As of January 2026, approximately 196,600 Jewish Holocaust survivors are still alive worldwide, with about half residing in Israel. Most survivors are now in their late 80s or older, with a median age of 87, and over 1,400 are over 100 years old. The majority (95%) were child survivors born between 1928 and 1946.
Are there any Holocaust survivors still alive today?
As of 2025, approximately 220,000 to 245,000 Holocaust survivors are still alive globally, with most living in Israel (around 50%) and North America (about 18%), though their numbers are rapidly declining, with projections showing 70% passing away in the next decade as their median age is 87, with many over 100 years old.
Hardship Fund: More than 128,000 Holocaust survivors will receive a one-time payment under the Hardship Fund, which has been negotiated for 2024 through 2027. The amount for each of the additional years was set at €1,250 per person for 2024, €1,300 for 2025, €1,350 for 2026 and €1,400 for 2027.
Nearly a quarter of a million people who survived the Holocaust are still alive, many of them in need of elderly care, a new study has shown. Although most live in Israel, 14,200 live in Germany, despite its Nazi past.
Center for Fundamental Rights Senior Fellow Bryan Leib has recently attended the Jewish News Syndicate's conference in Jerusalem, Israel, where he explained to the audience why Hungary is the safest place for Jews in Europe.
Key points. Among Holocaust survivors age 85+, their remote exposure to extreme trauma during early life no longer had a negative impact upon physical health, morbidity, or mortality. It is likely that survivors of extreme trauma during early life, living beyond the age of 85+ represent a uniquely resilient population.
Victims of persecution by the Nazi regime who were forcibly deprived of their German nationality and their descendants can now be renaturalised in Germany. A decision by the Federal Constitutional Court has made it possible for more people to claim citizenship.
The United Kingdom still has amounts outstanding from World War II and its immediate aftermath which it continues to repay on a regular basis. World War II-era claims on Iran have been incorporated into the claims being adjudicated by the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, established after the 1979 Iranian revolution.
Nearly half (49 percent) of all Jewish Holocaust survivors live in Israel, with an additional 18 percent in North America and 18 percent in Western Europe. At the time of publication, the median age of survivors is 86; ages range from 77 years to over 100, with birthdates reaching back as far as 1912.
Report Indicates 70 Percent Of World's Holocaust Survivors Will Be Gone In The Next 10 Years. There Are Estimated To Be More Than 1,400 Holocaust Survivors Alive Today Who Are Over 100 Years Old.
Mala Zimetbaum, the first woman and the first Jewish woman to escape from Auschwitz-Birkenau, was born on January 26, 1918, in Brzesko, Poland, the fifth and youngest daughter of Pinhas and Chaya Zimetbaum.
For Holocaust survivors, there is an added dimension, finding meaning in survival. Many survivors find a sense of purpose by bearing witness to the atrocities they endured. As witnesses to history, they speak passionately about their hope for a world that is free from racial intolerance, bigotry and hatred.
Anne Frank's last written words were in her diary on August 1, 1944, where she described herself as a "bundle of contradictions," revealing her cheerful exterior versus her deeper, more serious inner self, and expressing hope for a better world despite the surrounding misery, concluding her final entry about the approaching thunder of war and her longing for peace and her ideals to return, just days before her family was arrested. No one knows her absolute last spoken words, but her diary entries reveal her profound spirit and enduring belief in humanity's goodness.
About 15,000 German Jews were liberated by the Allied forces after the war; most of them had survived in hiding, others in concentration camps. Many of those who stayed had a non-Jewish spouse or parent who connected them to the country and perhaps facilitated recovery and integration to some degree.
The median age of survivors today is 87 and nearly half will die by 2031, according to the analysis, which is timed to Yom Hashoah, the Jewish Holocaust memorial day. By 2040, 90% are expected to die, leaving a total remaining population estimated around 21,300.
Although it may seem incongruous, this greeting is even offered to an elderly person. Judaism attaches such a high premium to every moment of life that we wish everyone, young or old, length of days to carry out their sacred purpose in this world.
Oskar Schindler was responsible for saving the lives of 1,200 Jews, and in 1993, he was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations. Today, there are over 8,000 living descendants of the Jews saved by Oskar Schindler. Photo: @YadVashem. Such a noble man!
In the 21st century, France has the largest Jewish population in Europe, followed by the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia and Ukraine. Prior to the Holocaust, Poland had the largest Jewish population in Europe, as a percentage of its population.
