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On the eve of WWII, the interwar Jewish world was creative and complex, a rich mosaic, full of change and hope for the future. Within a decade, most of Europe would be conquered by Nazi Germany. By 1945 two out of every three of these Jews were silenced forever.
The sights and sounds of this video are those of the Jews of Europe before the Holocaust. In their own words, through their diaries, letters and notebooks, and through their family films.

Sheryl Silver-Ochayon is a staff member at the International School for Holocaust Studies, Yad Vashem

Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Glimpses of Jewish Life before the Holocaust - 2:11

Archival footage and photographs:

- Yad Vashem Archives
- Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
- Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the World Zionist organization.
- EYE Filmmuseum, the Netherlands

Quotes from:

Tatelbaum, Itzhak. Through Our Eyes – Children Witness the Holocaust, Yad Vashem International School for Holocaust Stady, Jerusalem 2004.

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