Support Fund for Holocaust Survivors
Supporting survivors and their families

Since 1958, Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste has been organising international volunteer programmes and exchange initiatives. Rooted in critical engagement with the history of National Socialism, the organisation actively promotes solidarity and takes a clear stand against hatred and exclusion. At this stage, around 120 volunteers support Holocaust survivors, victims of forced labour, and others who endured Nazi persecution each year. They also work at memorial sites and contribute to projects that counter antisemitism, racism, and right-wing extremism.

The Foundation for the Welfare of Holocaust Victims (FWHV) supports Holocaust survivors in Israel who lack the resources to live in dignity. With help from the Authority for Holocaust Victims’Rights and the Claims Conference, the Foundation provides vital services—especially weekly homecare—to about 81,000 survivors annually. As the average age is 87 and 42 survivors pass away daily, the Foundation is committed to ensuring they are cared for and never forgotten.

Selfhelp was founded in New York in 1936 to support refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe. Today, Selfhelp runs the largest, most comprehensive Holocaust Survivor Program in North America. With 80 staff across six sites, the organisation provides trauma-informed services to over 5,000 survivors who face mounting health issues. Sixty percent live alone and many live at or below the federal poverty level. Selfhelp provides the support survivors need to age with dignity in their homes and communities.

Jewish Care is the leading provider of care and community services for the Jewish community in London and the South-East of England. The organisation's purpose is to deliver excellent support. They included the mental health charity Jami into their organisation in 2024. Every week, they touch 12,000 lives through their Holocaust Survivors Services, nine Care Homes, five Retirement and Assisted Living schemes, nine Community Centres, three Centres for People Living with Dementia, a telephone helpline, and much more.

Živá paměť's goals are: prevention of xenophobia, racism, antisemitism and antigipsyism; educational and documentary projects about the Nazi era; providing expert social counselling, psychosocial support, direct financial and material aid and personal assistant to NS survivors and their family members; enforcing NS victims´ legitimate interests; preventing social isolation and exclusion of NS survivors by supporting their contacts with social and cultural milieu and local communities.

JDC is the leading global Jewish humanitarian organization, working in 70 countries to lift lives and strengthen communities. We rescue Jews in danger, provide aid to vulnerable Jews, develop innovative solutions to Israel's most complex social challenges, and lead the Jewish community's response to crises. For over 100 years, our work has put the timeless Jewish value of mutual responsibility into action, making JDC essential to the survival of millions of people.

Latet – Israeli Humanitarian Aid is the largest NGO fighting poverty and food insecurity in Israel, active since 1996. Through a network of 210 local NGOs and 38,000 volunteers, it provides monthly aid to 100,000 families and 1,600 Holocaust survivors. In 2007, Latet launched the Aid for Life program to support Holocaust survivors living in poverty with holistic assistance including food, medical care, emergency funds, and home renovations.

World Jewish Relief is the Jewish community's humanitarian agency. Inspired by Jewish values, the organisation provides life-saving and life-changing action to people in crisis from within and beyond the Jewish community. Working with trusted local partners, World Jewish Relief today supports vulnerable people from marginalised communities around the world who are suffering the consequences of conflict, disaster and climate change, helping them to rebuild their lives.

Gvurot association is a non-profit organization that has been operating since 1986 and providing services for Holocaust survivors and senior citizens. The association operates a Daycare Center that serves more than 120 seniors. The daycare operates 5 days a week from 8.00-14.00 and offers a wide variety of services. The services include transportation, personal care service such as meals, bathing, accompanying to the bathroom, changing incontinence supplies, and assisting in feeding, physical activities, memory training; exercise classes, cultural events, various treatments such as animal therapy, color therapy, therapeutic gardening, social care and nurse accompaniment.

Nini Czopp is a non-profit organization offering holistic, home-based support to Holocaust survivors in Israel. Founded in 2002 to assist Dutch survivors and second-generation victims, its services expanded in 2022 to all survivors regardless of origin. Specialized programs address challenges like loneliness, dementia, trauma, and insecurity. Regular home visits by trained social workers ensure individualized care in a trusted and familiar environment.

Founded in 1988 in both East and West Germany, AMCHA Germany advances psychosocial support for Holocaust survivors in Israel. In 2024 alone, the organisation provided 116,000 hours of therapy to 4,100 survivors and 700 descendants. AMCHA raises awareness vis-à-vis the social and political impact of transgenerational trauma and contributes its expertise to current debates through advocacy, crisis intervention, and international networks.

KONTAKTE-KOHTAKTbI promotes dialogue between Germany and the former Soviet republics. The association fosters intercultural understanding, promotes historical education, and supports victims of Nazi persecution across Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Since 2003, it has provided assistance to the overlooked victims of National Socialism in these regions through charitable donations. In 2022, it launched the “Aid Network for Survivors of Nazi Persecution in Ukraine”.

The ZWST is the umbrella organisation for Jewish social welfare in Germany. Representing Jewish communities and regional associations, it is one of the six central bodies of independent welfare in the country. The ZWST is committed to inclusion and empowerment of marginalised groups within the Jewish community, with a strong focus on providing psychosocial care to Holocaust survivors living in Germany.

Founded in 2009, TMICHA is the charitable arm of the Jewish Community of Vienna. Its core mission has been to offer targeted assistance to families facing hardship or crisis. In its work, TMICHA prioritises empowering people to help themselves. Guided by its vision of a world shaped by hope and social justice, it provides counselling, food aid, and emergency financial support. Funding from the Alfred Landecker Foundation was used to support Holocaust survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Established in 1991, the Foundation for Polish-German Reconciliation supports victims of Nazi persecution in Poland, particularly former concentration camp prisoners and forced labourers. Its work also includes distributing financial aid from Germany. Additionally, the Foundation supports remembrance culture and German-Polish dialogue through exchange, encounter, and educational initiatives.

KAVOD helps Holocaust survivors in the U.S. live the remainder of their lives comfortably and with dignity by providing emergency aid for daily needs without cost to them. Through the KAVOD Survivors of the Holocaust Emergency Fund (SHEF) survivors across the country receive direct support, regardless of where they live. This includes medical assistance, food supply, home care, and transportation services.

UJA-Federation of New York is the world's largest local philanthropy. It funds a network of hundreds of partner organizations that can work individually and together to respond to ongoing challenges and emerging issues with a focus on to the most vulnerable in their communities. As part of these efforts, its Community Initiative for Holocaust Survivors (CIHS) helps vulnerable survivors in New York and Israel live their remaining years with dignity.