From Surviving to Teaching: Honouring last Swiss Holocaust survivors educating the next generation

Through the Last Swiss Holocaust Survivors initiative, we aim to capture survivor narratives using advanced technology, connect with youth on social media, and expand our global outreach with multilingual resources.

The Last Swiss Holocaust Survivors project tackles the need to preserve Holocaust testimonies as survivors age. It engages younger generations via social media, expands global education, and uses 3D holograms to ensure stories are remembered.

With Holocaust survivors diminishing, there’s an urgent need to preserve their stories and pass on lessons to future generations. We must innovate documentation methods, engage youth through social media, and support intergenerational collaboration.

The foundation is creating high-quality 2D recordings and has started capturing eyewitness interviews using volumetric technology, known as holograms. This involves 40 cameras in a studio recording survivors in 3D while they share their life stories.

Memoriale della Shoah di Milano, United Nations Headquarter New York, Paidea, The Jewish Institute for EuropeanStudies in Sweden, Jewish Museum of Greece, Swedish Holocaust Museum in Stockholm.

The measurable outputs of the project include a digital survivor testimonies archive, engaging social media content reaching millions, and educational resources made available in schools for the younger generations.

Our project’s uniqueness stems from its innovative use of technology to preserve Holocaust testimonies while engaging younger audiences. The Gamaraal Foundation is well-suited for this initiative due to our experienced team, strong ties with survivor