That Which Does Not Kill Us…

We constantly hear about the damage that stress can do our health. So one would assume that anyone who survived something as traumatic as the Holocaust would take a serious hit to their lifespan. But a recent study found just the opposite. “Men who’d survived the Holocaust lived longer — significantly longer — than their peers who’d never been under Nazi oppression.”

+ “The night the SS rounded up the Jews of his ghetto, 18-year-old Yosel Epelbaum crawled on his hands and knees to a nearby forest soon to be engulfed by winter.” If you’re interested in learning more about one amazing survivor, check out my dad’s book called Taking Risks.