Honoring the Sacred Pledge
Holocaust Survivor Program
When Holocaust survivors receive care that respects their experiences, they have the support needed to live dignified lives as they age. Aging Holocaust survivors face unique challenges receiving care, especially as their needs grow in complexity as they age. We are here to serve as the last surviving relative for every survivor.
WHY CHOOSE SELFHELP
- Selfhelp operates the oldest and largest program providing comprehensive services to Holocaust survivors in North America
- We care for more than 5,000 elderly and frail individuals every year.
- Survivors are served by Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed (PCTI) trained professionals
- For almost 90 years we have assisted Jewish refugees escaping Nazi persecution before and during WWII, and caring for the survivors of the Holocaust after the war ended.
- Offices in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Nassau County. Please click here to view our locations.
Build Bonds. Change Lives.
Volunteer with Holocaust Survivors in NYC & Nassau County.
Contact us at volunteer@selfhelp.net
“I am very grateful that my mother can live out her ending years with the dignity that she didn’t have when she was interned and suffered so much.” – Daughter of Mrs. H
Aging Holocaust survivors face unique challenges. Impacted by their childhood trauma long into adulthood, their needs are significantly more complex than those of most other older adults.
We have been privileged to serve survivors for 89 years. This legacy of compassionate, trauma-informed care enables us to meet the ever-changing and increasing needs of over 5,000 survivors.
Our professional team of social workers provides the support and respect each person needs to live a comfortable, dignified life as they age. Our full spectrum of services includes home care, case management, financial assistance, pastoral care, and social programs so survivors can age with the dignity they deserve.
WE ARE HERE TO HELP
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.
Message us to reach one of our social workers. 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 thirteenth 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.
