Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (N.Y.) collection, undated, 1955-1972.

The collection documents a portion of the Claims Conference’s activities between 1955 and 1972. The collection consists of a 1956 report of a Study Committee convened to evaluate the first five years and the future of the Claims Conference; the proceedings of the 1956 Capital Investment Conference, which was co-sponsored with the American Joint Distribution Committee; financial statements and reports; a few agendas, memorandum, and delegate lists of the Board of Directors; a summary report and listing of national and international agencies' applications for 1962; and a 20-year retrospective report of the Claims Conference’s activities. There are a few hand-written notes present in the collection, but the bulk of the material was distributed en masse to Claims Conference leaders by Secretary Saul Kagan of the New York office.Published citations should take the following form: Identification of item, date (if known); Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Collection; I-319; box number; folder number; American Jewish Historical Society, Boston, MA and New York, NY.In 1951, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany, also known as the Claims Conference, was founded by representatives of twenty-three national and international Jewish organizations in order to negotiate with the German government for the restitution of looted property and for the compensation for Jewish victims of Nazi persecution. Since then, in addition to continuous negotiations for reparation, the Claims Conference has been administering resulting funds to individuals and institutions for the purposes of relief, rehabilitation, resettlement and compensation of survivors, as well as for cultural and educational reconstruction.far031