Topics: North America
Providing Vital Care for Holocaust Survivors in New York
Isaac and Rosa Blum survived the Holocaust in a Polish forced-labor camp, making bullets for the Nazis. Now both in their early 90s, they credit the homecare assistance they receive from a New York City social welfare agency, through funding from the Claims Conference, as the primary reason they are able to still live independently […]
Helping Holocaust Survivors in Florida
Providing Holocaust Survivors in Florida With Needed Care Sandor and Katherine Tambor survived the horrors of the Holocaust incarcerated in Nazi concentration camps. Now living in Florida, they say that they can remain safely in their own home only with the help of a Jewish social service agency in West Palm Beach, funded by the […]
Weinberg Emergency Assistance Fund
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Holocaust Survivor Emergency Assistance Fund provides grants to social service agencies in the U.S. and Canada to benefit Holocaust survivors in need
Canada
Activity Direct compensation payments are made from the Article 2 Fund, the Hardship Fund and the Child Survivor Fund. Toronto Claims Conference grants to home care provider, Circle of Care enable Holocaust survivors to remain in their own homes. Services provided include home care, case management, medical programs, transportation for medical appointments and kosher meal […]
United States
Overview The Claims Conference funds more than 100 Jewish organizations, primarily Jewish Family and Children’s Service agencies, in more than 20 U.S. states, to provide social welfare services for Nazi victims. More than four in five victims reside in just five U.S. states: New York, California, Florida, New Jersey and Illinois. Of Nazi victims currently […]
