For thousands and thousands of years, humans have told stories with their words; words were the only way that the past and all its lessons could make its way into the hearts of the next generation. But today, with safety from most types of violent oppression, people are forgetting that past. For the ~245,000 living holocaust survivors, that past is the Holocaust. Those who experienced the atrocities of the Holocaust are an aging population, and their ability to orally share their stories are aging with them. We are the last generation who will be able to hear Holocaust speakers in person. And then there will only be videos, and soon, only memories. Let us hope that their memories are enough.
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George Bardenstein: A French-American Jew
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