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Remembering Elie Wiesel (1928-2016)
On December 10, 1986, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, author, teacher, humanitarian and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel framed his Nobel acceptance speech, “Hope, Despair and Memory,” with this quote: “Remembering is a noble and necessary act. The call of memory, the … Continue reading
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How Saba Kept Singing and Survived the Holocaust Debuts on PBS
“I always sang. When I got into the camp, that’s what saved my life.”—David Wisnia. In the touching new, hour-long documentary, How Saba Kept Singing, David “Saba” Wisnia recalls the day he found his parents and younger brother murdered by … Continue reading
