More than eight decades after surviving Auschwitz, Neuengamme and Bergen-Belsen, Helga Melmed, 98, spends her summers reclaiming a piece of what she had lost, volunteering at Camp Gan Israel in Venice, Fla.
This Day-Camp Counselor Is a 98-Year Old Holocaust Survivor
Helga Arndtheim had her childhood stolen by the Nazis and spent her teenage years struggling to survive Auschwitz and other concentration camps. More than eight decades later, Helga— now Helga Melmed— spends her summers reclaiming a piece of what she had lost.
