Not only in Israel will Holocaust Remembrance Day be celebrated in the coming day, the organization of the Jewish Federations in North America has joined other Jewish organizations and will hold a multi-participant online event in memory of the survivors. The keynote speaker at the conference will be Wendy Lauer, an expert on Holocaust events in Ukraine who has even written a book about it.
In 2015, the Federation established the Center for the Welfare of Holocaust Survivors and the Institute for Aging and Trauma. The center has supported more than 31,000 thousand survivors over the years and provided thousands of post-trauma treatments, based on data released by the organization indicating that at least one in three Holocaust survivors in the United States is poor and most of them from the former Soviet Union. Welfare services for survivors across the United States.
My center director Red Wernick refers to the effects of the war in Ukraine on the survivors, “There is no doubt that the harsh sights of children and women miraculously on their souls are very difficult for survivors, for them it is a return to an experience from the past and not a distant event.” The Center helps survivors with these feelings and Wernick emphasizes that the fact that most caregivers and social workers also come from Ukraine contributes – “they work tirelessly for the survivors, it’s in their minds.”
Tomorrow at noon United States time will be the event, in which in addition to raising the memory of the victims will be dedicated to the recognition of former Soviet immigrants as Holocaust survivors. “Our center was established so that we will not forget what happened in the Holocaust and in addition an overriding goal is to provide security and a good life for Holocaust survivors. I am glad that the federation organization cares for survivors across the country.” Mark Wilf concludes President of the Board of Trustees of the Organization of Jewish Federations of North America.