Overview

• The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany has published a comprehensive report stating that about 245,000 Jewish Holocaust survivors are still alive today, spread across more than 90 countries.
• Nearly half of the survivors reside in Israel, while the United States, France, and Russia host the next largest groups.
• The median age of the survivors is 86, and over 60 percent are women.
• The Claims Conference, which secures compensation payments from the German and Austrian governments for Jewish Holocaust survivors, emphasizes the importance of caring for these survivors in their old age.
• As Holocaust survivors age, their needs are changing, with many now requiring home care and expressing concerns about who will remember their stories and the Holocaust after they are gone.