Claims Conference
A bunch of light fingered rogues feathering their own nests
and Holocaust survivors be damned.
The
Centre of Organizations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel
See also
A
Select Bibliography and Organizations in Israel
World
Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust
Is another bunch of Jewish chancers on the make. The second generation
want their snouts in the trough too.
World Jewish
Restitution Organization (WJRO)
"From the restitution point
of view, the right to claim the plot of land on which the destroyed
synagogue stood, was given to the Union of Jewish Communities ..."
www.zchor.org/wjro.htm
International
Organizations
"Established in 1992 by the World Jewish
Congress, the World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) is an
umbrella organization of several international ..."
www.ushmm.org/assets/wjc.htm
World Jewish Restitution Organization
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In 1992 the WJC established the
World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) as an
organization for the restitution of Jewish property in the rest of
Europe (outside Germany). It has been active in the claims against Swiss banks.
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Norman
G. Finkelstein
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Beginning in the early 1990s mainly American Jewish organizations
cooperating with Israel opened a new round of 'Holocaust compensation'
negotiations with various European countries. The first target was
Switzerland.3 The Swiss stood accused of directly and indirectly
profiting from the Nazi persecution of Jews. Acting at Israel's behest,
the World Jewish Restitution Organization mobilized officials at the
federal, state and local levels in the United States to press
Switzerland for Holocaust compensation. A senior official in the
Clinton administration, Stuart Eizenstat, conscripted twelve federal
agencies for this initiative. A major international conference was
convened in London. The House and Senate banking committees held
multiple hearings. Class action lawsuits against Switzerland were filed
in American courts. State and local legislatures across the United
States implemented economic boycotts. In the end, Switzerland agreed to
pay some $1.5 billion in compensation.
For our purposes, the merits of the case against Switzerland (dubious
at best) are less important than the legal and moral precedents it
set...... Noble sentiments all, but nowhere to be heard -
unless they are being actively ridiculed - when it comes to Palestinian
compensation for the dispossession of their homeland.
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Norm is spot on. Palestinians are real victims.