For the past 75 years, Holocaust survivors and their descendants have fought to reclaim stolen property, art, and narratives. The struggle for restitution continues today.
Moderated by Andrew Silow-Carroll, Editor in Chief, New York Jewish Week and Senior Editor, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, this important discussion features Menachem Kaiser, author of Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure, on his quest to reclaim his grandfather's apartment building in Poland, and the family history he learns along the way, and Gideon Taylor, Chair of Operations, World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) and President of the Board of Directors of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), provides an overview and update on restitution issues today.
With introductory remarks by Sondra Perl, Senior Program Director of US Programs at TOLI and author of On Austrian Soil: Teaching Those I was Taught to Hate.
