020 or
• In Romania, survivors persecuted in Bucharest, Adjud, Beiuş, Blaj, Caracal, later. For more information, please check with the BADV or download the application from
Dumbrăveni, Făgăraş, Haţeg, Luduş, Mediaş, Nălaţ-Vad, Oraviţa, Păclişa, Piteş- the BADV website at:
ti, Şărmaşu, Sighişoara, Târnăveni, Tinca, Turnu Severin, Arad, Braila, Brasov, https://www.badv.bund.de/DE/OffeneVermoegensfragen/UebergangsleistungenEhegat-
Buhusi, Călărași, Deva, Dorohoi, Fălticeni, Huși, Ilia, Lugoj, Ploeşti, Podul tenNSOpfer/antrag.html.
Iloaiei, Sibiu, Suceava, Târgu Frumos, Timisoara, Turda, Alba Iulia, BaCau. Bar-
lad, Botosani, Buzau, Costanta, Craiova, Focasni, Galatz, Harlau, Iasi, Pascani, REGION-SPECIFIC PERSECUTION (RSP) PENSION A pension program was created
Piatra Neamt, Roman, Romanicu Sarat, Stefanesti, Targu Mures, Targu Neamt, for survivors, who currently do not receive pensions who were, for at least three months
Tecuci, and Vaslui, between August 1941 and August 1944; in: (i) the Leningrad Siege (ii) persecuted in Romania or (iii) hiding in France. Income/Asset
• In Bulgaria, survivors persecuted in Dobrich, Kazanlŭk, Kŭrdzhali, Lovech, Nevrokop criteria of the Article 2/CEE Funds apply. Meeting the RSP persecution criteria shall entitle
(a.k.a. Gotse Delchev), Nikopol, Plovdiv, Popovo, Preslav, Provadiya, Turgovishte, a survivor to a payment from the Child Survivor Fund if the age criteria (born in or after
and Yambol (Jambol), between September 1942 and September 1944. In addition, all 1928) is met.
pension recipients who were in one of the open ghettos in Romania or Bulgaria named For more information, contact:
above and born after January 1, 1928, may be entitled to a one-time payment CLAIMS CONFERENCE
from the Child Survivor Fund administered by the Claims Conference. PO Box 1215, New York, NY 10113
Tel: +1-646-536-9100 Fax: +1-212-679-2126
Note: Jewish Nazi victims from these open ghettos in Romania and Bulgaria may also be Email: info@claimscon.org

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