Tucked into the hillside of this ancient port city is a sight few Israelis ever imagined they’d see in the Jewish state.
It’s a simple, small housing shelter, converted from an old office building and not unlike ones for the homeless, drug addicts or battered women.
This facility, however, has a different clientele: Holocaust survivors.
The dozen or so residents are among those who more than six decades ago survived concentration camps or spent years as refugees fleeing Nazi persecution during World War II.
In Israel, many built prosperous, productive lives. But in old age, they’ve ended up broke, alone, sick or homeless, facing a painful choice between buying medicine or paying rent. Most have no remaining family; others have relatives unable or unwilling to help.
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