Hundreds of Tunisian Jews get Holocaust survivor status due to late testimony – Campaign by Aviv for Holocaust Survivors nonprofit proved that even though no official Nazi decree was issued, women and children had to carry out forced labor during the war. | israelhayom.com

Jewish women and children who arrived in Israel after 1953 from Tunisia will be recognized his Holocaust survivors by the state, Israel Hayom as learned. The policy until now has excluded this group from being treated as Holocaust survivors to the full extent, denying them various stipends and entitlements. This, despite the forced labor that they had to endure under the Nazi occupation.