Holocaust survivors

Using holograms and AI to preserve firsthand stories of the Holocaust

By Nancy Churnin — March 22, 2019
DALLAS (RNS) — Holocaust survivors themselves have been the most effective way to bring the Holocaust's horrors home. New technology now makes it possible to capture their stories in perpetuity.

As survivors age, Holocaust educators rush to preserve their irreplaceable testimony

By Michele Chabin — January 24, 2019
JERUSALEM (RNS) — The race against time has prompted a program to take survivors back to their hometowns in Europe to film their recollections of the places where they experienced the catastrophe most acutely.

Jewish teens enlisted to fight anti-Semitism in Germany

By Yonat Shimron — August 1, 2018
LUCKAU, Germany (AP) — With the number of survivors dwindling and schoolchildren today at least three generations removed from the Nazis, young Jews are being tapped to put a modern take on an old message.

The unlikely allies assisting Israel’s Jewish Holocaust survivors

By Yonat Shimron — January 26, 2017
HAIFA, Israel (RNS) Assistance from Christian organizations is more vital than ever, as the needs of this elderly population grow.

Ukraine monuments on mass graves recognize Jews killed in Holocaust

By Michael Scaturro — July 15, 2015
LVIV, Ukraine (RNS) New monuments to Ukrainian Jews killed by the Nazis give family members a place to visit and pay their respects, seven decades later.

As Holocaust Museum turns 20, the ranks of survivors dwindle

By Lauren Markoe — April 25, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) Adult survivors of the Holocaust are largely gone, and those who survived as children won't be around much longer. That's why when the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum marks its 20th anniversary Monday, museum officials say it's likely to be one the last large gatherings of survivors.
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