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Dr. Haim Gertner is the Director of the Resource and Partnership Development Division, Yad Vashem. Between 2008 and 2021 he served as the Director of the Yad Vashem Archives and Fred Hillman Chair for Holocaust Documentation. He also served as a partner and consultant on projects aimed at providing digital access to information related to the Holocaust in Israel and around the world, and is among the leaders of EHRI (European Holocaust Research Infrastructure), a European Commission-sponsored project comprising 24 institutions from 17 countries that are working to develop a common research infrastructure for Holocaust documentation.
Technology and Authenticity in the Service of Holocaust Remembrance
Last year, I received a letter from Steve Gamester, a well-known documentary filmmaker and director requesting my professional assistance on a project entitled "The Last Holocaust Survivors." In honor of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp, Steve was planning on filming a feature documentary that would focus on the personal stories of several Holocaust victims as well as survivors. The film would tell their personal stories and... Continue reading