For mentally ill survivors, Holocaust terrors endure

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Holocaust survivor Michael Antushewicz poses for a portrait March 25 in Shaar Menashe Mental Health Center for Holocaust survivors in northern Israel. Antushewicz was born in Belarus in 1940, immigrated to Israel in 1966 and has been hospitalized for decades. On Sunday night Israel begins its annual...

PARDES HANNA, Israel—Some patients refuse to shower because it reminds them of the gas chambers. Others hoard meat in pillow cases because they fear going hungry.

At the Shaar Menashe Mental Health Center in northern Israel, it’s as though the Holocaust never ended.

As Israel o...

Published: 04/11/2010