microrobert
06-24-2012, 06:16 PM
Austrian Israelis want increase in Shoah payment
BERLIN – Gideon Eckhaus, the head of the Israel-based Central Committee for Jews in Austria, urged the Central European country on Friday to increase its compensation payments to Austrian survivors of the Holocaust.
Eckhaus said between 12,000 and 14,000 Austrian victims of the Holocaust across the world are living in poverty and are in need of medical attention that they frequently cannot afford.
He called on Austria’s government to fill the gaps in compensation. It is unclear if the government plans to increase Holocaust payments to survivors.
http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?id=274967
BERLIN – Gideon Eckhaus, the head of the Israel-based Central Committee for Jews in Austria, urged the Central European country on Friday to increase its compensation payments to Austrian survivors of the Holocaust.
Eckhaus said between 12,000 and 14,000 Austrian victims of the Holocaust across the world are living in poverty and are in need of medical attention that they frequently cannot afford.
He called on Austria’s government to fill the gaps in compensation. It is unclear if the government plans to increase Holocaust payments to survivors.
http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?id=274967