(Worthy News) – Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday, newly released figures regarding Israel’s survivor population show that the number of those remaining has dropped off by 8,500 people in the course of one year.
The statistics published by the Central Bureau of Statistic show that 220,800 people were eligible for survivor benefits at the end of 2016 in comparison with 212,300 survivors a year later, according to the data provided by the Holocaust Survivors Benefits Authority in the Finance Ministry.
The numbers will only drop off more steeply in coming years as survivors are increasingly dying off: Israel expects the number of survivors to plummet drastically to 167,000 by next year, 102,000 by 2025, and to just 53,000 by 2030 who will all be over the age of 90. [ Source: i24 News (Read More…) ]
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