Jewish Claims Conference to Offer Scholarships to Nazi Victims

The fourth annual program of international scholarship and fellowship grants for the academic year 1957-58 will be offered by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, its president, Dr. Nahum Goldmann, announced today. The grants will be awarded to Jewish victims of Nazi persecution who will qualify for Jewish teacher training scholarships, graduate scholarships in Jewish studies and research fellowships for independent projects in Jewish arts, letters and social sciences.

Last year 194 successful candidates in Austria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Canada, U.S. and Argentina received scholarship and fellowship grants totaling $135,000. An equal amount is earmarked for this program in 1957.

Applications for grants must be prepared on special forms which may be obtained from the offices of the Claims Conference here. European candidates may obtain the necessary forms from the Central British Fund, London or the American Joint Distribution Committee, Paris, All applications must be submitted to the Claims Conference not later than March 31, 1957.

The scholarship and fellowship grants are part of a greater program for Jewish cultural and educational reconstruction on behalf of which the Conference granted a general allocation for 1957 of $1,232,000. This amount is included in the Conference allocations for this year totaling over $10,000,000, the major share of which is earmarked for meeting the urgent needs for relief and rehabilitation of Jewish victims of Nazi persecution. The Conference obtains its funds for allocation under the terms of the Bonn-Israel Reparations Pact concluded at The Hague in 1952.