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Coffeehouse gives Holocaust survivors support

Maurice Vegh's eyes welled with tears as he recalled the events of 66 years ago - seeing his mother and sister sent off to the gas chambers by the Nazis while he and his father were sent to work camps.

"You don't know how hard it is," the Long Beach resident said yesterday at a Hanukkah season "coffeehouse" event for Holocaust survivors to meet and find support. "No matter how hard you try,...

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