The history of survivors' pensions in Israel
The most poorly compensated half of the estimated 250,000 Holocaust survivors living in Israel who are entitled to monthly pensions, 52%, receive payments of NIS 1,200 to NIS 1,600.
Under the first compensation agreement between Israel and Germany, signed in 1953, Germany gave Israel $750 million in goods and services for the absorption of Holocaust survivors and to help the young state.
Germany conditioned the agreement on the renunciation of any future claims by Israeli survivors and their family members....
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Under the first compensation agreement between Israel and Germany, signed in 1953, Germany gave Israel $750 million in goods and services for the absorption of Holocaust survivors and to help the young state.
Germany conditioned the agreement on the renunciation of any future claims by Israeli survivors and their family members....