Red Cross helps Holocaust survivors reconnect with family members

(2013)
11.04.2013 (Telegraph Neighbors) -- In recognition of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the American Red Cross is reaching out to Holocaust survivors and their families to inform them of Red Cross services to reconnect families and find documentation.
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New Encyclopedia Of Holocaust Will Completely Redraw The Atrocities Of The Third Reich

(2013)
10.04.2013 (International Business News, by Maya Shwayder) -- With the recent discovery in early March of more than 42,200 new sites used by the Nazis as ghettos and labor, concentration and death camps, comes the redrawing of the map of World War II, the Holocaust and the Third Reich.
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20% of Holocaust survivors suffer from Alzheimer's disease

(2013)
09.04.2013 (The Jerusalem Post, written by Judy Siegel Itzkovich) -- An estimated one-fifth of all Holocaust survivors in Israel suffer from the dementia disease of Alzheimer’s, according to Emda, a volunteer organization that runs a hotline for sufferers and their families. There are an estimated 192,000 survivors still alive.
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Ariel approves east Talpiot housing for elderly

(2013)
09.04.2013 (Jerusalem Post, by Danielle Ziri) -- Minister okays construction of public housing units for Holocaust survivors in J'lem neighborhood beyond Green Line.
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Ariel approves east Talpiot housing for elderly

(2013)
09.04.2013 (Jerusalem Post, by Danielle Ziri) -- Minister okays construction of public housing units for Holocaust survivors in J'lem neighborhood beyond Green Line.
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EJC President: Anti-Semitism has Reached European Parliaments

(2013)
08.04.2013 (Israel National News, by Yoni Kempinski) -- EJC President says political groups in Hungary have crossed red lines, as annual figures display significant increase.
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Lack of Support Leaves Lithuanian Synagogues in State of Ruin

(2013)
08.04.2013 (Israel National News, by Arutz Sheva staff) -- Lithuania's wooden synagogues, the vestiges of a Jewish presence that was wiped out in the Holocaust, are falling into ruin from a lack of funding and support.
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Minister slams 'inconsistent treatment' of survivors

(2013)
08.04.2013 (jerusalem Post, by Lahav Harkov) -- Welfare Minister says it is an "embarrassment" that Holocaust survivors not recognized by the government.
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Nazi-Looted Books Spell Decades of Labor for Libraries

(2013)
08.04.2013 (Bloomberg, by Catherine Hickley) -- Arthur Goldschmidt, a Leipzig dealer in animal feed and an exporter to South America, was more passionate about books than business. His private collection numbered 40,000 carefully indexed volumes and he engaged a librarian to take care of it.
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NGO helps Holocaust survivors maximize benefits

(2013)
08.04.2013. (Jerusalem Post, by Danielle Ziri) -- AVIV organization aims to ensure Shoah victims in Israel "live in the dignity and comfort they deserve."
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