Germany Continues To Give Aid To The Relatives Of Holocaust Survivors

 

GERMANY

Old War, New Plague and Lingering Responsibility

Germany agreed to give more than $660 million to aid Holocaust survivors struggling under the coronavirus pandemic, the Associated Press reported.

Nearly 240,000 survivors around the world will receive two payments of $1,400 over the next two years, according to the New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, also known as Claims Conference. The money will focus on those who aren’t receiving pensions from Germany: The funds will cover pandemic-related expenses such as masks, as well as food and in-home care.

Germany has also agreed to provide $36 million in social welfare services for survivors.

Since the end of World War Two in 1945, elderly Holocaust survivors have continued to suffer from medical and psychological issues caused by mistreatment at the hands of the Nazis.

Germany has paid more than $80 billion in Holocaust reparations since it reached an agreement with the Claims Conference in 1952.