Pinchas — Eating, Thanks to the Love of Christians
Pinchas, 84, is a Holocaust survivor who lost nearly his entire family to the Nazis. He was born in Germany and escaped to Russia with his family when the war broke out. Immediately, his father was drafted into the Red Army and was killed in war.
Pinchas's mother was left alone to flee from the Nazis with her three children. The family was soon devastated once again when Pinchas's older brother was murdered. Pinchas says his heart breaks to this day when he remembers the sound of his mother crying when she learned of her son's death.
Throughout the war, Pinchas's family struggled to survive. The children did not attend school for years in fear that people would discover they were Jewish. He remembers his little sister crying for food, and the feeling of constantly being hungry. Pinchas's childhood was worse than a nightmare, but he was lucky to survive.
After the war, Pinchas remained in Russia, got married, and worked as a successful metal welder until his business was robbed and destroyed in 1970. "There was still so much anti-Semitism," he says, "like I was worth nothing because I was a Jew." He dreamed every day of returning to his biblical homeland, Israel.
Five years ago, Pinchas was finally able to fulfill his lifelong dream of living in Israel. He is deeply grateful to The Fellowship's Guardians of Israel program, which funds the local soup kitchen were he eats every day. "I went starving because of the hate of the Nazis, and now I am eating because of the love of Christians," he says. "God bless you."
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