This week marked an historic moment in Claims

 Conference history.  September 10^th was the 

70^th anniversary of the  signing of the Luxembourg 

Agreements. This past Thursday, at the invitation of 

the German Federal Minister of Finance, Christian 

Lindner, the Claims Conference joined the German

Chancellor, Olaf Scholz and Israel’s Minister for 

Social Equality, Meirav Cohen in Berlin to 

commemorate the momentous occasion.

In 1952, these groundbreaking agreements for 

compensation to Jewish survivors of the Holocaust 

were the first ever between a defeated country 

and the civilians they persecuted.

Speaking on the importance of the commemoration 

ceremony, Claims Conference Chief Negotiator, 

Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat noted, 

“This is the first time in recorded history that

a defeated nation in war has voluntarily paid 

reparations to individual citizens and victims

 they persecuted…I deeply

respect Germany's continuous commitment 

to Holocaust survivors, it's unprecedented.”  

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