Sydney’s Holocaust survivors are being made into interactive holograms in a bid to tackle anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial long after they have gone.
“Do you fear a world where there are no Holocaust survivors left?”
“Yes,” answered Eddie Jaku, almost 101 years old, without hesitation.
Jaku, the self-professed “happiest man on earth”, lived through Buchenwald and Auschwitz, where both his parents were murdered.
“Because what you read is not always correct. And what you read is not always honest,” he continued.
A brief conversation with Jaku spans his lifetime. He speaks in proverbs on hope and happiness, and scatters anecdotes about the war, about survival, about his mother who he misses every day, his wife who he would do anything for, his children who he was tough with, and his book, which he is so proud of.
Sadly, the Sydney Jewish Museum – and Jewish communities around the world – are planning for a future without holocaust survivors.
Hearing from a survivor, Sydney Jewish Museum CEO Norman Seligman said, puts the Holocaust into context.
He said it’s not just about what happened 75 or 80 years ago, but there’s an important message in how survivors rebuilt their lives. It’s an Australian story too.
Read the article by Joanna Panagopoulos in The Daily Telegraph.