The Survivors' Project
This video testimony was recorded under the auspices of the Holocaust Museum & Center for Tolerance and Education. It was produced, and directed by Paul Galan, A Holocaust Survivor. These clips are part of an interactive educational video called The Survivors' Project.. The survivors featured in these video clips are local to the Lower Hudson Valley Region and many were intrinsic to the foundation of the Holocaust Museum. Though some of the survivors featured are no longer with us, their memory lives on and we are forever grateful to them for sharing their stories with us.
Ghettos
Though Jewish ghettos had a centuries-long history across Europe, the first ghettos established for the purposes of the Holocaust were created in October 1939. Ghettos served the purpose of separating Jewish people from society, further enabling their persecution and exploitation, and ultimately facilitating mass murder. Conditions in the ghettos were unsanitary, overcrowded, and lacking in necessities to support life. To learn more, watch the video clip above and read more at the USHMM’s Holocaust Encyclopedia: [ Ссылка ]
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