Laurel Vlock

A television producer, in 1978 Vlock was given the assignment to produce a program on the commemoration of Yom Hashoah (Day of Holocaust Remembrance) in New Haven, Connecticut. To make it memorable, she interviewed Holocaust survivor Jerzy Kosinski. The result was so powerful that she realized that there were many such stories that needed to be captured before the witnesses died. She founded the Holocaust Survivors Film Project Inc. in 1979 to do just that, and archived the resulting testimonies at Yale University. In 1981, she won an Emmy Award for her documentary about Holocaust survivors, Forever Yesterday, and her work inspired similar work by Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation. Vlock died July 8 of injuries from an auto accident. She was 74. From This is True for 9 July 2000 Suggestions for further reading: The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman Amazon Price: $10.17 Customer Review: The Zoo Keeper's Wife is a very interesting story from Poland during WWII, not well know. Contains many war stories of survivors of Jews and Poles during that time. The back ground is well researched.   Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Amazon Price: $6.99 Customer Review: This historical fiction thriller is a representation of a brave 10 year old girl and the experiences she must face during the Holocaust. The two main characters in this book are Annemarie and her best friend Ellen. As Annemarie sits in the living r...   Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust by Allan Zullo, Mara Bovsun Amazon Price: $4.99 Customer Review: I liked this book a lot, It was really interesting. I didn't know a lot about the Holocaust but from reading this book I learned information about real survivors. i give this book 4 out of 5 stars. I like to read fictional books more than non-fiction...   Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz by Olga Lengyel Amazon Price: $10.04 Customer Review: I have read a very large number of holocaust books and none are more incredible than this one. Five Chimneys gave a perspective that no other Auschwitz/Birkenau book gives...that of an educated,sophisticated woman prisoner. There are two books that ...   Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust by Eve Bunting Amazon Price: $10.00 Customer Review: Lovely allegory to introduce children to certain values like standing up for others even though they might be different. A child doesn't have to know about the "horrors of the holocaust" until the parent feels they are ready, but this offers much mor...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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