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Croatia: Opatija Retreat
“Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I cannot say any more than thank you,” Lea Kriesbacher quietly and earnestly whispers into the phone. She rushes on, “If I have one word, it is a dream. A dream which every winter for the past four years has come true.” Lea is one of about 70 survivors […]
Survivor Story: Lilia Neuman
Lilia Neuman of Sweden smiles when she talks about her social worker, saying that she “helps me with everything. It’s a blessing to have her here.” This vital assistance, provided by the Jewish Community of Stockholm through grants from the Claims Conference, enables 95-year-old Lilia to stay safely in her Stockholm home. Born in […]
Providing Vital Care for Holocaust Survivors in New York
Isaac and Rosa Blum survived the Holocaust in a Polish forced-labor camp, making bullets for the Nazis. Now both in their early 90s, they credit the homecare assistance they receive from a New York City social welfare agency, through funding from the Claims Conference, as the primary reason they are able to still live independently […]
Fellow Profile: Luca Fenoglio
Luca Fenoglio’s interest in the Holocaust started when he was growing up in Italy. “As a teenager, I found several books on Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and the Holocaust in my father’s library,” Luca recalled. “As I started reading, I realized that the path that led to the murder of millions of Jews during the […]
