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Assisting Nazi Victims in Conflict Zones
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Support for Nazi Victims in Northern Israel
Emergency payments
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Institutional Allocations to Assist Survivors
Claims Conference in Northern Israel
Shlomo Tsulinger, 110 years old, lives in the Mergash home for the elderly in Haifa. He is the oldest Holocaust Victim in the north who received the Acknowledgment Payment alfrom the Claims Conference after the war with Hezbollah.
Emergency Payments
"The elderly inhabitants of Haifa, who again have been under fire, are very grateful to you for an unexpected gift for Rosh Hashanah. Your touching care and attention gives us strength. A wish of peace, happiness, and health to everyone who has extended a hand of help during our hard times. A lot of thanks," — F.G., S.R., and E.S., payment recipients.
In an effort to assuage some of the financial difficulties caused by the war, the Claims Conference allocated a one-time emergency Acknowledgment Payment. More than 12,000 payments of approximately NIS 1,090 were made, totaling more than $3 million. This is equivalent to one-half of a month’s income for a single person receiving the Bituach Leumi pension.
Payments were made to needy Nazi victims who receive a supplemental pension from Bituach Leumi, who were at least age 75 by the end of 2006, who had previously received certain other Shoah-related compensation payments, and who resided in the areas affected by the hostilities.
With these payments, the Claims Conference acknowledged the strength and determination of those Nazi victims who 60 years later faced another struggle for the right of the Jewish nation to exist.