The German government concluded that 143,000 Holocaust survivors are entitled to home nursing hours, of which 80,000 survivors living in Israel, will receive an annual grant of 1,200 euros. The German government and the Claims Conference marked 70 years since the signing of the Luxembourg Agreements, also known as the Reparations Agreements. A decision was made regarding the results of the negotiations on compensation funds for Holocaust survivors for 2023.
Among the main results of the negotiations, emergency aid for Holocaust survivors who fled Ukraine was agreed upon in the amount of 12 million dollars. In addition, starting from January 2023, the budget for home nursing hours for Holocaust survivors who depend on these services around the world will increase by 130 million euros, and from this amount, 60 million euros will be invested to increase the Israeli budget for home assistance services.
This increase will allow additional groups of survivors to receive services and was made possible with the cooperation of the Israeli minister Meirav Cohen.
The #LuxembourgAgreements laid the groundwork for compensation and restitution for #Holocaust survivors and continue as the foundation for ongoing negotiations on behalf of the est 280k global survivor community -Gideon Taylor, Claims Conference Presidenthttps://t.co/DTHhqiAt6N
ā Claims Conference (@ClaimsCon) September 15, 2022
As mentioned, 70 million euros will be invested in other countries in the world, at the same time as 170 million euros will be allocated for a distress fund, which the parties have signed for the third year. The Claims Conference says that this amount will impact approximately 143,000 Holocaust survivors worldwide, including approximately 81,000 living in Israel, who will be entitled to a grant of 1,200 euros for 2023.
A very commendable move. Germany has done the right thing.https://t.co/NHkAZmeHoP
ā Stephen Uzzell (@StephenUzzell2) September 15, 2022
Gideon Taylor, president of the Claims Conference, said that "the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Luxembourg Agreements, which is a historic event, is a time for commemoration and reflection. These agreements laid the infrastructure for compensation and restitution for those survivors who lost everything and continue to be the basis for ongoing negotiations for approximately 280 thousand survivors of The Holocaust lives around the world."
The @ClaimsCon could not achieve what we do today if its leaders had not negotiated with Germany in 1952. 70 yrs later, we announce that approx $1.2b in compensation and social welfare services has been secured for Holocaust survivors in 2023 -Claims Conference EVP Greg Schneider pic.twitter.com/WgCRAIGdcu
ā Claims Conference (@ClaimsCon) September 15, 2022
Greg Schneider, deputy chairman of the Claims Conference, further stated that "It takes great leadership and enlightenment to sit down and gather just a few years after the Holocaust and negotiate the unimaginable. They laid the foundation for the results we are announcing today - over 1.2 billion dollars for personal compensation and welfare services for Holocaust survivors. We could not do the work we are doing today, working to ensure that every Holocaust survivor can live his life with the dignity that was taken from him/her in his/her youth if each of those leaders had not transcended themselves at this specific moment in history."
