FUNDS AND INSURANCE
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Hanna Weingarten, who deals with these matters, informs:
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| The Swiss Fund of 1,25 billion $ |
On December 14, 1999, a meeting, initiated by the American judge Edward Corman was held at Binyanei Hauma in Jerusalem. It was chaired by judge (ret.) Moshe Bejsky, representatives of all Israeli organizations of Holocaust survivors participated. The aim was to exchange views on the Fund, if the proposed solution is acceptable and how the monies should be distributed. There were different viewpoints, some said that the decision cannot be put off anymore, because of the high age of the survivors, others, that the offered sum is insufficient. The compromise: to immediately distribute one half of the sum (the criteria were not yet decided) and at the same time to request of the Swiss to increase the sum. In addition the participants decided not to agree to the Swiss request, to sign a document waiving all further claims from Swiss financial institutions and insurance companies and also claims for the return of art objects. It is known, that Jewish property in Swiss hands is much more valuable than the offered sum.
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| Compensation for Forced Labor |
An agreement for the sum of 5,5 billion $ was signed. This fund will be at the disposal of entitled persons in the second half of the year 2000. It is not yet clear how the money will be distributed..
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| "Generali" |
Toward the end of January 2000 a list of some 90.000 names of people will be published, insured by this company until 1938. Up to this year "Generali" was very active in Czechoslovakia. The list will be published on the Internet and also through the various survivor's organizations.
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| Address for Particulars about Insurance |
An organization in England has lists of people insured by some of the largest insurance companies in the years preceding the Holocaust. The address is:
International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims (ICHETC) 41, Bolton Lane, London EC3R 78DL, England
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| Valuables |
In connection with the return of Jewish property, Peter Erben (Ashkalon) informs our members, that a list of a few hundred names of owners of parcels of valuables exists. The parcels were stored in the safes of the Prague Zivnostenska banka and some of its branches. The list was published on June 4, 1948 in the publication of the Jewish Communities "Vestnik". Owners of the valuables or their heirs were then requested to contact: 3. Odbor Narodni spravy majetkovych podstat, Praha I, Hastalska 20.
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