Holocaust Survivors Live 'Close to Desperation'—in US

About 30,000 Holocaust survivors living in New York City and three surrounding counties are at or below the poverty line, the Wall Street Journal reports. After enduring Nazi horrors, fleeing their homelands, and struggling to make new lives in America, advocates say the plight of these survivors grows more serious as they age and require increased medical care, money for basic living needs, and other assistance. Now a coalition of groups led by the Survivor Initiative is trying to get $1.5 million from the City Council to help those survivors who need it the most—including those who lived through the double (or triple) whammy of 9/11 or 2012's Superstorm Sandy.

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