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Listening to the Voices of Survivors, and Nazi Perpetrators

JL;DR SUMMARY An audio exhibition at The New York Historical Society showcases previously unavailable recordings of Holocaust survivors, bystanders, and Nazi perpetrators, based on interviews conducted by Claude Lanzmann for his iconic 1985 documentary, Shoah. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustShoahHolocaust RemembranceClaude LanzmannNew York Historical SocietyIlana SafranYitzhak AradAudio ExhibitionUnesco Memory Of The World

Places mentioned

Netherlands
"Ilana Safran, a Dutch Jew who was imprisoned in the Sobibor extermination camp during the Holocaust, recounts her time there and her escape in 1943 to join the local partisans before eventually immigrating to Israel."
Lithuania
"Yitzhak Arad, a Lithuanian-born Jew active in the underground during World War II, speaks about fighting in the Israeli War of Independence and later becoming a brigadier general in the Israeli army."
Jerusalem, Israel
"He served as director of Yad Vashem, the Israeli Holocaust remembrance center in Jerusalem, from 1972 to 1993."
New York City, New York, United States
"Their voices are among those featured in a special audio exhibition at The New York Historical in New York City."
Berlin, Germany
"What distinguishes the exhibition is its focus on hearing, said Tamar Lewinsky, curator for audiovisual media at the Judisches Museum Berlin (Berlins Jewish museum), who also curated the New York City exhibition."
Paris, France
"Selections from the Lanzmann audio archives are also available at the Judisches Museum Berlin through April 12 and at the Shoah Memorial in Paris through March 29."
Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"Unused footage from the actual filming of Shoah is in the collection of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C."

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