Lisa, a Holocaust Survivor living in Israel, remembers painful memories of life in a Ukrainian ghetto during the separation and fear of the COVID pandemic. CBN Israel donors help alleviate stress by ensuring Lisa and other Holocaust Survivors ...
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- [Reporter] Lisa is a Holocaust survivor
who lives in Israel.
The stress of the COVID-19lockdowns and forced isolation
have caused her painful memories
of life in a Ukrainianghetto to resurface.
- [Translator] I was seven
when we were forced bythe Nazi into the ghetto.
Food was very hard to comeby and you could wake up,
not knowing if you haveanything at all to eat that day.
Then each evening we seecarts going down the road
filled with the bodies ofthose who starved to death.
- [Reporter] The constanthunger she experienced
those years in the ghetto
left a lasting psychologicalburden she carries to this day.
- [Translator] That feeling of hunger
is just stuck deep down inside me.
It's a trauma stuck betweenus Holocaust survivors
and the separation andfear caused by this virus
has made it worse.
- [Reporter] Because of her age
and the risk of catching the coronavirus,
Lisa isn't able to go grocery shopping
like she normally would.
So CBN Israel brings herfood and checks up on her
while taking extraprecautions to keep her safe.
- [Translator] I think it's amazing
that you would want to do this for me.
- [Reporter] Thanks to CBN Israel donors,
Lisa and other Holocaustsurvivors across the country
have the comfort of knowingthey'll have food to eat,
and someone to look afterthem through this crisis.
- [Translator] I am sovery thankful for you
and your support.
It means everything toknow that you remember us,
may God bless you and protect you.
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