How a Filmmaker Is Racing to Preserve Holocaust Memory

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Four grandparents survived the Holocaust, but growing up, Leslie Benitah was forbidden to ask about the numbers on their arms or the trauma they carried. At night, she heard what silence concealed. Today, the journalist and filmmaker behind The Last Ones Foundation is racing against time to preserve Holocaust survivor testimonies before they disappear. With more than 100 interviews filmed across multiple continents, she is transforming Holocaust education through digital storytelling, classroom curriculum, social media, and a geolocated app that connects testimony to the places where history happened. She reveals why reaching young people means meeting them on their platforms, how survivor…