how many holocaust survivors live in poverty in fsu
Today, many of the worldâs remaining 500,000 Holocaust survivors are living out their final years in poverty. Most of those who are suffering either live in Israel, across the former Soviet Union or in greater New York City. Of the 189,000 Holocaust survivors in Israel, 25 percent live below the poverty line. Of the 60,000 survivors throughout the former Soviet Union (FSU), poverty is endemic â approaching 85-90%. Even in New York City, home to another 60,000 survivors, about half live below the poverty line. End quote.