Ukrainian Holocaust Victims Receive Aid and Comfort

Claims Conference allocations currently assist approximately 24,400 Jewish Holocaust victims in Ukraine. There are currently 1,600 Nazi victims among the 4,000 Jewish elderly in Crimea who receive Hesed services funded by the Claims Conference, with a total of 17,000 Jews living in the region. They are mostly in and around the main urban centers of Simferopol, served by Hesed Shimon; Sevastopol, served by Hesed Shahar; Feodosia, served by Hesed Yahad; and Yalta, served by Hesed Naftul. Food and medicine deliveries have increased, and telephone assistance is available around the clock from these welfare centers. There are an estimated 350,000 to 500,000 Jews in Ukraine

Claims konferencija  pomaže oko 24.400 židovskih žrtava Holokausta u Ukrajini. Sada ima 1.600 nacističkih žrtava među 4.000 ostarjelih Židova na Krimu koji primaju  servise " Heseda" a inače ima 17.000 Židova u toj regiji.Oni se pretežno nalaze oko ili u gradskom centru Simderopolu i koju  pomažu ( servisiraju) razne organizacije "Heseda" (Hesed Shimon, Hesed Yahad, Hesed Shahar itd). Hrana i lijekovi se sada više daju,  a moguća je i pomoć preko telefona. Procjenjuje se da ima 350.000 do 500.000 Židova u Ukrajini.

Od kad su počeli nemiri u Ukrajini u novembru, a posebno posljednjih tjedana zbog invazije na Krim, Claims conferencija pažljivo prati situaciju,   osobito za najugroženije ostarjele žrtve nacizma.  Na terenu su socijalni partneri : mreža Heseda i JDC-a , koji nastoje  da osiguraju pomoć za održanje tih Židova.

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Homecare workers have stayed the night with their elderly charges. Staff and volunteers like Alena have contacted and visited Holocaust victims living in areas plagued by violence to deliver food, medicine and other critical supplies; they have done so on foot, and in mobile units packed with supplies. Emergency call chains have been activated, and security has increased at Jewish institutions throughout Ukraine. Planning has begun to alleviate the situations of elderly whose state pensions may be suspended due to Ukraine’s disastrous financial situation....

The Hasadim are providing additional food supplements and subsidies to ensure critical necessities are met, including food cards to purchase provisions, additional food packages and fresh food sets, hot meals, and meal delivery. Additional medicine subsidies and supplements will be available as prices have risen and some medications have become scarce....