{"id":20403,"date":"2025-04-22T16:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=20403"},"modified":"2025-04-22T11:29:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T08:29:29","slug":"over-half-of-the-worlds-holocaust-survivors-live-in-israel-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/over-half-of-the-worlds-holocaust-survivors-live-in-israel-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Over Half of the World\u2019s Holocaust Survivors Live in Israel Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Claims Conference released its \u201cVanishing Witnesses\u201d report this morning (Tuesday)\u2014a groundbreaking demographic analysis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Approximately 110,100 Survivors Live in Israel<\/strong><br \/>\nToday, around 200,000 Holocaust survivors are living in 90 countries across the globe. According to the report, only about 10% are expected to still be alive 15 years from now.<\/p>\n<p>More than half of the survivors live in Israel\u2014an estimated 110,100 individuals. Projections indicate this number will fall to 62,900 by 2030, a 43% decline. In the United States, there are approximately 34,600 survivors, and a 39% drop is expected within five years. In countries of the former Soviet Union, the decline is projected to be even steeper\u201454% by early 2030.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As of 2025, the global survivor population ranges in age from 78 to over 100. The median age is 87, and 61% are women.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20406\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20406 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/victors2-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/victors2-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/victors2-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/victors2-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/victors2-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/victors2.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yitzhak Zaslavsky, a Holocaust survivor from Kherson, speaks to police officers in Katzrin | Photo: Michael Giladi\/Flash90<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>\u201cNow is the time to hear firsthand testimonies from the survivors\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nGideon Taylor, President of the Claims Conference, said the newly released report underscores the urgent need to prioritize Holocaust education. \u201cNow is the time to hear firsthand testimonies from the survivors\u2014to invite them to speak in schools, institutions, and community gatherings. This is critical not only for our youth, but for people of all generations, to listen and learn directly from Holocaust survivors. This report reminds us that time is running out\u2014our survivors are leaving us, and this is the moment to hear their voices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Claims Conference is a global organization that has worked for over fifty years to support Holocaust survivors worldwide. According to the organization\u2019s website: \u201cOur mission is not over. The Claims Conference continues to negotiate regularly with the governments of Germany and Austria, as well as with representatives from industry and banks, to improve compensation programs and restitution funds. Today, the organization focuses especially on meeting the needs of the aging Holocaust survivor population.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Claims Conference has released its \u201cVanishing Witnesses\u201d report\u2014a first-of-its-kind demographic study. Of the roughly 200,000 Holocaust survivors alive today, only about 10% are expected to still be living in 15 years: &#8220;Now is the time to hear firsthand testimonies.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":20405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[129,2276,88,6],"tags":[4543,4541,4544,3710,3711,3721,4542,4424],"class_list":["post-20403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-judaism","category-people","category-will-remember","category-security","tag-aging-population","tag-claims-conference","tag-demographic-report","tag-holocaust-education","tag-holocaust-remembrance-day","tag-holocaust-survivors","tag-survivor-testimonies","tag-yad-vashem"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Over Half of the World\u2019s Holocaust Survivors Live in Israel Today - REGA news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Over Half of the World\u2019s Holocaust Survivors Live in Israel Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Claims Conference has released its \u201cVanishing Witnesses\u201d report\u2014a first-of-its-kind demographic study. 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