Posts Tagged: Holocaust survivors
Holocaust Survivors to Receive $200 Million in Emergency COVID-19 Relief Funds From Germany
JNS.org - Germany will distribute a total of $200 million in emergency funding to approximately 150,000 Jewish victims of Nazi persecution to help them cope...
NY Banks Urged to Waive Transfer, Processing Fees for Holocaust Reparation Payments
JNS.org - The New York State Department of Financial Services has asked state-chartered financial institutions to waive wire transfer and processing fees for recipients of...
German Government Allots Another $767 Million for Holocaust Survivors
JNS.org - The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) announced that an additional $767 million have been secured to help Holocaust survivors...
Film Debuts About True Story of Holocaust Survivors’ ‘Revenge’ Plot Against 6 Million Germans
A new film that premiered on Friday on digital platforms is based on the true story of a group of Jewish Holocaust survivors who planned...
Meeting an Unstoppable Jewish Immigrant
I just finished reading "Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig's Astonishing Journey From Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend." It's an amazing must-read book...
After Months of Pandemic Isolation, 150 Holocaust Survivors Gather in Celebration at New York Concert
Around 150 New York-based Holocaust survivors attended on Monday afternoon a concert that honored their lives and drew attention to the struggles they faced during...
How the Holocaust Survivor Community Fought 1961’s ‘Battle of New Orleans’
The conventional view is that Holocaust survivors came to the US as a relatively young immigrant community, uncertain about how to “fit in” to their...
Ahead of Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Survivors Share Stories of Surviving the Pandemic
As Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day began on Wednesday night, four survivors told Israeli news site N12 about their experiences facing the COVID-19 pandemic — telling...
Israeli Study Finds Holocaust Survivors More Susceptible to Comorbidities Decades After Liberation
i24 News - A recently published long-term study has shown that the effects of psychological and physical trauma can have echoes and repercussions even decades...
An Urgent Crisis: Holocaust Education Is Fading in America
According to the US Millennial Holocaust Knowledge and Awareness Survey, 63 percent of millennials in the United States are unaware that six million innocent Jews...
Report: 17,000 Israeli Holocaust Survivors Died in 2020, at Least 900 From COVID-19
i24 News - Nearly 17,000 Holocaust survivors died in 2020, with 900 of the fatalities being attributed directly to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a...
Leader of European Jewish Group Calls on EU Member States to Join Efforts to Vaccinate Holocaust Survivors Quickly
The president of one of Europe’s top Jewish organizations called on Monday for European Union member states to ensure Holocaust survivors are vaccinated for the...
Holocaust Claims Conference Says Germany Agrees to Give $662 Million to Survivors
JNS.org - The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany announced on Wednesday that after negotiations with the German government on behalf of Holocaust survivors,...
Jewish Federations Awarded $5 Million Federal Grant to Assist Holocaust Survivors
JNS.org - The US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living/Administration on Aging has awarded a $5 million grant to the Jewish...
