I still see ads for tours of Europe with famous Rav’s is this a good idea with anti-semitism on the rise and wearing a yarmulke could get you beaten or worse?
Why give your money to countries that gave up their Jews to the Nazis? An exception would be Italy, which protected Italian Jews and over 70% survived. In one incident, the Nazis rounded up over 1000 Roman Jews and demanded a ransom. Italian Catholics came up with the ransom money but the Nazis reneged and deported them anyway. Don’t confuse the Vatican with the local clergy. Local priests and bishops went out of their way to defy the Vatican and protect Jews.