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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Inside the initiative to help impoverished Holocaust survivors live out their days in comfort
Description: Pinchas Gutter has been one of Canada's most active Holocaust survivors. He's spent years educating Canadians about the genocide and what life was like for European Jews during the war. But these days, he's also on a different mission: raising awareness about the 1,200 poor Holocaust survivors living in the Toronto area who are, he says, in need of up to $12 million just to live out their final years in dignity and comfort.
There are approximately 10,000 survivors living in Canada; according to global statistics, about one in three lives in poverty. Despite receiving financial aid from the Claims...