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Soul to Sole Campaign – The Stories Behind the Shoes

Out of 185 orphans who were deported from the Lodz ghetto orphanage to Auschwitz just a handful survived. Arek Hersh was one of them.

I will never forget the moment I found shoes in Auschwitz. We must preserve the children’s shoes.

“Auschwitz was the end of my family. Still today, when I close my eyes, I see the chimneys”.

“When I arrived in Auschwitz, I was entirely on my own.”

Holocaust survivor Renee Salt was born in Poland in 1929. She arrived at Auschwitz at the age of 15. These are her memories:

New Film: ‘Three Minutes: A Lengthening’

Remembering Irene Mermelstein Z”L

Survivor Story: Halina Wachtel

How Determined: One Boy’s Holocaust Survival Story Continues to Impact Readers

Survivor Story: Chief Rabbi Péter Kardos

Survivor Speaker Series with Gabriella Y. Karin

The rise of antisemitism has been tied to rising tide of intolerance

“I am deeply worried that in 100 years the Holocaust will be a blip in history”

“Seeing people wearing a yellow star today is terrible! I had to wear mine as a kid. It was an offensive symbol, that segregated us from society”.

Werner Reich, a survivor of Mengele’s experiments and the death march in Auschwitz: “The Holocaust can happen again if we are not observant and if we don’t focus on humanity being taught to be ethical.”

I am worried that in 50 or 100 years history will be re-written untruthfully.

Without history, there will be no memory, and without memory, there will be no future.

‘Do not ever be complacent! Do not ever be apathetic or indifferent to emerging evil!’

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Israeli Holocaust survivors speak out against the growing trend of Holocaust trivialization and comparisons to Covid-19 measures

“There are very few survivors left, and I want the world to know that there was a Holocaust”

View 360º Survivor Testimony on Location at Historical Sites in Partnership with the USC Shoah Foundation

Everything is Cheap and Cheerful by Haley Deming

Three Generations of Holocaust Memory – The Life and Legacy of Abe (Abram) Goldberg OAM

“Our Liberation: Stories of Holocaust Survivors’ Road to Freedom”

Remembering Howard Kleinberg, z”l

Survivor Speaker Series: Mania Hudy

The March Report: Issue 5 Fall 2020

Survivor Speaker Series: Mala Tribich, MBE, United Kingdom

Fireside Chat with Rabbi Israel Meir Lau

Remembering Joe (Israel) Sachs, z”l

We Are Here: A Celebration of Resilience, Resistance, and Hope

75 Years Since WWII Ended, Book’s New Tech Brings Survivor Testimonies to Life

2020 Virtual March of the Living Ceremony

Everything Can Be Taken from You

Remembering Cecile Mosberg z”l

‘Schindler’s List’ producer and Holocaust survivor Branko Lustig dies at 87

Holocaust survivors tell their stories on location at concentration camps for 360-degree videos

Holocaust Survivor Shocked that Antisemitism is on the Rise

Holocaust Survivor Declares at March of the Living, ‘Hitler Did Not Win!’

Remembering Robert (Bob) Geminder, z’l

March of the Living Mourns Passing of Simcha Rotem, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Fighter

Remembering Dorothy Greenstein, z”l

Rockland survivor of 9 concentration camps recounts horror ‘Worse than Auschwitz’

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