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Restitution & Public Inquiries Division
Responsible for the reinstatement of assets belonging to Holocaust victims, or the reinstatement of the fair value of these assets, to those eligible for them.
The division is comprised of two units:
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The Restitution Division is responsible for examining requests made by potential beneficiaries to verify their identity and their eligibility to inherit the asset. The division includes three departments, each of which deals with the requests for restitution of assets recorded in the assets list on the Company's website (requests for assets not published are transferred to the Assets & Beneficiaries Identification Division). Each department deals with a different type of asset (real estate, money, and Jewish Colonial Bank shares), comparing the information received from the applicant with that found in the Company files and determining the applicant's eligibility to inherit the asset in accordance with the laws of inheritance. Likewise, the Restitution Division initiates investigations regarding the identity of asset owners and beneficiaries.
The Processing of applications that arrive at the Division ends upon the formulation of one of two possible responses:
- A restitution decision entails the declaration of the applicant's eligibility for the asset requested upon his/her having proven that he/she is the beneficiary or otherwise entitled to inherit. The decision is transferred to the Finance & Assets Management Division for release of the asset.
- A rejection decision or request termination - Lacking personal identification, an ineligibility to inherit, in accordance with the law, or else due to the applicant's cancellation of his/her request. Also due to other technical reasons.
A company decision may be appealed before an appeals committee that has been established in accordance with the Assets Law.
For details on how to apply, click here
For information about the restitution process, click here
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The Public Inquiries Department - The department provides answers to queries from the public on most topics related to the Company's activities. |
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Assets Location & Heir Search Division
The division is responsible for the identification of Holocaust victims' assets located in Israel but of whose existence the company is not yet aware of. It also actively seeks the legal beneficiaries to assets already administered by the company and for which applications have not yet been made, in order to reinstate these to their rightful owners.
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Assets location is done by outsourced teams and public archive investigators - both private and public. In addition, the division utilizes various databases, such as the Lands Registry and the analysis of historical data that the Company receives. The division is responsible for the transfer of identified assets of Holocaust victims to the company's trust, in accordance with the Asset's Law.
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Heir search is actively initiated by the company to locate beneficiaries of Holocaust victims who have not applied for assets, since they have no information on the matter.
The division undertakes historical and genealogical research to create family trees for asset owners in order to locate live beneficiaries. The division includes teams of investigators and lawyers, and employs outside researchers and other sources of information and communication, such as the Central Bureau of Statistics, internet databases, archives, parallel organizations abroad, the media, etc.
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Holocaust Survivors Aid Department
Amongst its other responsibilities, the Assets Law has also charged the Company with transferring assets for which no beneficiaries are found to aid programs for Holocaust survivors and the support of institutions and entities that provide aid to Holocaust survivors. The division provides direct aid to survivors in need and supports projects aimed at health, welfare and others. These include free meals, dental care, psychological help, assisting housebound individuals and geriatric ward patients, lectures, information and personal consultations through aid and human rights organizations.In the future, the Company plans to expand its aid programs in the health realm, privileges, education and commemoration. The division employs a committee of volunteers, which assists in determining annual goals. |
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Finance & Assets Coordination Division
The division deals with two main topics:
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Financial management - the management of the assets held in trust by the company, the computation of reinstatement value, monitoring of financial aid provided to survivors, and evaluation of assets. Regular company financial management and reporting in accordance with the Corporations Authority Law, and monitoring of Company budgets and expenses. |
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Management of Holocaust victims' assets - includes management of assets, from the moment they are transferred to the company's trust (real estate assets, such as apartments and plots, as well as realization of assets) and until their transfer to beneficiaries. |
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Information Systems & Technology Division
The division is responsible for the implementation of the company's technological infrastructure, enabling the company and its departments to operate efficiently and successfully. It provides support for the operations of the divisions and transparently provides data and information to all Company members.
The division is responsible for the administration, updating, processing and filtering of data received from external sources and the maintenance of various Company databases. Its activities include the implementation and administration of the various Company systems, including the documents administration system, the applications registry system, the assets inventory system, the applications file system, the assets evaluation system, the Holocaust survivor aid system and other system.
To locate a relative on the list of asset owners, click here. |
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