Almost 80 years after the Holocaust, 245,000 Jewish survivors are still alive

[Behind the Aegis]

Almost 80 years after the Holocaust, about 245,000 Jewish survivors are still living across more than 90 countries, a new report revealed Tuesday.

Nearly half of them, or 49%, are living in Israel; 18% are in Western Europe, 16% in the United States, and 12% in countries of the former Soviet Union, according to a study by the New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, also referred to as the Claims Conference.

Before the publication of the demographic report, there were only vague estimates about how many Holocaust survivors are still alive.

Their numbers are quickly dwindling, as most are very old and often of frail health, with a median age of 86. Twenty percent of survivors are older than 90, and more women (61%) than men (39%) are still alive.

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[Lonestarblue]

1. Given their ages, it's fantstic that so many are still living.

[hlthe2b]

2. Amazing. I spent hours at the DC Holocaust museum on my last trip-- watching the videos

and reading their histories and statements. If only we could get every high school student to spend some time learning from them.

I've always wondered what one thing made them so determined to live such long lives---to survive, I can understand, but truly live productive lives--often much longer than their expectancy. And I think it is because of the above. They don't want their family, friends, their nations to forget. Yet, I think we are letting them down in our schools today and with our current generation. I hope I am wrong, but I was two and a half generations away from WWI and one away from WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, yet I know more history about all of them than it seems high school students even know about the Iraqi and Afghanistan Wars and 911. So, what hope that they will have learned the lessons of the Holocaust?

[Cha]

3. 🕯️🕊️💙🇮🇱💙

Bless their hearts 💕 and all those who didn’t survive 🕊️🕯️💔😢