Program Stories

“When WWII began, my father was killed during the first days.” So remembers 85-year-old Jasmina, a Jewish woman born in Ukraine.

Lydia has survived so much in her life. She survived the Holocaust. She survived decades under Sovi

“You are my guardian angel.” That’s what 80-year-old Raya said during a recent visit from a F

“Zev remembers the Holocaust very well. In first grade when the Nazis invaded his hometown in Ukr

“The visits I receive from The Fellowship are the only company I have.” These words are hear

Just a small child when the Nazis overran her hometown, Serafima fled in the arms of her mother as

Leonid has lived a life marred by tragedy. But to meet him you wouldn’t know it—the optimism an

When Lidia meets us at the door of her small apartment in Nof HaGalil — an Israeli town near Nazareth — just the few steps she took leave the 90-year-old Jewish woman out of breath. She cannot get used to this helplessness, not after a physically exhausting life as a milkmaid or as that of someone who survived the Holocaust.

Natalia is 50 years old, but she looks much, much older. The worry and tiredness etched into this J

Sensing impending doom for his Jewish family, Hana’s father sent his two daughters off with their mother and grandparents, while he stayed behind to tend the farm. When the Nazis arrived in 1941, his family believed he’d been killed… and they believed that to be the case for the entire war.

Just a small child when World War II came to her Jewish family’s community in Ukraine, Beba remembers little of life before the Holocaust. With seven children whose lives depended on her, Beba does remember that her mother “was a real hero.”

Evgenia lives in one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the town of Katzrin in the Golan Heights in northern Israel. The block of apartments is in poor condition, but Evgenia’s apartment is cozy, clean and neat—this elderly Holocaust survivor has kept it up as best she can, all by herself.