Wikipedia's first sentence called it “legal successor with respect to the claims not filed on time by jewish persons”. Today it says “legal successor with respect to the claims not filed on time by jewish people”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Organization for Jewish recovery for Nazi crimes The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany , or Claims Conference , represents the world's Jews in negotiating for compensation and restitution for victims of Nazi persecution and their heirs. According to Section 2(1)(3) of the Property Law of Germany, the Claims Conference is a legal successor with respect to the claims not filed on time by Jewish people. This fact was reasserted in decisions of some lawsuits which attempted to redefine the Claims Conference as a "trustee" of these assets. These lawsuits were dismissed. The Claims Conference administers compensation funds, recovers unclaimed Jewish property, and allocates funds to institutions that provide social welfare services to Holocaust survivors and preserve the memory and lessons of the Holocaust .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany , or Claims Conference , represents world Jewry in negotiating for compensation and restitution for victims of Nazi persecution and their heirs. The Claims Conference administers compensation funds, recovers unclaimed Jewish property, and allocates funds to institutions that provide social welfare services to Holocaust survivors and preserve the memory and lessons of the Shoah .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany , or Claims Conference , represents the world's Jews in negotiating for compensation and restitution for victims of Nazi persecution and their heirs. The Claims Conference administers compensation funds, recovers unclaimed Jewish property, and allocates funds to institutions that provide social welfare services to Holocaust survivors and preserve the memory and lessons of the Holocaust . Julius Berman has led the organization as chairman of the board, and currently president, as of 2020 .
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The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany , or Claims Conference , represents the world's Jews in negotiating for compensation and restitution for victims of Nazi persecution and their heirs. According to Section 2(1)(3) of the Property Law of Germany, the Claims Conference is a legal successor with respect to the claims not filed on time by Jewish persons.This fact was reasserted in decisions of some lawsuits which attempted to redefine the Claims Conference as a "trustee" of these assets.These lawsuits were dismissed. The Claims Conference administers compensation funds, recovers unclaimed Jewish property, and allocates funds to institutions that provide social welfare services to Holocaust survivors and preserve the memory and lessons of the Holocaust .
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Then
legal successor with respect to the claims not filed on time by jewish persons
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legal successor with respect to the claims not filed on time by jewish people
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