Review of Relevant Demographic Information on World Jewry


 

Publication Date: November 2003

Publisher: Jewish People Policy Planning Institute

Author(s): Sergio DellaPergola

Research Area: Population and demographics; Social conditions

Keywords: Demography; Holocaust; World Jewry; Elderly

Type: Report

Abstract:

This report aims at providing a new, independent, thorough and reliable evaluation of the number of Holocaust (Shoah) survivors in the world. The author reviews previous research that has been conducted in recent years on this topic. He then applies independent and systematic research criteria in order to provide the most comprehensive answer possible to the question at stake.