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Holocaust Reparations

Former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Stuart E. Eizenstat, Special Representative for Holocaust Issues

News & Policy Statements

• U.S. Applauds Germany's Payments to Nazi Experiment Victims March 8, 2005

• U.S. Observes "Days Of Remembrance" of Holocaust, May 1, 2003

• U.S. Welcomes Signing of Holocaust Era Insurance Claims Agreement, October 17, 2002

• U.S. Welcomes Holocaust Insurance Agreement, September 19, 2002

• U.S. Welcomes Holocaust Insurance Agreement, September 19, 2002

• Testimony by Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Randolph M. Bell Before the Helsinki Commission On Property Restitution in Central and Eastern Europe, July 16, 2002

• The German Foundation: A Success for the Building of Europe, Remarks by Randolph Bell, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, U.S. Department of State, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Dialogue on "Meeting the Moral Challenge of Holocaust Restitution: A Progress Report", June 14, 2002

• The Current State of Compensation and Restitution Concerning the German Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility, and the Future" Statement as part of the Polish-German-Jewish Dialogue, by Ambassador J.D.Bindenagel, Warsaw, Poland, March 5, 2002

• Statement to the House Government Reform Committee Concerning Holocaust-Era Insurance Issues by Ambassador J.D. Bindenagel, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, U.S. Department of State, November 8, 2001

• White House Statement on the Vote of the German Bundestag for Payments to Holocaust, other WWII-era Nazi Victims. White House, Office of the Press Secretary, May 30, 2001 | Deutsch

• U.S. Court of Appeals Decision on Holocaust-Era Claims Against German Banks. Statement by Richard Boucher, State Department Spokesman. U.S. Department of State. Washington, D.C., May 18, 2001

• IBM Lawsuit and Opening of Holocaust-era Corporate Archives. Statement by Richard Boucher, State Department Spokesman. U.S. Department of State. Washington, D.C., March 29, 2001.

• Contribution of German Industry to German Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and the Future". Statement by Richard Boucher, State Department Spokesman. U.S. Department of State. Washington, D.C., March 15, 2001.

• U.S. Court Decision on Holocaust-Era Payments. Press Statement by Richard Boucher, State Department Spokesman. U.S. Department of State. Washington, D.C., March 7, 2001.

• Statement by Richard Boucher, State Department Spokesman. U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., February 21, 2001. | Deutsch

• American Jewish Committee Workshop on the Future Fund Berlin Centrum Judaicum. Opening Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Ambassador John C. Kornblum. December 13, 2000. | Deutsch

• Albright Statement on German Foundation to Handle Holocaust Claims. October 20, 2000. | Deutsch

• Remembrance, Responsibility and the Future - Fulfilling the Promise of Justice through Dignified Payments by Ambassador J.D. Bindenagel, U.S. Department of State. Industrie und Handelskammer, Munich, September 22, 2000 | Deutsch

• Payments to Victims of Nazi Slave and Forced Labor. Statement by President Bill Clinton. The White House, Office of the Press Secretary. Camp David, Maryland. July 17, 2000.

• 12th and Concluding Plenary on the German Foundation. Remarks of Stuart E. Eizenstat, former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Special Representative of the President and Secretary of State for Holocaust Issues. Berlin, Germany. July 17, 2000. | Deutsch

• Stiftung Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft: 12. und abschließende Sitzung des Vorbereitenden Ausschusses. Erklärung des Beauftragten des Bundeskanzlers Dr. Otto Graf Lambsdorff, Bundesminister a.D. Berlin, 17. Juli 2000. | English

Background Documents

• Updated policy holders lists. The International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims , April 30, 2003
• Summary of Property Restitution in Central and Eastern Europe (pdf), July 16, 2002
• Fact Sheet released by the Office of the Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, April 24, 2002 | Deutsch
• Press Release by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Geneva, Switzerland, January 24, 2001

• Joint Statement on occasion of the final plenary meeting concluding international talks on the preparation of the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and the Future" (July 17, 2000)
• ANNEX A to the Joint Statement: Definition of "German Companies" (July 17, 2000)
• ANNEX B to the Joint Statement: Joint Chairmen's Proposal (July 17, 2000)
• ANNEX C to the Joint Statement: List of known World War II and National Socialist era cases against German companies pending in U.S. courts filed by plaintiffs' counsel participating in the negotiations (July 17, 2000)
• ANNEX D to the Joint Statement: List of known World War II and National Socialist era cases against German companies pending in U.S. courts filed by plaintiffs' counsel not participating in the negotiations (July 17, 2000)

• Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany concerning the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and the Future" | Deutsch
• Annex A: Principles Governing the Operation of the Foundation | Deutsch
• Annex B: Elements of U.S. Government Statement of Interest | Deutsch
• Annex C: Definition of "German Companies" | Deutsch
Exchange of letters:
• Samuel R. Berger, former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, Beth Nolan, Counsel to the President
• Michael Steiner, Foreign Policy and Security Advisor of the Federal Chancellor

• Gesetz zur Errichtung einer Stiftung "Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft"
• Law on the Creation of a Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future" (Informal English translation prepared by the U..S. Embassy Berlin. The German text is authoritative.)
• Statement by the U.S. Department of State on Law on the Creation of the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future" August 17, 2000
• German Foundation: Chronology of Key Events