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There are issues involving the Bad Arolsen archive that are important for survivors and their descendants. One such issue involves the Generali case cited in the January 2007 newsletter. Some number of survivors have initiated legal action in objection to the proposed class action settlement.
May 30, 2007 GSI is encouraging members of Congress and the Senate to pass the Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2007. This would require insurance companies to disclose Holocaust era policy information and permit survivors and heirs access to the federal courts to recover funds on unpaid policies. Our letter is available for review on our website. Feel free to use it as an example for letters to your own Representatives and Senators: www.genshoah.org/hiaa2007.html

March 28, 2007 The US Congressional Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, held a hearing on the Bad Arolsen issue. David Schaecter, President of the HSF - USA (Holocaust Survivors Foundation-USA) and Leo Rechter, President of NAHOS (National Association of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust) testified. Esther Finder, President of The Generation After in Washington, DC and member of the Coordinating Council of GSI attended the hearing. View a summary of the hearing.

Regarding the Generali case: claims based on documents obtained from the archive must be submitted no later than six months after the opening of the archive, but in no event later than June 30, 2008. If the archive is not opened by May 1, 2008, the deadline for claims based on archival documents is 60 days after the opening but not later than August 31, 2008. For more information: www.nazierainsurancesettlement.com/.

March 8, 2007 GSI issued a Special Bulletin to help clarify some of the details in the Generali Insurance case. » more information

Jan 31, 2007 There was a hearing in New York before Judge Daniels on the Generali insurance case. The judge acknowledged the letters from the survivor community and seemed mindful of the problems expressed in the letters. He inquired about the Bad Arolsen archive’s availability. He requested an amended settlement agreement within seven days.
See New York Times article, Judge Halts Holocaust Hearing After Objections to Settlement by Joseph B. Treaster, published Feb-1-07.

May 30, 2007	*GSI* is encouraging members of Congress and the Senate to pass the Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2007. This would require insurance companies to disclose Holocaust era policy information and permit survivors and heirs access to the federal courts to recover funds on unpaid policies. Our letter is available for review on our website. Feel free to use it as an example for letters to your own Representatives and Senators: www.genshoah.org/hiaa2007.html
March 28, 2007	The US Congressional Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, held a hearing on the Bad Arolsen issue. David Schaecter, President of the HSF - USA (Holocaust Survivors Foundation-USA) and Leo Rechter, President of NAHOS (National Association of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust) testified. Esther Finder, President of *The Generation After* in Washington, DC and member of the Coordinating Council of *GSI* attended the hearing. View a summary of the hearing. Regarding the Generali case: claims based on documents obtained from the archive must be submitted no later than six months after the opening of the archive, but in no event later than June 30, 2008. If the archive is not opened by May 1, 2008, the deadline for claims based on archival documents is 60 days after the opening but not later than August 31, 2008. For more information: www.nazierainsurancesettlement.com/.
March 8, 2007	*GSI* issued a Special Bulletin to help clarify some of the details in the Generali Insurance case. » more information
Jan 31, 2007	There was a hearing in New York before Judge Daniels on the Generali insurance case. The judge acknowledged the letters from the survivor community and seemed mindful of the problems expressed in the letters. He inquired about the Bad Arolsen archive’s availability. He requested an amended settlement agreement within seven days. See New York Times article, Judge Halts Holocaust Hearing After Objections to Settlement by Joseph B. Treaster, published Feb-1-07.