The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approves a resolution urging Germany to increase funding for Holocaust survivors.
The nonbinding resolution, which passes by a vote of 363-0 on Tuesday, urges Germany to “ensure that every Holocaust victim receives all of the prescribed medical care, home care, mental health care, and other vital services necessary to live in dignity” and to provide “additional financial resources to address the unique needs of Holocaust victims.”
The resolution, initiated earlier this year by Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Florida, and Ted Deutch, D-Florida, estimates the number of survivors worldwide at 500,000, with 100,000 in the United States, and tens of thousands living in poverty.
Holocaust survivors “shouldn’t have to worry about their medical, mental health or home care needs, but the assistance promised to them by Germany has been slow [in] coming and inadequate to cover the full range of their unique needs,” Ros-Lehtinen tells JTA in an email.
— JTA
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