She was liberated in April of 1945 by American soldiers in Mittenwald, Germany. Sonia is a client in Selfhelp Community Services' Brooklyn Holocaust Survivor Program. Selfhelp is a nonprofit that supports seniors and at-risk populations in New York, including Holocaust survivors. (CNN) When I came to the United States in 1949 after the Second World War, the world had just witnessed the horrific culmination of centuries of anti-Semitism: the indefensible murder of 6 million Jews. Sonia K. and her husband Josef.

Source: CNN August 19, 2017 14:43 UTC