There are 245,000 Jewish Holocaust survivors left in the world

The number of surviving Jews Holocaust The Nazi population is 245 thousand people, of whom almost half (49%) live in Israelaccording to a demographic study conducted by the Claims Conference, a private organization created in 1951 that centralizes Jewish claims against Germany.

The study, which the organization presents as “unprecedented” for its detail and which is based on testimonies “verified with documentation”explains that the average age of survivors is 86 years old, the youngest being 77 years old and the oldest being the one who exceeds the age of centenary (case born in 1912). There are many more women (61% of the total) than men.

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Surviving Jews are found in 90 different countries: in addition to Israel, preferably in Western Europe (18%), U.S (16%) and former countries Soviet Union (12%).

By country, the number of survivors in France (21,900, 9% of the total), ahead of Russia It is Germany.

The organization ensures that thanks to its negotiation efforts with the government of Germany, 40% of the total receive a monthly fee, and the rest can opt for annual installments or a single premium; two-thirds have already received at least one salary.

As for the origin of the survivors, those born in the ancient Soviet Union (47%), ahead of those from East of Europe (22%) and Maghreb (twenty-one %); only 10% were born in Western Europe.

Of those born in the Maghreb, the vast majority they emigrated for Francehence the weight of the French Jewish community.

The organization Complaints Conferencewho in his seventy years of life dedicated himself to compensating these survivors, remembers that although “No amount can be worth the destruction of lives.” human, communities and cultures, nor efforts to annihilate the Jewish peoplethe physical and psychological suffering and financial losses of some survivors can be alleviated.”

Furthermore, it is “recognize your suffering and to preserve their stories so that there is a historical record.”

Source: Elcomercio

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