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Survivor Story: Ilja Altman

Ilja Altman worked all his life as a music teacher in his native Moldova, but now struggles to pay for medications for his heart condition. Claims Conference compensation payments and social welfare aid helps Ilja and his wife with basic necessities. Ilja, who lives with his wife in Potsdam, Germany, receives financial support from the […]

Survivor Story: Manya Dessau

When Manya Dessau turned to JewishCare in Melbourne, Australia for help with medicine expenses, the agency discovered that she was suffering from chronic lower body pain and was struggling to purchase essential food items. Utilizing Claims Conference support, JewishCare arranged home-based physiotherapy for Manya to alleviate her pain and enable her to function more independently. […]

Survivor Story: Isaac Enrique Havilio

Isaac’s Story Isaac Enrique Havilio once had one of the most important import/export businesses in Argentina. But after that country’s financial crisis of 2002, he went bankrupt and lost his life savings. Now Enrique, who has several severe medical problems, receives help from the Holocaust Survivor Assistance Program of Tzedaka Foundation in Buenos Aires and […]

Survivor Story: Sarra Miskatel

Sarra Miskatel passed away in August 2022, z”l. May her memory be for a blessing. Sarra Miskatel, recovering from a broken arm and leg, anxiously awaits her pension payments from the Claims Conference, which helps her to pay for a now-necessary home care aide in the midst of Greece’s economic catastrophe. Sarra, a lively Athenian […]

Survivor Story: Luba Shmulburd

In 1941, at age 12, Luba was forced to flee her native Vinnitsa, Ukraine to escape almost certain death at the hands of the Nazis.

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