I think I missed this memo.
After my morning tweets and status updates, I came across an article from the New York Times on my Twitter account about Holocaust survivors who are seeking insurance claims. Peaking my interest, I took a stab at learning what this was about. The article was about an 87-year-old, female holocaust survivor who is trying to find out the insurance policy that she thinks her father took out before the war. Easy enough to understand.
But what took me by surprise was the controversy over the matter. Little had I known there was such a large scale scandal with international insurance agencies fielding claims from survivors. My reaction was, “you’re kidding me, right?” Never would I have thought that companies would disregard the needs of holocaust survivors.
While the intentions of the State Department seem relatively neutral to the matter, I found it even more shocking that the Jewish groups like the American Jewish Committee have shot down prior attempts to resolve the matter as well.
One bit of hope coming from this article is that Congress is now standing by the holocaust survivors and to let the survivors have their day in court.
Regardless, should debating as to whether or not America should help the holocaust survivors even be a question? All I could think to myself is why anyone would question whether or not to help a survivor. Of course they should.
I leave you with a quote that I found most heart-wrenching throughout this story. Something to make you remember this story, and truly think about the lack of action that has been taken on this matter.
“What’s so painful is that we can see they’re [the insurance companies] just waiting for all of us to die,” she [the holocaust survivor] said.
