![]() “We came up with the name because ‘kavod’ means dignity, honor and respect” in Hebrew, Amy said. “We found that unconscionable,” Amy said. The couple learned that 30 percent to 35 percent of Holocaust survivors in America - about 35,000 people - live in poverty. “Because that’s what they’ve experienced.” “We found that the survivors, when they don’t have enough money, they do without food,” he said. He soon found this woman’s situation was more common than he ever realized. “She told me, ‘This month I had to spend my grocery money to take care of a broken air conditioner,’ ” John said. ![]() ![]() She took John into the kitchen and opened her refrigerator. As often happens when he goes into these homes, the woman offered him something to eat. John was photographing a Holocaust survivor in Orlando, Florida, when he first learned the extent of this population’s struggles. Richardson, The Denver PostPhotographs of Holocaust survivors taken by John and Amy Israel Pregulman hang in their office in Denver on Jan. There are an estimated 100,000 Holocaust survivors living in the U.S., and the couple understands that it might be unrealistic to reach them all. They’ve also started a nonprofit, called KAVOD, which provides emergency aid to the surprisingly high number of survivors living in poverty. John and his wife, Amy Israel Pregulman, have now documented 735 survivors across 36 cities. “I became completely overwhelmed by these amazing, courageous people,” he said.įive years later, Pregulman has turned that one trip into an unprecedented project: a quest to photograph every living Holocaust survivor in the United States. By the end of it, Pregulman yearned to do more. ![]() He ended up photographing 65 survivors over three days. Pregulman figured he’d help his friend out, but it wouldn’t be a big deal. The friend asked if Pregulman, a Denver resident who, in his 20s, spent time as a freelance photographer, could photograph some survivors for a new museum exhibit. John Pregulman had no idea when he offered to help an old friend take pictures of Holocaust survivors in Chicago that the act would turn into his life’s calling. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu ![]()
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