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Part animated, part real-life interview series telling the stories of children during the Holocaust.

These short films are suitable for teaching history and PSHE / modern studies at KS3 and KS4 / GCSE in England and Wales, and GCSE in Northern Ireland and National 4/5 in Scotland.

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Arek鈥檚 Story - Survival in Auschwitz-Birkena. video

Arek Hersh recounts his experience as a prisoner, at the age of only 14, in the notorious death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Arek鈥檚 Story - Survival in Auschwitz-Birkena

Interview with Holocaust survivor Arek Hersh. video

Arek Hersh, an 85-year-old concentration camp survivor expresses his anger for what the Nazis did to him. He talks about why it鈥檚 important for him to tell his story to others.

Interview with Holocaust survivor Arek Hersh

Heinz鈥檚 Story - Kristallnacht and escape to Britain. video

Holocaust survivor Heinz Skyte on life in Nazi Germany and his escape to Leeds in the UK.

Heinz鈥檚 Story - Kristallnacht and escape to Britain

Interview with Holocaust survivor Heinz Skyte. video

Heinz, a Holocaust survivor, reflects on his childhood experiences in Nazi Germany.

Interview with Holocaust survivor Heinz Skyte

Martin's Story - Interrupted childhood experiences of a young Holocaust survivor. video

Martin Kapel, a survivor of the Nazi Polenaktion ("Poland Action") in October 1938, relates his childhood that included expulsion, escape and bombing.

Martin's Story - Interrupted childhood experiences of a young Holocaust survivor

Interview with Holocaust survivor Martin Kapel. video

Martin Kapel came to the UK via the Kindertransport, following the Nazi Poland Action in October 1938. He reflects on the importance of studying history in order to learn from the past.

Interview with Holocaust survivor Martin Kapel

Ruth's Story - Escaping the Nazis as war began. video

Jewish girl Ruth Rogoff escaped from Germany and arrived in Britain on 3 September 1939. She relates her childhood experiences and talks of her mother鈥檚 remarkable courage.

Ruth's Story - Escaping the Nazis as war began

Interview with Holocaust survivor Ruth Rogoff. video

Ruth Rogoff discusses her memories of the Holocaust and details the horrors of watching footage from concentration camp Bergen-Belsen at her local cinema.

Interview with Holocaust survivor Ruth Rogoff

Trude鈥檚 Story - Escaping from Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia. video

In this animation, Trude Silman describes her experience as a young Jewish girl living in Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia, and escaping to Britain in 1939.

Trude鈥檚 Story - Escaping from Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia

Interview with Holocaust survivor Trude Silman. video

Trude Silman, a Holocaust survivor who escaped to the UK, reflects on the impact of her experiences and how it has shaped her subsequent beliefs.

Interview with Holocaust survivor Trude Silman

Suzanne鈥檚 Story - Hiding from the Nazis in occupied France. video

Suzanne Ripton鈥檚 story of living in hiding, as a Jewish child in Nazi-occupied France.

Suzanne鈥檚 Story - Hiding from the Nazis in occupied France

Interview with Holocaust survivor Suzanne Ripton. video

Suzanne Ripton, a Holocaust survivor who now lives in the UK, discusses the traumatic after effects of her experiences, her hatred of the Nazis and why we should remember the Holocaust.

Interview with Holocaust survivor Suzanne Ripton
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