The problem is - and it's a huge one – Allianz was a major collaborator with the German Nazi regime in the 1930s and 1940s. Allianz insured Nazi facilities such as Auschwitz-Birkenau, Dachau and the Lodz Ghetto, at the same time it sold life, annuity and endowment insurance policies to Jewish families throughout Europe. After the war, Allianz denied survivors’ claims by demanding original policies, death certificates and other requirements no survivor could meet after surviving the hell of the very camps and ghettos Allianz had insured. Today, Allianz still owes more than $2.5 Billion to the heirs of the insurance policyholders who perished in those very death camps it was making money insuring! This, from a company that had net income in 2016 of $7.25 BILLION Euros (worth more than dollars) and had on December 31, 2016, third-party assets of $1.361 TRILLION Euros under management!
Since it will be very difficult to identify all of the heirs entitled to compensation from Allianz should the insurance giant come clean (many families were completely wiped out in the Holocaust), a significant portion of those funds would go to Holocaust survivors, a majority of whom still live in poverty and need money for medications, food and other basic necessities.
A couple of weeks ago, after having been the target of demonstrations by Holocaust survivors, victims’ heirs and Shalom International for the past six years, Allianz announced that it will no longer be sponsoring the PGA golf tournament in Boca Raton, Florida. This story was covered world-wide by the Associated Press: http://www.insurancejournal.com/…/sou…/2017/04/26/448992.htm. Buoyed by that victory, we must now demand that AAA terminate its relationship with Allianz, until Allianz agrees to publish all its records and disgorge 100% of the funds it owes. You may also remind AAA that there are many well-qualified travel insurance services other than Allianz with whom AAA could partner with if Allianz will not meet its obligations to survivors.
Here is how you may help:
1) In a new email, Copy & Paste the following addresses in the "To" box:
2) In the Subject Line, Copy & Paste the following message:
I Demand that AAA Immediately End Its Toxic Relationship with Allianz!
3) In the text, feel free to write any message you'd like, using the above information as a guide. You may also mention that you are going to spread the message on social media, and urge them to do the same if they are moved to take action supporting the survivors. Then, put your name and city & state, or city & country at the bottom.
That's it!
Please help the Holocaust victims' heirs and survivors get moral and financial justice. Send your email right now!
Thank you so much.
Buddy Macy
*Joseph Richardson is the president of AAA, and Erin Babcock is Mr. Richardson's executive assistant. You may also call Mr. Richardson at: 813-289-5000, with your passionate demand.