NBC News – May, 2022
Charity Legion in the news
NBC News – March 30, 2022
The race to evacuate Ukraine’s older population
Volunteer organizations are racing to coordinate rescue efforts for older Ukrainian refugees in hard-hit areas, including Kharkiv and the Donbas region. In Ukraine, one in four citizens is over 60 years old, according to HelpAge International. Most don’t want to be evacuated from their homes, yet 91 percent need help getting food due to mobility issues.
ABC News – March 29, 2022
Holocaust survivors rescued from Ukraine in ‘Operation Survivor’
A 96-year-old Holocaust survivor killed last week during Russian attacks in Ukraine
Boris Romantscheko survived four concentration camps during World War II, only to be killed in his apartment during a Russian attack. Nearly 10,000 reported Holocaust survivors live in Ukraine.
ABC News Live – March 25, 2022
Humanitarian Heroes: Julia Entin
In this week’s ABC News Live “Humanitarian Heroes” series, we talk to Julia Entin about her efforts to evacuate Holocaust survivors and other vulnerable Jewish Ukrainians.
AP News – March 19, 2022
Grassroots groups help rescue Holocaust survivors in Ukraine
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Since the shelling began to intensify in Kyiv and Kharkiv about a week ago, Julia Entin has been working feverishly — thousands of miles away in Los Angeles — to evacuate Holocaust survivors in Ukraine who find themselves trapped in yet another conflict.
For the last six years, the 39-year-old paralegal at Bet Tzedek Legal Services has helped connect Holocaust survivors with local services. Now, Entin is coordinating rescue efforts in Ukraine because she says she feels a personal connection to their painful predicament …
