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Global Holocaust survivor population drops to about 196,000 worldwide, half in Israel, data shows

New data shows the global number of Holocaust survivors has fallen to about 196,000, with nearly half living in Israel and most having survived as children.

Hanoch Shahar, 90-year-old Holocaust survivor presents items from the Holocaust in the northern Israeli city of Safed, April 23, 2025; illustrative.
 Holocaust survivors in Israel.

Holocaust survivors in Israel to receive dedicated assistance through new program

 PRISONERS OF the Auschwitz concentration camp after their liberation by the Red Army in January 1945.

Survey finds lack of Holocaust knowledge in eight countries, but majority fear another genocide

 From right to left: Greg Schneider, Executive Vice President of the Claims Conference Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat, Special Negotiator for the Claims Conference Negotiations Delegation Ambassador Colette Avital

Ensuring 'dignity': Germany increases funds for Holocaust survivors by $114m


25% of French millennials say they haven’t heard of the Holocaust - poll

Claims Conference poll finds that there is too little Holocaust education in schools.

People attend a national gathering to protest antisemitism and the rise of anti-Semitic attacks in the Place de la Republique in Paris, France, February 19, 2019.

Decade of change and hope for Holocaust survivors

During the past decade some very welcome changes have occurred, attributable to the new spirit which Yair Lapid infused into the Finance Ministry.

A RELATIVE of a Holocaust survivor places a flower next to the name of a former concentration camp during a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem.

Due to Nazi past, Krispy Kreme owners give millions to Holocaust survivors

"As survivors age their needs are growing ever greater," said Claims Conference executive vice-president Greg Schneider.

A variety of doughnuts is displayed at new the Krispy Kreme store in Tokyo December 12, 2006. Krispy Kreme Doughnut Inc. opens its first store in Japan on Friday. Picture taken December 12, 2006.

Romanian Holocaust survivors celebrate bar and bat Mitzvahs

The event was organized by The Claims Conference in conjunction with The Association of Romanian Olim in Haifa and The Western Wall Foundation.

Romanian Holocaust survivors light candles as they celebrate their bat mitzvah at the Western Wall.

Israeli-Romanian Holocaust Survivors to receive NIS 16 million

14 of the program’s beneficiaries are Holocaust survivors over the age of 100.

The site of the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau

Holocaust survivors renew wedding vows after 70 years

This is another entry in the long list of events the Claims Conference has organized for survivors and their families in Israel and around the world.

Holocaust survivors renew their wedding vows after 70 years in a ceremony organized by the Claims Conference.

Holocaust survivors get more aid under new German government agreement

The spouse of a Holocaust survivor will continue to receive a monthly pension for nine months after the survivor’s death under new agreements and righteous gentiles will receive a monthly pension.

HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS visit the site of the Auschwitz death camp, during ceremonies marking the 73rd anniversary of the camp’s liberation and International Holocaust Victims Remembrance Day, in Poland in January 2018..

Claims Conference to increase Holocaust survivor funding by $87 million

In addition, monthly pension payments to some 55,000 Holocaust survivors will increase by 53.6% over the next three years, from $411 to $633.

A Holocaust survivor shows the number that was tattooed on his arm in a Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust

Soup kitchens feeding Holocaust survivors to remain open, Knesset panel says

The Claims Conference decided to stop funding numerous soup kitchens that feed thousands of Holocaust survivors.

A volunteer distributes food at a soup kitchen.

Mr. Berman, why not tell the truth?

My humble advice to the Claims Conference president is that telling the truth should also be considered by him as an option.

A memorial candle