Judith Frydman, a Holocaust survivor featured in a Times Square billboard project, recalls her early life in Budapest during the Nazi invasion at age one. The billboard honors 12 survivors as part of the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island's efforts to raise awareness about their experiences and legacies while the survivor population dwindles. With about 14,700 survivors living in New York, the initiative also underscores the importance of supporting their care as they age, raising funds through increased public awareness.
Frydman survived, along with her mother, and she moved first to Argentina and then to Israel. She settled in New York, where she has lived in the same Brighton Beach apartment for 57 years.
Raising awareness, according to Birman Wallace, is the first step in raising money to help New York's population of Holocaust survivors.
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