PresentMemory launches beta site to empower the next generation to share their family s Holocaust stories
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LOS ANGELES, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, on Yom HaShoah, PresentMemory announced the launch of its beta site to
empower the families of Holocaust survivors to share their personal stories in a compelling, easy-to-follow narrative, using best-available imagery and data – and a user-friendly online interface.
PresentMemory was started by
Emily Kane Miller, the grandchild of survivors, who wanted to tell her own family s story, and knew the process to create a high-quality, engaging presentation could be time-consuming and challenging.
Families of Holocaust survivors see historical parallels in the news
For Bay Area residents whose family members survived the Holocaust, the violence staged in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was personal, evoking intergenerational memories of unforgettable pain. Their takeaways were similar: They saw it coming. Hate has proliferated, despite efforts to disarm it. Truth has been a casualty.
And yes, “it” could happen again.
“For four years, people who are experts on authoritarianism and fascism have been warning us that this moment was coming,” said San Francisco journalist Dave Pell, whose mother, Eda, survived the war hidden in a French children’s home and whose late father, Joseph Pell, fought the Nazis as a teenage Polish partisan.
Kfir Gavrieli Aids in Securing and Shipping PPE Supplies for Local Front Line Workers
LA-based entrepreneur and CEO of Tieks aids in logistics of critical PPE face shields for L.A. County Hospitals
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The COVID-19 pandemic has brought an unprecedented demand for personal protective equipment (PPE), including face shields for frontline medical workers. As COVID-19 surges, PPE is in short supply across the country and especially in Los Angeles. After securing a generous donation of face shields from volunteers in the Northeast, a local group was left needing support from a logistics partner that could store thousands of face shields so that volunteers could deliver them to several LA hospitals.