Nearly 80 years after the end of World War II (1939-1945), there are approximately 245,000 Holocaust survivors remaining.
They live in more than 90 countries, according to a new demographic study published this Tuesday.
According to the Claims Conference, an umbrella organization for several Jewish organizations, 119,300 of them live in Israel, while 38,400 reside in the United States and 21,900 in France.
“Almost all current survivors were children during the era of persecution by the Nazis
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having survived camps, ghettos, flight and hiding,” the report said.
He also emphasizes that it is the children who had the “slimtest chances of surviving”.
86 years old average age
With an average age of 86, survivors are “at a time in their lives where their need for care and services is increasing,” said Gideon Taylor, president of the Claims Conference, adding that it is “time to redouble our efforts.” pay attention to this declining population.
This “World Demographic Report on Jewish Survivors of the Holocaust” was established by cross-referencing several databases from the compensation and assistance programs for survivors managed by the Claims Conference.
The Claims Conference was created to help survivors receive compensation following the September 1952 agreement between West Germany (FRG) and Israel.
At the end of this agreement, West Germany agreed to pay more than three billion marks, the German currency of the time.
By this gesture, the young FRG joined the community of nations after the Second World War, the Shoah and the extermination of six million Jews.
Since that date, the German government has spent more than 90 billion dollars (more than 80 billion euros) to “repair” the suffering and losses of the victims of Nazi persecution, after negotiations led by the Claims Conference.
Among survivors, those who were detained in concentration camps receive ongoing payments, while those who fled the Nazi regime get one-time compensation.