Holocaust survivor Goldie thanking The Blue Card for financial assistance
Goldie, a Holocaust survivor living in the United States, got into financial hardships later in her life. When she and her husband had no one to turn to for help, her Social Worker reached out to The Blue Card. 15+ years later, The Blue Card still helps Goldie stay independent and in her home. Throughout […]
Freda – Holocaust Survivor Story
Freda feels more secure with an emergency response system.Frieda was born in a Tulchin Vinnitsa, Ukraine. After the Nazis occupied the town, Freda and her family were taken to a camp, Pcchora, where, in a gruesome beating, she lost her hearing. Only nine years old, she escaped the camp daily and retrieved food for the […]
Claire – Holocaust Survivor Story
Claire, who receives dental services, has an unusual story; she was treated by the Germans as a European Jew even though she was born in the United States and is not Jewish. At age 13, Claire and her parents were visiting their extended family in Italy when the Nazis entered the town they were visiting. […]
Boris – Holocaust Survivor Story
Boris was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1931. In 1939, he was forced to work in a labor battalion that traveled all over Hungary helping to build trenches and railroads tracks. In 1944, Boris was hiding in an underground basement in the Budapest Ghetto. One night, when the neighborhood was bombarded, he fled and barely […]
Eva Costabel – Holocaust Survivor Story
Eva was born in 1925 in Yugoslavia, to a middle-class Viennese family. In 1941 her father Arnold was arrested by the Ustashe, Yugoslav Nazis. He was later murdered in the gas chambers of the Treblinka concentration camp in Poland. The Ustashe came back and stole her family home at gunpoint, making Eva and the rest […]