“How can anyone compare this with the horrors of what I have been through as a child Holocaust survivor?” Jacoby asked. “In addition, this current pandemic is bringing up feeling PTSD, uncertainty, and fear.”As of 2018, there were an estimated 100,000 Holocaust survivors living in the United States. The organization does provide culturally sensitive and language-friendly therapy sessions via telephone and has hosted a series of national teleconference for Holocaust survivors, their families and caregivers, the mental health component remains an uphill climb. “Holocaust survivors are particularly sensitive to knowing that one’s life can change from minute to minute, having faced death at the hands of the Nazis and their collaborators, one too many times,” Pearl explained. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APPWhat is also different for Holocaust survivors in isolation is that it evokes memories of the painful past, Pearl pointed out.

Source: Fox News July 16, 2020 20:31 UTC