17% of the Holocaust survivors who currently live in Israel were born in Morocco, according to recent data shared on Sunday by Israel ahead of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, which marks the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation. Holocaust Survivors' Rights Authority, an organization affiliated with the Israeli Prime Minister's Office, reported that over 123,700 Holocaust survivors currently reside in Israel. According to the report, 17% of these survivors were born in Morocco, 61% in the former Soviet Union, and 11% in Iraq. A significant portion of these individuals—about one-third—immigrated to Israel between 1948 and 1951. In the past 25 years, 9% of the survivors have arrived, including 54 newcomers in 2024 alone. The report categorizes survivors into three groups eligible for government support. The first group, consisting of 41,751 individuals, includes those who directly endured Nazi persecution. The second group, comprising 44,334 people, includes those who fled the Nazi Third Army, particularly from the Soviet Union during the German invasion. The third group, numbering 37,630, includes victims of World War II-era anti-Semitism, such as Jews who lived under the Vichy regime in Morocco and Algeria, as well as Jews in Iraq.
