The Program

Program Summary

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Students learn first-hand about the Holocaust through the production of their own oral history documentary.

• Students conduct oral history interviews

• Students preserve first hand testimonials

• Students form intergenerational connections

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Curriculum

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Preparation:

• Interviewing techniques

• Oral history

• Documentary film tools

• Internet research

• Editing

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Advisors:

• Throughout the program, professionals - journalists, filmmakers and Holocaust survivors - advise, guide and prepare the students for the interviews.

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Interviews:

• Each group of students conducts  a one-hour interview with a Holocaust survivor or a World War II veteran

• These small segments of the history of WWII and its aftermath are preserved via digital media

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The Documentary:

• In addition to the student-created documentary, the filmmaker produces a mini-documentary entitled Names, Not Numbers®: A Movie in the Making" that details the entire year-long program.

• A culminating event is organized, which honors the interviewees and showcases the students' work via the mini-documentary

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