How to File a Restitution Claim
Insurance Claims
The International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims handles insurance claims of Holocaust victims, survivors and their
heirs or beneficiaries.
For claim forms and more information, call toll-free in the United States,
(800) 957-3203. Information is also available on the Internet at http://www.icheic.org.
Payments from Germany & Austria
The Claims Conference negotiates compensation payments for Holocaust
victims from Germany and Austria. There are several programs, with varying
eligibility requirements and application deadlines.
For further information in the United States call (212) 696-4944; Israel (972-3) 517-9247; Germany,
(49-69) 970-701-21; Austria (43-1) 533-1622.
Detailed information about these programs is also available at http://www.claimscon.org.
German Slave Labor Payments
The Claims Conference Program for Former Slave and Forced Laborers began in 2000 after German government and industry agreed to a DM 10 billion fund to compensate surviving former laborers under the Nazis.
The program is now closed.
New York State Holocaust Claims Processing Office
This office helps those seeking to recover assets deposited in European
banks, monies never paid in connection with insurance policies issued by
European insurance companies and art that was lost or looted.
For information, call (800) 695-3318 in the United States. Information is
also available on the Internet at http://www.claims.state.ny.us.
Swiss Fund
In August 1998, Switzerland's leading banks agreed to pay $1.25 billion to
settle Holocaust-era claims.
Hungarian Gold Train Settlement
A proposed settlement agreement
was filed on March 11, 2005 in the Hungarian Gold
Train case between the United States Government
and Hungarian victims of the Holocaust and heirs.
For information, see the Hungarian
Gold Train Settlement site.
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