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Andre Nathan, who was born the same year that the Nazi-allied Vichy government revoked the French citizenship of Algerian Jews, recalls taking this picture of his parents and siblings outside the Oran synagogue on a Jewish holiday in the 1950s. (Courtesy of Nathan via JTA)
February 8, 2018, 3:42 am
Algerian Jews see ‘some justice’ as Germany recognizes their Holocaust suffering
25,000 elderly survivors who suffered under Vichy’s anti-Semitic laws now eligible for grants
By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
Illustrative photo of Algerian Jewish tailors. (Courtesy of JIMENA)
February 5, 2018, 10:32 am
In first, Germany to compensate 25,000 Algerian Jewish Holocaust survivors
Living under the French Vichy regime which collaborated with the Nazis, they were persecuted for being Jewish; now they are eligible for a one-time payment of $3,183
By Stuart Winer
Stephan Templ outside a building in Vienna which he claimed from the Austrian state, October 27, 2014. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
January 27, 2018, 5:05 am
In jail, Austrian historian writes book slamming Holocaust restitution system
Stephan Templ pens critique while imprisoned for improperly filling out a reparations form for a bureau that employed former Nazis
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Ori Pfeffer as Yoel in 'The Testament.' (Courtesy Gum Films)
January 11, 2018, 1:33 am
Holocaust film ‘The Testament’ breaks poignant new ground in a flooded genre
Israeli director Amichai Greenberg unfolds a number of surprises in a movie which asks when 'Never Again' evolves from ideology to liturgy
By Jordan Hoffman
Toys that belonged to Dutch Jewish sisters who were murdered during the Shoah, seen at Amsterdam’s National Holocaust Museum on January 15, 2017 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)
January 5, 2018, 1:49 am
Dutch Holocaust survivor ordered to pay taxes on forced labor pension
86-year-old Inge Prenzlau required to pay up portion of $156 monthly compensation stipend she receives from Germany
By JTA
A man looks at the World War II Jasenovac memorial camp model on April 26, 2015, during a ceremony to remember the tens of thousands who were killed by Croatia's pro-Nazi regime. (AFP/Stringer)
September 29, 2017, 7:05 pm
US court rejects Croatia WWII victims suit that sought $3.5 billion damages
Nazi-allied Ustasha regime persecuted and killed hundreds of thousands of ethnic Serbs, Jews, Roma and anti-fascist Croatians
By AFP
Pavel Preida, a Roma Holocaust survivor in Moldova, and the document that states he was an inmate in a concentration camp. (Courtesy Roma National Center from Moldova)
September 23, 2017, 11:19 pm
Roma Holocaust survivors look to Jews as model for recognition — and reparation
Despite the murder and confiscation of property during WWII, illiteracy, lack of organization and racism prevent the community from receiving proper compensation
By Julie Masis
Claims Conference representatives meet with German officials during Holocaust restitution negotiations in Israel in 2013. (photo credit: Courtesy Claims Conference)
August 24, 2017, 9:44 am
Claims Conference negotiating with Germany over Holocaust reparations for Algerian Jewry
Although they were not forced into ghettos, Claims Conference says Berlin should compensate Algerian Jews for stripping citizenship and professions under Vichy regime
By Julie Masis
The entrance gate of the former Nazi concentration camp in Dachau near Munich, southern Germany, with the slogan 'Arbeit Macht Frei.' (AP/Christof Stache, File)
August 15, 2017, 8:39 pm
Polish TV parodies Auschwitz sign in story about Germany
In report on calls for German compensation for WWII, Republika TV changes 'work sets you free' to 'reparations set you free'
By JTA
A crowded street leading to Marrakech's mellah. (photo credit: Michal Shmulovich)
April 25, 2017, 9:50 am
The unknown story of Moroccan Holocaust survivors
King Mohammed V stopped the Nazis short of eradicating his Jewish community -- but not of imposing anti-Semitic laws. Now Germany pays reparations, even as scholars fill in gaps
By Julie Masis
US Senator Tammy Baldwin from Wisconsin (Public Domain, Amy Mathers for the Department of Justice, Wikimedia Commons)
March 2, 2017, 8:53 pm
Congress introduces bill to help Holocaust victims reclaim assets
Legislation brought to House and Senate requires State Department to report on restitution from Europe
By JTA
The Hague’s City Hall. (JTA)
March 1, 2017, 10:05 am
The Hague advised to offer $2.75 million in Holocaust restitution
Funds stem from property taxes demanded from Jews in the Netherlands when the country was under Nazi occupation
By JTA
Holocaust survivors walk with others through the main gate of the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz in Poland, on January 27, 2016, the 71st anniversary of the death camp's liberation by the Soviet Red Army in 1945. (AP/Czarek Sokolowski)
January 27, 2017, 5:53 am
US Holocaust survivors’ requests for help grew by 20% in 2016
The Blue Card says about one-third of the approximately 100,000 Holocaust survivors in the US are living at or below the poverty line
By JTA
Guy Clemens portraying Hans Knoop during filming of the drama series 'The Menten Case' in the Netherlands in 2015. (Courtesy of MAX/via JTA)
December 1, 2016, 5:33 am
In Holland, a Jewish journalist belatedly honored for unmasking a ‘monster’
Despite being ostracized, blacklisted, and threatened with death, Hans Knoop didn't stop his investigation until the murderer of hundreds of Polish Jews was behind bars
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Thousands of protesters attend a rally against anti-Semitism near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Sunday, September 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)
August 19, 2016, 5:34 pm
In post-Brexit UK, Jews are seeking German passports
Germany's law grants citizenship to any Jewish national or their descendants who lost it under Nazi regime
By TOI staff
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