The Conference for Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, smarting over a critical article in the German press, has obtained an additional estimated £163 million over the next decade through its annual negotiations with the German government.
The successful talks in Berlin took place as the organisation fended off suggestions in Der Spiegel that it is less transparent than it should be. Last week’s article drew a pointed rebuttal from the Claims Conference, which accused the authors of including “numerous inaccuracies and distortions”.
“The Claims Conference goes to extraordinary lengths to be open and transparent, more so than virtually any other major Jewish organisation,” the response continued, prompted in part by a recent Tel Aviv District Court decision against them.
An Israeli Shoah survivor at a Jerusalem protest last year over state aid
The court agreed that the Claims Conference had not properly informed 1,365 survivors about their entitlement to reparations funds, and awarded them some £2.1 million, or £2,313 per person.