Claims Conference releases 'unprecedented' report on Shoah survivors

(Israel Hayom via JNS) - There are about 245,000 Holocaust survivors alive, according to a new Claims Conference report. They are dispersed in more than 90 countries with 49 percent residing in Israel.

The report, published ahead of the annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27 and described by the organization-full name: the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany-as an "unprecedented demographic report," breaks down their locations as well as their countries of origin, needs, demographic data, and more.

"The largest number of survivors-119,300, representing nearl...