Drawing from USC Shoah Foundation's audiovisual archive, ‘The Memory Generation’ seeks to 'expand the pyramid of memory' by giving survivors' voices contemporary relevance
A new MTV special airing next week will cover antisemitism in the lives of four Jewish activists.
The hour-long special is titled
With One voice: Fighting Hatred Together and will air Monday, May 31 across MTV, VH1 and the Smithsonian Channel. The doc will be hosted by
60 Minutes+ correspondent Laurie Segall and was produced in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month by ATTN.
“With the alarming rise of violence against the Jewish community and Jews across the country, it is imperative for all of us to take action to fight antisemitism,” said Chris McCarthy, president of MTV Entertainment, in a news release today (May 27).
Jan 31, 2021 Survivor Tova Friedmann speaks during a visit to the Auschwitz death camp 75 years after its liberation in January 2020.
Last week, the world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day, remembering the 6 million who perished simply because they were Jews.
Last year, Holocaust survivors and world leaders gathered to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the camp, where a stark message about the growth of anti-Semitism was delivered.
Survivor Tova Friedman speaks during that visit to the death camp, where she shared her experience and mourned over the children who were cruelly taken away.
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Auschwitz survivors mark anniversary of liberation online amid pandemic
A Jewish prayer for the souls of the people murdered in the Holocaust echoed Wednesday over where the Warsaw ghetto stood during the Second World War, as a world paused by the coronavirus pandemic observed the 76th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
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Members of the Polish parliament pay tribute as part of International Holocaust Remembrance Day in front of the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes, dedicated to the victims of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, in Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday.(Janek Skarzynski/AFP/Getty Images)