As the days go by, their numbers begin to dwindle with all too few survivors left to share their stories. Their sagas are incomprehensible, too painful to endure, and yet despite overwhelming adversity, they triumphed over the greatest horror ever known to mankind by rebuilding the shattered remnants of their lives.
Each and every survivor is a true hero, a precious treasure holding the key that links our past to our future. Who will tell over their stories when the last survivor is gone?
The Last Survivor is an epic production, directed by Daniel Finkelman and produced by Cecelia Margules while capturing the stories of these crucial links to our tenuous past.
Some may be weathered while others glisten gracefully, yet all are vital to the existence of the Jewish people. Now in their golden years, these last survivors are passing the torch to us, making us responsible to transmit our legacy to our children, our grandchildren and for generations to come, so that even after they are gone, their stories will live on forever.
The film that is still in progress will be featured at the “Last Survivor” annual Holocaust survivor gathering in Las Vegas on December 13th at the Venetian Hotel and will be followed by an historic tribute concert with Dudu Fisher.
At the event some of the survivors participating in the film will be present.
thank you to the survivors for opening up, the story needs to be told to help protect our future
I’m 2nd generation and live in Israel. I’m going to be participating in a course which is designed to train children of survivors to tell the story of their parents in the future. Just as it’s very common for survivors to go and speak about their experiences in school, at Yom Hashoah ceremonies etc, this course will train their children to take their place. A brilliant idea which other places should adopt
thank u to the producers we need to tell the next generation
This is so wonderful that a film be made with “Survivors” talking themselves. My late mother, z”l, never told us anything, until Steven Spielberg got these “tortured Neshamas” to open up. She was a survivor from Vilna, Poland. It was very traumatic growing up in a home where my mother was sometimes happy, but most times unhappy. Her precious Neshama was soooo tormented. Her story is in a book published in Cape Town, South Africa; & her picture is on the wall in the Holocaust Museum; as well as a video having being made by Steven Spielberg’s direction. My late… Read more »