The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) today launched “I Survived Auschwitz: Remember This,” a new digital campaign featuring Holocaust survivors who endured the extermination camp synonymous with evil. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the largest and deadliest Nazi concentration and extermination camp. More than 1.1 million people were murdered at the camp during its five years of operation.

This two-week social media endeavor features Holocaust survivors answering the question: Given your experience as an Auschwitz survivor, what is one specific thing – a person, a moment or an experience – you want people to remember for generations to come?

The powerful responses include survivors wanting the world to remember family members, pivotal moments during the Holocaust and towns where they had lived that were dramatically changed or completely lost during World War II.

Gideon Taylor, President of the Claims Conference said, “The horrors that occurred at Auschwitz were an evil that no human should ever endure, but also an evil that no human should ever forget. While it is difficult to imagine oneself in a concentration camp, we can all relate to wanting people to remember loved ones we’ve lost, experiences that shaped us and moments that were important to us. It is critical that we educate future generations about Auschwitz. I Survived Auschwitz: Remember This does so by connecting the generations with our shared humanity.”

The campaign is inspired in part by Auschwitz survivor Aron Krell’s testimony about his brother, Zvi, who died from starvation after a year in the Lodz ghetto. Aron Krell remembered Zvi – the second of three boys in their family – as a soccer player. But the lack of food, grueling forced labor and dearth of medical treatment left Zvi emaciated. Aron recalled the last words Zvi told him before passing, “Please never forget me.”

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