The Austrian bank รsterreichische Creditanstalt – Wiener Bankverein was taken over by the Nazis in 1938 following the Anschluss and renamed the Creditanstalt Bankverein (CABV). During World War II, the CABV expanded into the Czech Lands, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia, Romania and Bulgaria. By 1942, it fell fully under the control of the Deutsche […]
Connect2 is a program of the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island, supported by Claims Conference funding. Connect2 offers vital companionship and support to Holocaust Survivors living throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan. Volunteers make regular visits to survivors in their homes. Volunteers hear extraordinary stories, learn courage and perseverance by living example, and have the […]
Supportive communities in Israel provide home modifications, counseling, security, and socialization programs.
First-Of-Its-Kind Global Report on the Declining Population of Holocaust Survivors Underscores the Urgency to Engage With This Final Generation of Eyewitnesses Report Indicates 70 Percent Of Worldโs Holocaust Survivors Will Be Gone In The Next 10 Years. There Are Estimated To Be More Than 1,400 Holocaust Survivors Alive Today Who Are Over 100 Years Old. […]
In Israel, Hillel, the Jewish university student organization, has found a way to make the vital connection between young people and survivors so the stories of the Shoah may continue to be told for generations to come. Through Zachor vโKabed, Remember and Honor, which is supported by Claims Conference allocations, university students throughout Israel each […]