Honoring the Sacred Pledge
Holocaust Survivor Program
Selfhelp’s services for Holocaust survivors honor the sacred pledge made by our founders: to serve as the last surviving relative to victims of Nazi persecution. This promise remains our imperative. Our overarching goal is to provide Holocaust survivors with the services they need so that they may live with the comfort and dignity they so richly deserve.
WHY CHOOSE SELFHELP
- Selfhelp operates the oldest and largest program providing comprehensive services to Holocaust survivors in North America
- We care for 5,400 elderly and frail individuals.
- Survivors are served by Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed (PCTI) Care trained professionals who work exclusively with Holocaust survivors.
- For over 85 years we have assisted Jewish refugees escaping Nazi persecution before and during WWII and the survivors of the Holocaust after the war ended.
- Operating out of five offices, with locations in midtown Manhattan, Washington Heights, Brooklyn, Queens, and Nassau County. Please click here to view our locations.
WE ARE HERE TO HELP
Holocaust survivors are growing older and frailer and their needs are more complex than ever before. In addition to the myriad problems associated with ‘normal aging’, many survivors have numerous physical and psychological problems directly attributable to their experiences during the Holocaust. Prolonged periods of starvation and exposure to unspeakable atrocities take their toll on body and mind.
Message us to see if you are qualified for our programs. You can also call us at 212-971-7600.
HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS IN NEW YORK
To plan for the future provision of services to Holocaust survivors, in 2013, Selfhelp released its second edition of a demographic analysis of the number of survivors in New York, with projections of the needs and number through 2025. You can download the PDF by clicking the button below.
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Witness Theater, now in its twelfth year in New York, is an innovative intergenerational program bringing together Holocaust survivors and high school students to elicit, expose and memorialize the moving stories of survival. Through a guided drama therapy process, group members explore issues of war, loss and trauma while at the same time forming deep and meaningful relationships that dissolve the barriers between generations.
