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\"I don't just want to talk to Jewish people, I want to talk to everyone,\" Rosenberg said. \"It's kind of taken on that kind of message where obviously it does effect Jewish people, but there are people of all ages, races, you name it. They're connecting with this message of no matter how hard things seem they can be, it can always be worse. There are ways we can work together and there is always hope.\"

333 Charity, which has applied for 501(c)3 status, sells apparel that is emblazoned with the number \"333\" to help continue the conversation about the Holocaust. The non-profit organization also accepts monetary donations. One-hundred percent of sales and donations are gifted to the UJA-Federation of New York to support Holocaust survivors.

\"It's been powerful to watch how far this has gone,\" Rosenberg said. \"It's taken off more than I ever imagined it would in such a short amount of time. People from around the world are ordering, donating and messaging me asking to be put in touch with Holocaust survivors. This has the power to really connect people and really get them to want to do better, and push themselves forward.\"

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PHOTO: 333 Charity founder Evan Rosenberg models apparel the non-profit organization sells to raise money for Holocaust survivors.
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Caring for Holocaust survivors

As Holocaust survivors age, they require more care due to earlier tribulations in life such as malnutrition in their younger years.

To date, 200,000 Holocaust survivors are living in Israel, 25% of whom are poor. In the New York-area alone, 40% of 36,000 survivors are living at or below the poverty line, according to the UJA-Federation of New York.

The UJA-Federation of New York runs a community initiative to raise funds for Holocaust survivors. Their funding provides survivors with home-based care, counseling with social workers and social programs that bring joy into their lives. On average, their clients range in age from mid-70s to as old as 101 years old.

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PHOTO: This undated file photo shows the main gate of the Auschwitz death camp complex in occupied-Poland. The writing over the gate reads 'Arbeit Macht Frei' (Work Sets You Free).
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\"We provide our survivors with money to cover food, medicine, rent or any one-time large expense that otherwise would send them spiraling into a crisis,\" Barber said. \"This allows our workers to pull on this pool of funds to meet the clients' needs.\"

Statistically speaking, survivors have fewer living relatives. Due to this, the loss of a spouse or friend can trigger trauma from their past experiences living through the Holocaust, according to Barber.

\"We are really trying to have these clients who were so traumatized earlier on in life end their life and live their life with the utmost dignity, and feel the warm embrace of community around them,\" Barber said. \"We want them knowing that we are there for them, we did not forget them, and what we say in our work is: 'We'll never forget those who passed and those who perished, and we'll also never forget and never stop caring for those who survived.'\"

The cost of caring for Holocaust survivors will not abate until 2025, according to the UJA-Federation of New York.

\"As every last survivor turns to us for help, we are going to be there to respond to their call and be their sort of last living relative,\" Barber said. \"We are really there until the end.\"

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