The Fellowship Remembers on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

“An estimated half of all survivors of the Nazi genocide live in poverty.”

Wednesday January 27 marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day as observed by the United Nations. Across the globe, countries will be pausing to remember the six million Jewish lives lost during the Holocaust. The World Jewish Congress reports that seven decades after the Holocaust, dangerous forms of anti-Semitism are rearing its ugly head again all over the world:

WJC President Ronald S. Lauder said it was incumbent upon the world to ensure that the atrocities that befell the Jewish people during World War II are never repeated.

The WJC president also urged that particular attention is paid to the plight of many elderly Holocaust survivors who often struggle to make ends meet. “It's important for us to commemorate the Shoah and the six million Jews who were murdered. But it is equally important to address the dire situation that so many survivors are facing today. They are entitled to lead their lives in dignity.” An estimated half of all survivors of the Nazi genocide live in poverty, a study published last year found.

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“An estimated half of all survivors of the Nazi genocide live in poverty.”

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