Conference calls for assistance to Holocaust survivors

A conference on Holocaust era assets, which started in Prague on Friday, has called for assistance to impoverished survivors of the Shoa. The leader of the US delegation, Stuart Eizenstat, said on Sunday that “ten of thousands” of Holocaust survivors living in the United States, Central Europe and Israel, suffer from poor social conditions. Mr Eizenstat suggested some of the assets from heirless property whose owners died in the genocide should be used to provide assistance to the needy survivors.

The five-day conference is the last major event of the Czech EU presidency. It was launched on Friday by Nobel Peace Prize winner and concentration camp survivor Elie Wiesel. A declaration is to be signed by the Czech EU Presidency and EU Commission concerning education about the WWII genocide of European Jews, care of survivors and preservation of monuments linked to the Holocaust.

Author: Jan Richter