[SauronOfMordor]

My father, a WW2 veteran, died 10 years ago. How is it that there are holocaust survivors still around to be quoted? I mean no offense, but how is that possible? I'm a Vietnam vet, and I'm getting long in the tooth.

1945 was 58 years ago. Somebody who is 70 now, would have been 12 then, so there are still a bunch of survivors kicking around. Those who were adults then are mostly dead now, though.

The point is, who qualifies as a "holocaust survivor"? Is it only (a)those who actually went into the camps and survived, (b)those who were in Nazi-occupied Europe, or (c)any Jew who was alive in 1945 anywhere in the world, even safe in the USA. I tend to go with (b).

How many Jews of category B now live in the United States? I doubt that many.

[sfRummygirl]

I know one survivor, who is in his late 60's, I think. He was a small child while he was in the camps. He still has the number tatoo. It's huge, on his arm.

Now here is an interesting fact about this man. Just goes to show you people can't be judged by even all their life experiences.....
He is a FLAMING communist. And was a member of ACT UP, when I knew him. He's homosexual.

The commie part really tripped me out.