The Holocaust left many millions of victims, a large number of whom settled in the US after the war. These reports also seem to be counting people born at the end of the Holocaust, making the youngest 78 years old. The numbers don’t seem entirely too far-fetched to me, though it’s sadly obvious they’re dwindling quickly.
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I’m by no means claiming to know for certain, but I like history and numbers so I’ll bite.
This report put the total number in the US in 2010 as approx. 127,000 and claims only half would remain by 2020 https://www.claimscon.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Jewish-Survivors-USA_v2-_3_25_14.pdf
This report put the number of survivors in New York state in 2020 as approx. 38,000 https://www.aging.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Kover_Selfhelp%20Holocaust%20Survivor%20Population%20Report%202nd%20edition%202013.pdf
This news article from March of this year puts the total US number below 50,000 https://www.atlantajewishtimes.com/u-s-holocaust-survivor-count-dips-to-50000/ and I wouldn’t be surprised if Covid and other related illness made up some of the dramatic decrease between 2020 and 2022
This is all down from an estimated 500,000 survivors in the world in 2014 and about 100,000 in 2016 https://time.com/4392413/elie-wiesel-holocaust-survivors-remaining/?amp=true
Here’s a transcript of a U.S. Senate Special Committee from 2014 repeating those numbers https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-113shrg26050/html/CHRG-113shrg26050.htm which unfortunately mentions the “dairy” of Anne Frank (towards the end of Sen. Boxer’s opening comments)
The organization from the article in question says they help about 2,000 in New York per week https://www.metcouncil.org/holocaust-survivor-program
The Holocaust left many millions of victims, a large number of whom settled in the US after the war. These reports also seem to be counting people born at the end of the Holocaust, making the youngest 78 years old. The numbers don’t seem entirely too far-fetched to me, though it’s sadly obvious they’re dwindling quickly.