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Holocaust Survivor Recalls Past Traumas During COVID

Zinaida, a Holocaust survivor living in Israel, did not have much money for groceries and missed her friends during the COVID shutdown. CBN Israel donors stepped in and provided groceries and emotional support. Read Transcript


- [Narrator] Zinihidafelt lonely and anxious

during the coronaviruslockdowns in Israel.

The stress brings back memories

of her time as a littlegirl during the Holocaust.

- [Interpreter] TheNazi came to our village

in Belarus in 1941

and rounded up all the Jews.

My family were first to live in a barn

with the animals andwork in our own fields.

Everything we harvestedwas sent to Germany

while we are givenlittle or nothing to eat.

- [Narrator] Those who couldn't work

were immediately killed.

She said only 15 people

out of the 3,000 from her village survived

to see the end of the war.

Now living alone in Israelduring the pandemic,

Zinihida can't help butrecall her past traumas.

- [Interpreter] Those memory of hunger

have never left me,

not being able to see my friends,

many of them also Holocaust survivors

and share our experiences

has been heartbreaking.

- [Narrator] Zinihidadoesn't have much money

to buy groceries

and she hasn't been able to go out due

to the threat of catching the virus.

So CBN Israel brings her food

and checks in on her soshe feels less isolated.

- [Interpreter] It's been so nice

to have you come and bring me this food.

I love that you would take the time

to say hello and ask me how I am doing.

- [Narrator] Thanks tothe support of CBN donors,

Zinihida and other Holocaustsurvivors in Israel know

they'll have the food andemotional support they need

during the pandemic and after.

- [Interpreter] Your visits are something.

I always look forward to

and that helps me to get by.

That you remember me and careabout me means everything.

I am so very thankful for you.

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