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Holocaust survivor Yulia Wodna, 80, cries in the dining room in the Shaar Menashe Mental Health Center for Holocaust survivors in Pardes Hanna, Israel on Aug 19, 2010. Yugoslavian-born Wodna lived long days in forests with her parents who were Partisans. As a young girl she witnessed mass murders of Jewish people, including some of her relatives. ..Shaar Menashe Mental Health Center for Holocaust survivors in Pardes Hanna, Israel, managed by the Israeli Association for Public Health, is a home for about 70 Holocaust survivors. Most of them, who were children during the Holocaust, lost many or all of their family members. Along the years they emigrated to Israel, tried to integrate into the Israeli society and build their new lives but they were driven insane by their childhood experiences, and instead, they ended up in mental institutions. Sixty Five years afer the end of WWII, they are still living the horror. Photo by Gili Yaari / Flash 90 (KEYSTONE/Flash90/Gili Yaari)