Overview
- Driven by a shrinking cohort of roughly 200,000 increasingly frail survivors, home-care budgets have grown from €34 million in 2009 to more than $1 billion planned for 2026.
- Claims Conference negotiator Stuart E. Eizenstat said the new funding will allow all survivors currently on home-care waitlists to receive services.
- Berlin extended Hardship Fund supplemental payments through 2028, a move expected to benefit more than 127,000 survivors worldwide.
- The package includes roughly $205 million for Holocaust education through 2029, supporting teacher training, academic research and technology-driven programs.
- For the first time, recognized non-Jewish “righteous rescuers” will qualify for home-care support alongside Jewish survivors.