The Office of the Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues is the U.S. State Department office that handles Holocaust-era property restitution and Nazi-era compensation. Through the 2020 snapshot the opening said the office was dedicated to returning victims' lost property 'and monitoring anti-Semitism going forward.' Today the opening describes only restitution, compensation and commemoration; antisemitism appears three times in the body but not in the opening. A reader arriving now learns the office's property and compensation mission, and not that its own stated mandate once included monitoring antisemitism.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01. “antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 3.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Office of the Special Envoy on Holocaust Issues is an office in the United States State Department dedicated to returning to Holocaust -era victims their lost property, and monitoring anti-Semitism going forward. The office includes a Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues and a Special Adviser for Holocaust Issues. Yazdgerdi, who was appointed August 22, 2016. Department of State: biography of Thomas K.1
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U.S. diplomatic office The Office of the Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues is an diplomatic office of the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the United States Department of State .Established in 1999, the office develops and implements U.S. policy to ensure Holocaust property restitution , secure compensation for Nazi-era wrongs, and promote Holocaust commemoration.The office is led by the Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues (SEHI), who reports to the Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
U.S. diplomatic office The Office of the Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues is a diplomatic office of the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the United States Department of State . Established in 1999, the office develops and implements U.S. policy to ensure Holocaust property restitution , secure compensation for Nazi-era wrongs, and promote Holocaust commemoration. The office is led by the Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues (SEHI), who reports to the Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs .
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“antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 3. Read the current article and compare.
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office in the united states state department dedicated to returning to holocaust -era victims their lost proper
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diplomatic office of the bureau of european and eurasian affairs at the united states department of state
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