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The Child Survivor of Buchenwald — Microshort Stories Episode 5

Seven years old at Buchenwald, Yisrael Meir Lau was kept alive by a Soviet prisoner of war and found by an American chaplain. He became Chief Rabbi of Israel.

He was seven years old when his mother pushed him toward his older brother on a deportation platform. His father, the last chief rabbi of Piotrków, was murdered at Treblinka after charging the family that the chain must not break. A Soviet prisoner of war and an American army chaplain helped keep the boy alive at Buchenwald. He became Chief Rabbi of Israel. Microshort Stories are 3D animated short films that bring individual Holocaust stories to life in 90 seconds. Each episode focuses on one person — one act of courage, resistance, or witness.

The Sultan Who Said No — Microshort Stories Episode 4

In Vichy-occupied Morocco, Sultan Mohammed V refuses to hand over his Jewish subjects — "There are no Jews in Morocco, only Moroccan subjects."

"There are no Jews in Morocco, only Moroccan subjects." In Vichy-occupied Morocco, Sultan Mohammed V refuses to enforce France's antisemitic laws against his Jewish subjects. Microshort Stories are 3D animated short films that bring individual Holocaust stories to life in 90 seconds. Each episode focuses on one person — one act of courage, resistance, or witness.

Four Photographs — Microshort Stories Episode 3

Alberto Errera hides a camera in a bucket of human ash inside Auschwitz-Birkenau and takes the only photographs of the gas-chamber killing process ever made by the victims themselves.

A prisoner hides a camera in a bucket of ash and takes the only photographs of the gas chambers ever made by the victims. Microshort Stories are 3D animated short films that bring individual Holocaust stories to life in 90 seconds. Each episode focuses on one person — one act of courage, resistance, or witness.

The Boxer — Microshort Stories Episode 2

Salamo Arouch fought over two hundred boxing matches where losing meant death. He never lost a single one.

He fought over two hundred boxing matches where losing meant death. He never lost a single one. Microshort Stories are 3D animated short films that bring individual Holocaust stories to life in 90 seconds. Each episode focuses on one person — one act of courage, resistance, or witness.

The Forger — Microshort Stories Episode 1

Adolfo Kaminsky races to forge nine hundred identity papers for children marked for deportation.

An eighteen-year-old races to forge nine hundred identity papers for children marked for deportation. Microshort Stories are 3D animated short films that bring individual Holocaust stories to life in 90 seconds. Each episode focuses on one person — one act of courage, resistance, or witness.

The Little Giant of Vilna

The Little Giant of Vilna is an animated short telling the inspiring true story of Yitskhok Rudashevski, a courageous Jewish teenager from the Vilna Ghetto who documented life under Nazi occupation through his diary.