Sunday, April 11, 2010

Note to Holocaust Deniers: Have You Talked With These Survivors?

MSNBC ran this story set in Shaar Menashe Mental Health Center in northern Israel. It has patients suffering from PTSD and mental illness caused by their experiences in the Nazi concentration camps.

Today about 220,000 survivors are still alive in Israel. About 200 are in Shaar Menashe and the other two homes.

"These are the forgotten people. These are the ones who have been left behind, the people who have fallen between the cracks," said Rachel Tiram, the facility's longtime social worker.

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