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On the recordSeptember 17, 2014
Today there are less than 1/2 million survivors of humanity's darkest period, with nearly half of all survivors worldwide living at or below the poverty level.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

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Ros-Lehtinen points out the dire situation of Holocaust survivors today.

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