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  1. Elie Wiesel Lecture

  4. Temoignages Pour Memoire

  5. Living with the Memory (Hebrew)

  6. The secondary witness: an interview with Terrence Des Pres

    Terrence Des Pres, a scholar of the Holocaust describes the origins of his interest in the subject, and his work studying and teaching Holocaust literature. He particularly focuses upon his book about survivors.

  7. Fred O. edited testimony

    Fred O., a physician, recalls the health problems resulting from pervasive lice in the Warsaw and Hrubieszów ghettos. He describes his futile attempt to save his parents and the last time he saw them before their murder at a mass grave outside of Hrubieszów, then discusses his sadness at liberation, and others taking revenge on their guards. Dr. O. reflects upon the inadequacy of language to convey his experience to others.

  8. Witness: voices from the Holocaust /

    The stories of nineteen Holocaust witnesses and survivors, including an American POW, resistance fighters, a Jesuit priest, an American liberator, a Hitler Youth, and ghetto and camp survivors, create a narrative of the Holocaust in the words of those who experienced it. This edited program includes historical and personal photographs and footage.

  9. A Appelfeld Words and Images

  10. Remembering Częstochowa, Poland

    Seven survivors from Częstochowa, Poland describe their lives before the war; German invasion; ghettoization; mass killings; deportations; slave labor in German factories established in Częstochowa; liberation by Soviet troops, and their losses. This edited program was prepared for an exhibit in Częstochowa that was also shown in Kraków, Warsaw, and the United States. There is a version with Polish subtitles.

  11. Yugoslav Voices from the Holocaust /

    Many aspects of the history of the Holocaust in the former Yugoslavia are told through the voices of those that survived it. This edited program includes excerpts of Jews rescued by Serbs, Croats, and Bosnians; a Serbian non-Jewish rescuer whose husband was shot for hiding Jews; survivors of concentration camps in Yugoslavia; those deported elsewhere; camp escapees; and partisans. The survivor and witness testimonies were recorded in the United States, Israel, and the former Yugoslavia between 1982 and 1996. They tell of the Sephardic Jewish community before the war, life under the Nazis, l...

  14. Living with the Memory (English)

  15. St. Louis: Bardeleben

  16. Maine Survivors Remember

  18. The Holocaust: Through Our Eyes

  19. Words and Images: Appelfeld Demo

  20. Thou Shalt Tell They Sons' Sons