JFCS continues to provide assistance with reparations applications to Holocaust survivors who may qualify for:

ZRBG Pension – Survivors who lived and worked in Nazi-controlled ghettos may be eligible for ongoing pensions from the German government. The definition of "work" is being broadly interpreted by the German courts. Survivors who prepared meals, swept streets, cleaned homes, worked in factories (outside of the ghetto but were forced to return to it at night), and performed other tasks are encouraged to apply. Widows and widowers of those who lived and worked in ghettos are also encouraged to apply.  

Ghetto Compensation Fund – Ghetto survivors may be eligible for a new one-time payment of 2,000 euros (about $2,500) for “non-coerced” work while living in Holocaust-era ghettos. 

Hardship Fund – Survivors who lived in Hungary, Romania, Poland, Bulgaria, the former Yugoslavia, the former Czechoslovakia, and republics of the former Soviet Union during World War II may qualify for one-time payments of 2,556 euros (about $3,000). 

Article 2 Fund – New criteria provide expanded eligibility for ongoing compensation to qualified victims who are not receiving payments from the German fund known as the BEG and were confined in concentration camps or lived in hiding or under a false identity.

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