WATCH: Life Of 13-Year-Old Holocaust Victim Portrayed In Instagram Stories To Educate Young People
KASSY DILLON
Daily Wire
5/3/19
EXCERPT:
Last year, a survey showed that 22% of millennials had never heard of the Holocaust, two-thirds of millennials had never heard of Auschwitz, and 41% believed 2 million or fewer Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.
The survey was released by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Now, a new project geared toward young people was launched to coincide with Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah). The idea is simple: retell a 13-year-old Holocaust victim’s tragic story through Instagram stories.
The account, Eva.stories, was written and directed by Mati Kochavi and his daughter Maya. The project is based off the real-life journal of a 13-year-old Jewish girl living in Hungary named Eva Heyman, Fox News reports.
The first few posts begin in February 1944, depicting Eva as an ordinary young and happy girl with friends, school, and even a crush. Eva is initially light-hearted, using hashtags, filters, and fancy fonts. But soon the Nazi’s invade her city. She decides she must document everything.
“It’s the middle of the night, I can’t fall asleep,” Eva says. “The Germans have reached my city. I’ve never been so scared in my entire life. From today, I must document everything that happens to us, even if I’m tired or I want to play, I must document.”
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