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Dear Child Surivors, Welcome to the first edition of Connections for 2018. 2017 was a very busy year for us with the launch of the new Anthology “A Point In Time“and the CSH portrait exhibition. The theme for this year will centre on our Child Survivor group coming together socially as well as continuing to learn more about the challenges child survivors experience
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as time goes by. We are planning a few significant events for the year and will let you know when we have finalised the details. For those child survivors who might wish to order a copy of A Point in Time (our first print run of 100 copies has sold out). A new batch is on its way to the presses and will be back on the JHC shelves as soon as possible. Orders can be placed with Tosca in the JHC office: 9528 1985 or admin@jhc.org.au. Viv Parry, Chairperson, CSH
Child Survivor Compensation Claim The information below gives the guidelines for child survivors to apply for a one off non means tested payment. Please contact Victoria Trakhtman at Jewishcare, Victoria is ready to assist you with the application. Her direct number is 8517 5961. This fund is open to Jewish Nazi victims who were persecuted as Jews and were born January 1, 1928 or later AND who suffered one of the following types of persecution: (I) Were in a concentration camp; or (II) Were in a ghetto (or similar place of incarceration in accordance with the German Slave Labor Program); or (III) Were in hiding or living under false identity/illegality for a period of at least 6 months in Nazi-occupied or Axis countries; (as defined by the Article 2/CEE Fund
agreement); or (IV) Were a foetus during the time that their mother suffered persecution as described above. It’s open only to victims that have not applied for CSF before. Applications must be submitted by survivors, not heirs. However, if an eligible survivor passes away after an application form is received and registered by the Claims Conference, the surviving spouse is entitled to payment. If there is no surviving spouse, the child(ren) of the eligible child survivor is entitled to the payment. The fund will issue a one-time payments of 2,500. Kind regards, Victoria Trakhtman, Jewishcare: 8517 5961.
Financial situation Five years after canceling CSH annual membership fees we ask that you might consider making a donation to top up our funds. We abolished CSH membership fees in 2013. The funds we had accumulated were transferred to a CSH account at the JHC and all our expenses are paid from the account by the JHC accounts department. JHC Executive Director Warren Fineberg signs all expenses requests handed to him by me. Needless to say over the past years our funds are now depleted. The main expense is stamps, $200 every time we send out Connections. We would also like to have our CSH wall hanging professionally cleaned and possibly framed. It would be great to be able to have a CSH light luncheon
event catered for or be able to place an ad in the Jewish News to advertise a CSH event so all child survivors can attend. There is no suggested donation $ amount, those CSH who feel they might like to contribute can do so by sending a cheque made out to the Jewish Holocaust Centre and mail to: Jewish Holocaust Centre, 13-15 Selwyn Street, ELSTERNWICK 3185, with Child survivors group clearly written on the back of the cheque or attached to a note. If you wish to pay by credit card please phone the JHC on 9528 1985 and ask for Tosca. Receipts for Taxation purposes will be posted to you if requested.