Conference on jewish material claims against germany

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.

|ByJAMES GENN
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

Thanks to the Claims Conference, to date, over $90 billion has been paid in indemnification, with $535 million distributed in 2024 to more than 200,000 survivors in 83 countries.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz lights a candle in memory of the victims who were murdered by Hamas militants, at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, October 17, 2023.

World leaders, celebrities wish Holocaust survivors ‘Happy Hanukkah’

The live broadcast will feature the candle lighting at the Western Wall where around 100 Holocaust survivors will participate.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Nazi-linked jewelry auction implicates Tel Aviv art museum in controversy

Tel Aviv art museum has come under fire due to Christie's auction house's relationship with an org that got wealthy dispossessing Jews during the Holocaust.

|ByASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA

Testimonies of Holocaust survivors recorded in new digital campaign

The survivors speak about the moments leading up to the Holocaust when hate speech started to turn into acts of violence.

MAY 5, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Holocaust survivors renew their wedding vows after 70 years in a ceremony organized by the Claims Conference.

Claims Conference silent on reports of government probe

The New York-based organization is the primary Jewish communal interlocutor with Germany for Holocaust reparation issues, with an annual budget in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

JULY 17, 2015BySAM SOKOL
Survivors of the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz arrive to the former camp in Oswiecim.