On eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israel home to 165,800 survivors Israel is home to 165,800 Holocaust survivors, according to data released on Wednesday by the Ministry for Social Equality and Pensioners ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Israeli state agencies define as survivors anyone “exposed” to the Nazi regime, including those who lived in countries conquered by Nazi Germany or were under direct Nazi influence in 1933-1945, as well as refugees who fled those areas due to the Nazis. Today’s survivors are all over 75 — World War II ended 75 years ago — and around 19% of them...