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| March 20, 2014
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Knesset passes legislation to increase support to Holocaust survivors

 

The new Bill calls for additional aid from NIS 100 million to NIS 135 million annually to go directly to survivors, with further annual increases.

By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI

 

 

The Knesset approved on Wednesday the second and third (final) readings of a bill to amend the Restitution of Holocaust Victims’ Assets Law.

A display showing tattoos at the Holocaust Museum in Wasington, DC - Photo: Reuters

A display showing tattoos at the Holocaust Museum in Wasington, DC – Photo: Reuters

The measure sets the end of the Company for Location and Restitution of Holocaust Victims’ Assets’ operations as December 31, 2017, as opposed to 2021, as previously stipulated in the law.

The new law also calls for an increase in aid to Holocaust survivors from NIS 100 million to NIS 135m.

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| March 3, 2014
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Oscar win for Documentary on oldest Holocaust survivor- 7 days after her death

The film’s director Malcolm Clarke, mentioned how he was most impressed by Herz-Sommer’s “extraordinary capacity for joy” and “amazing capacity for forgiveness.”

By JTA, JPOST.COM STAFF

 

The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life won best documentary short. It’s subject, Holocaust survivor Alice Herz-Sommer, died last week at age 110.

Alice Herz Sommer - The Lady In Number 6

Holocaust survivor Alice Herz-Sommer (ז”ל), died last week at age 110.

Herz-Sommer, the world’s oldest Holocaust survivor, who died in London on Feb. 23 at the age of 110, was the subject of The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life, which won the Academy Award for documentary short Sunday night. Continue Reading »

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| January 27, 2014
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Knesset Members mark Int’l Holocaust Remembrance Day at Auschwitz-Birkenau

Lawmakers from 13 countries join Israeli delegation at concentration camp in Poland which includes more than 250 people, including 60 MKs.

By LAHAV HARKOV

 

 

The largest-ever delegation of MKs, plus hundreds of Israelis and Jewish politicians from around the world are scheduled to head to Poland early Monday morning for a joint Israeli-Polish ceremony at Auschwitz-Birkenau on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Coalition chairman Yariv Levin (Likud Beytenu) and opposition leader Isaac Herzog (Labor) will lead the delegation, as Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein pulled out of the trip following the death of his wife on Friday.

“Seven decades after millions of members of our nation were cruelly murdered by the Nazis, it is my privilege and responsibility to lead the largest delegation of the Knesset, the parliament of the independent Jewish state, to the valley of death of Auschwitz-Birkenau,” Levin said Sunday. Continue Reading »

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| January 27, 2014
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Every 45 minutes a Holocaust survivor dies

 

 

Poorer & lonelier: As world marks Int’l Holocaust Remembrance Day, figures show bleak reality behind lives of the remaining survivors in Israel.

By Omri Efraim

 

 

A Holocaust survivor dies every 45 minutes.

More than a thousand Holocaust survivors pass away every month, and the average age of those who live among us, some of them in extreme poverty, is 85 years of age, according to figures published Monday by the Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims in Israel.

The figures were released to the public on the day the world marks the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Continue Reading »

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| January 24, 2014
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Treasury marks a victory over diminishing group of Holocaust survivors

Decade-long legal battle ends with decision to not recognize the group Tehran Children, as Holocaust survivors

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The Finance Ministry’s legal department has defeated another group of Holocaust survivors. Congratulations. It’s an achievement they can hang on their walls as a badge of shame.

This week’s courtroom victory came after a legal battle lasting more than a decade by a group of Holocaust survivors known as the “Tehran children.” The group, whose number has naturally dwindled in recent years, originally consisted of some 1,200 Jewish children from Poland who went to the Soviet Union, then to Iran and finally to pre-state Israel in 1943. Continue Reading »

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| January 8, 2014
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Long Overdue: Greek school to finally present graduation diplomas to Holocaust survivors

The graduation certificates of 157 Jewish students who fled Thessaloniki for their lives or were deported to Nazi concentration camp were found by Greek teacher.

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A teacher at a school in Greece will present recently discovered graduation certificates to 157 Jewish students who fled Thessaloniki or were deported to Nazi death camps, or to their descendants.

Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki. – Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

Antonio Crescenzi, a teacher at the Italian School in Thessaloniki, found a trove of old documents by accident about a decade ago. After sorting through them he realized their significance, he told the Israeli Maariv daily. Continue Reading »

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| July 17, 2013
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Shoah fund ‘paid out $1.24B’ to Holocaust survivors

 

Jewish weekly reports Holocaust survivors as well as victims’ heirs received money from Swiss Bank fund set up after scandal over dormant accounts of Jews killed in World War II.

  By AFP

Holocaust survivors and victims’ heirs have received $1.24 billion from a Swiss fund set up after a scandal over dormant accounts of Jews killed in World War II, a magazine said Monday.

Some 457,000 Holocaust survivors and heirs have received money from fund (illustration) Photo: AP

Some 457,000 Holocaust survivors and heirs have received money from fund (illustration) – Photo: AP

The Swiss-Jewish weekly Tachles said the figure was contained in a report by New York judge Edward Korman, who oversees the management of the fund

Korman’s report summed up operations since a landmark 1998 deal between the World Jewish Congress and Swiss banks. Continue Reading »

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| June 11, 2013
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Holocaust survivors invited to Israel Air Force bases

Some 10,000 survivors arrived at 12 IAF bases across Israel as part of special out-reach project.

 

IAF chief says, ‘We need to do everything so that horrors our people endured will not recur,’

By Yoav Zitun

Air Force bases held an event in honor of Holocaust survivors Tuesday, hosting some 10,000 survivors in 12 bases nationwide.

(צילום: ירון ברנר)

Survivors at IAF base – Photo: Yaron Brener

The project is held for the first time in the IDF in collaboration with the Center for Holocaust-Survivor Organizations in Israel, Yad Vashem and JDC in Israel

The survivors toured the bases and conversed with soldiers and pilots. Continue Reading »

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| April 7, 2013
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Netanyahu transfers of 50m NIS to Holocaust survivors

PM Netanyahu emphasizes Israel’s deep commitment to Holocaust survivors, says gov’t will crack down on wave of attacks on elderly.

NGOs plan demonstration & calls for the gov’t to guarantee survivors can “live in dignity.”

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

 

 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that he had ordered the transfer of 50 million shekels to Holocaust survivors.

Speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said he had agreed on the amount with Finance Minister Yair Lapid.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at last cabinet meeting of current govenment, March 10, 2013.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at last cabinet meeting of current government, March 10, 2013. – Photo: GPO

He also addressed a wave of recent attacks on the elderly saying that the government would “apply its full weight” to prevent such crimes and to punish the perpetrators.

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| March 17, 2013
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Yesh Atid deal makes $millions for Holocaust survivors available

Coalition agreement signed with Yesh Atid guarantees major increase in funds for the treatment of survivors. MK Kariv: It’s our duty.

Omri Efraim

 

The coalition agreement between Yesh Atid and Likud-Beiteinu calls to increase the services package for Holocaust survivors by NIS 110 million (about $30M) in 2013 and by an additional NIS 500 million ($135M) in the next four years.

Ynet has learned that in light of the agreement, the Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims in Israel will announce later this week the cancellation of its decision to cut nursing hours for some 6,000 Holocaust survivors with various disabilities. Continue Reading »

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| February 13, 2013
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Holocaust survivors protest for 3rd year against Allianz golf tournament

The Germany-based insurance group had Nazi connections during World War II, insuring Nazi facilities such as death camps like Auschwitz, the survivors say.

By JTA

 

NEW YORK  — Holocaust survivors for a third straight year protested outside a golf tournament in Florida sponsored by Allianz because of what they deem the insurance firm’s restitution failures.

David Schaecter, David Mermelstein & Joe SachsThe survivors gathered outside the Allianz Golf Championship in Boca Raton over the weekend demanding that Allianz pay some $2 billion that the survivors say is owed to Nazi victims in unpaid claims, the Sun Sentinel reported.

“Not only haven’t I seen any money, this is already 70 years,” said David Schaecter, 83, a Holocaust survivor from Miami who is the president of Holocaust Survivors Foundation USA. Continue Reading »

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| November 8, 2012
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Foundation unable to continue Holocaust survivors’ benefits

The Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims in Israel finds itself unable to reimburse elderly beneficiaries for medical services, blames gov’t for inadequate budget.

By Omri Efraim

 

The Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims in Israel has suspended the transfer of funds to over 8,000 survivors eligible for benefits, Ynet has learned.

Needy survivors – Archives Photo: Noam Moskowitz

The frozen funds were meant to reimburse survivors for medical bills of up to NIS 4,000 (roughly $1,000), which they have already paid out of pocket. To be eligible for the benefits, the survivors’ monthly income must not exceed NIS 8,158 ($2,100). Continue Reading »

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