Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the US

Press Releases

December 10, 1999 - President Signs Bill to Extend Holocaust Commission
November 21, 1999 - Congress Extends and Boosts Funds for Holocaust Commission
October 14, 1999 - Commission Reports Troubling Findings on US Handling of Nazi-Looted Art - View full report - View or Download briefing
October 12, 1999 - Commission Meeting October 14 revised agenda
October 4, 1999 - House Votes Unanimously To Extend Holocaust Commission
(Full text of House Debate on Commission's extension)
September 21, 1999 - Nazi art loot 50 years later
September 17, 1999 - Commission to Meet in DC October 14th
September 14, 1999 - Eizenstat testifies for Commission's extension
September 9, 1999 - Commission's Bronfman, Klothen to testify in New York City
June 30, 1999 - "Map” of World War II-era entities unveiled
May 11, 1999 - Holocaust Assets Commission names team
May 5, 1999 - Senator Gordon Smith named to Commission
March 17, 1999 - Research plan approved

April 7, 2000 - 105,000 Holocaust Survivors in Israel to Receive NIS 1,500 from Swiss Fund
April 7, 2000 - Holocaust-Era Insurance List Posted
April 7, 2000 - Dutch insurers to join Holocaust commission
March 30, 2000 - Portugal's Fatima shrine held Nazi gold-magazine
March 30, 2000 - Austria Has 186,000 Books Looted by Nazis--WJC
March 30, 2000 - Swiss let banks publish more Holocaust accounts
March 29, 2000 - Clinton Proposes Adding $253 Million to 2000 Budget
March 29, 2000 - U.S. Senate panel to probe Nazi loot, insurance
March 28, 2000 - German Ford joins Nazi forced labour fund
March 24, 2000 - Clinton aide urges Holocaust education
March 24, 2000 - Possible Nazi Paintings Probed
March 24, 2000 - U.S. criticizes German law on Nazi-era fund
March 23, 2000 - Division of Nazi Labor Fund
March 22, 2000 - German Cabinet Backs Nazi Compensation Bill
March 17, 2000 - Jewish group weighs Holocaust suit against Austria
March 15, 2000 - BASF says giving 100 mln dmk to Nazi slave fund
March 12, 2000 - Plan to distribute Swiss Holocaust money delayed
March 11, 2000 - U.S. commission to turn spotlight on Holocaust art
March 10, 2000 - Art Institute Takes Initiative on Works Looted in Nazi Era
March 9, 2000 - Gov'ts accused of 'hijacking' Nazi slave-labor compensation talks
March 8, 2000 - Austrian bank faces claim
January 20, 2000 - Govt Bank have 61M NIS in dormant accounts
January 20, 2000 - Administrator to Trace Holocaust Victims' Assets it Manages
December 29, 1999 - War record of 'ex-Nazi' examined
December 29, 1999 - Police examine 'Nazi' war record
December 29, 1999 - British police to get files on 'Nazi death camp chief'
December 29, 1999 - Holocaust Museum Teaches Police Moral Lessons
December 28, 1999 - Britain urged to pursue Australian Nazi
December 28, 1999 - Police investigate 'war criminal'
December 27, 1999 - More German Firms Join Labor Fund
December 27, 1999 - Poland tries to get Holocaust lawsuit dismissed
December 27, 1999 - Dutch Jews spurn insurers' Holocaust settlement
December 27, 1999 - Holocaust insurance panel targets three companies
December 8, 1999 - Swiss Banks Misled Jews
December 8, 1999 - Jews, Catholics In ‘Search For Truth’
December 8, 1999 - Chasing Bad Guys
December 7, 1999 - Louvre returns Nazi art
December 6, 1999 - Volcker Ctee Report on Holocaust Victims Deposits in Switzerland Due Out Tomorrow
December 3, 1999 - Ryan Gets Bill To Exempt Tax On Holocaust Reparations
December 2, 1999 - Discord In The Court
December 2, 1999 - HOLOCAUST ASSETS
December 1, 1999 - J'lem hearing on Holocaust funds set
December 1, 1999 - Holocaust survivors protest over legal fee
November 29, 1999 - Nazi-era slave laborers file suit in Calif against German Cos.
November 29, 1999 - Vatican Faces Lawsuit for Alleged Nazi-Era War Crimes
November 22, 1999 - SIX SCHOLARS TO STUDY VATICAN ARCHIVES, WWII
November 20, 1999 - Mussolini's Jewish victims to be repaid
November 19, 1999 - Mussolini's Jewish victims to be repaid
November 19, 1999 - US calls for Nazi slaves deal by 2000
November 18, 1999 - GERMANY / SLAVE LABOR
November 17, 1999 - Germany to use Internet to find owners of art taken by Nazis
November 17, 1999 - New database may help Holocaust victims recover assets
November 16, 1999 - UK PoWs seek Nazi compensation
November 16, 1999 - Experts defend Hitler's bunker
November 15, 1999 - Europe Stakes rise in Nazi compensation row
November 15, 1999 - Did a wartime pope anticipate a Nazi victory
November 15, 1999 - Quackenbush sets hearings on Holocaust policies
November 15, 1999 - Sweden is troubled by neo-Nazi incidents
November 15, 1999 - Closure elusive despite payment to sterilized Swedes
November 15, 1999 - Masons open museum depicting their persecution by Nazis
November 12, 1999 - Hitler memorabilia hot items for auctioneer
November 12, 1999 - Learning The Ropes On Compensation
November 11, 1999 - Nazi-Era Compensation Claims: Time Is Running Out
November 11, 1999 - Hitler silverware auction set on Internet
November 6, 1999 - Fund blow for Nazi slaves
November 4, 1999 - HOLOCAUST: US set to back rights claims
November 3, 1999 - U.S. Releases Nazi Documents
October 28, 1999 - Jewish Leader: Vatican To Slow Beatification Of Pius XII
October 25, 1999 - Hungarian Jews Urge US To Involve Them In Nazi 'Gold Train' Talks
October 22, 1999 - 130,000 Applications for Swiss Holocaust Survivors Fund Grants
October 22, 1999 - Senate candidate seeks free health care for Holocaust victims
October 21, 1999 - Pius XII felt Nazi atrocities exaggerated
October 8, 1999 - German offer to victims slated
October 7, 1999 - Wartime slave-labour survivors' ads hit back
October 7, 1999 - UK compensates Nazi victims
October 6, 1999 - World: Europe Nazi slave deal less than $5.5bn
October 4, 1999 - Allianz may face U.S. sanctions
October 3, 1999 - Two coalition parties pledge to oppose Golan withdrawal
October 2, 1999 - Polish World War Two Slaves Urge Quick Compensation
September 30, 1999 - Czech Republic: Ties With Germany Less Burdened By Past
September 30, 1999 - Argentina admits it sheltered Nazi criminals after WWII
September 30, 1999 - Argentina admits it sheltered Nazi criminals after WWII
September 28, 1999 - U.S., German officials to meet Wednesday on Holocaust fund
September 23, 1999 - International Holocaust Commission Meeting Concludes
September 16, 1999 - HOLOCAUST: US urges compensation accord
September 15, 1999 - Nazi-looted Van Gogh drawing to be sold
September 14, 1999 - Holocaust victims' claims spotlighted
September 14, 1999 - Racial hatred plagues Europe's Gypsies
September 13, 1999 - Slovak parliament debates compensation
September 9, 1999 - Eizenstat to testify at Banking Committee