Holocaust Resources
Lesser-known Holocaust resources curated by Leslie's daughter, Yolanda.
Proving The Truth Behind The Holocaust
Robert Jan van Pelt, professor of architecture at the University of Waterloo, offers a tour of the Evidence Room which contains recreated artifacts. They were the basis of his testimony as an expert witness at the David Irving trial in London in 2000 about Auschwitz as the site of a death factory.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InKifJC13s4
EDEK
The multi award-winning music video commissioned by The National Holocaust Centre and Museum about Holocaust survivor Janine Webber, narrated in rap by hip hop artist Kapoo. Also featuring Issy Burnham. The film led to an amazing discovery by Janine, 75 years after the events she experienced.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu2qKsKik64
Say I’m a Jew by Pier Marton (1985)
Interviews with the adult children of Holocaust survivors who were raised in Europe and are now living in the U.S. They discuss the legacy of the Holocaust that was passed on by their parents and what it means to be Jewish.
For more information about where to see the film, visit: https://piermarton.info/say-im-a-jew-by-pier-marton-1985-28-min/
Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead (2014)
Garri Urban, survivor of Holocaust and Gulag and author of the autobiographical book of the same title, revisits the sites of his horrors and triumphs, 50 years later. Culled from video diaries shot over the course of fourteen years by director Stuart Urban and featuring an extended interview conducted with his father Dr. Garri Urban.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F_Zpr37ugg