The Strength
of a Memory

About

I am Elinor, a high school senior living in New York. My great-grandparents and their siblings were young adults living in Poland during World War Two. They were persecuted due to their religion until some of them were fortunate to escape and eventually settle in Sweden, where the rest of my family, including me, were born.

I share with you below my great-grandfather's registration record at the Displaced Persons' Camp at Bergen Belsen from 1945. There, it is mentioned that he had a child that perished in Auschwitz. This memory was never discussed in my family. I dedicate Strenght of a Memory to the untold story of this child.

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Six million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust for no reason other than being  Jewish. A Jewish education, wearing a kippah on the street, or proudly displaying a menorah in your window, are all practices that are now taken for granted, but once were cause for death.

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My own family's story made me realize that if we don't pass on the story of what happened, it will be forgotten over the generations. Strengh of a Memory, is a platform to support this crucial goal.

My main objectives:

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• Interviews with Holocaust survivors. Learn more about their stories, and ask the main question of how they think we should pass on the story of the Holocaust to keep it alive throughout generations.

• Framing the challenge at hand - in discussion with Eva Fogelman. Fogelman is an American psychologist, writer, filmmaker, and a pioneer in the treatment of the psychological effects of the Holocaust on survivors and their descendants.

• Join the Movement​. As we are facing the reality were many Holocaust survivors are no longer with us, we need to ensure that all stories are personally carried forward by a new generation committed to preserving their memory. ​​

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