WEBVTT Type: caption Language: eng Media Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20402314 Originating File: neu_bz60jk72d.mp4 File Creation Date: 2026 Responsible Party: US, Northeastern University Library File Creator: US, Northeastern University Library Origin History: Created by Whisper with human editing 1 00:00:08.710 --> 00:00:11.490 align:center line:100% Speaker 1: Between 1939 and 1945, 2 00:00:11.490 --> 00:00:13.210 align:center line:100% Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler 3 00:00:13.210 --> 00:00:15.760 align:center line:100% wanted Germany to take over the world. 4 00:00:15.760 --> 00:00:17.380 align:center line:100% He hated the Jewish people 5 00:00:17.380 --> 00:00:18.840 align:center line:100% and wanted to kill them. 6 00:00:18.840 --> 00:00:20.320 align:center line:100% He gathered the Jewish people 7 00:00:20.320 --> 00:00:21.720 align:center line:100% and any others he considered 8 00:00:21.720 --> 00:00:24.630 align:center line:100% enemies and put them in concentration camps. 9 00:00:24.630 --> 00:00:25.950 align:center line:100% Large numbers of people were 10 00:00:25.950 --> 00:00:27.350 align:center line:100% imprisoned in these camps in 11 00:00:27.350 --> 00:00:29.190 align:center line:100% crowded and dirty living conditions. 12 00:00:30.350 --> 00:00:31.990 align:center line:100% In Czechoslovakia, the Nazis 13 00:00:31.990 --> 00:00:33.870 align:center line:100% set up Theresienstadt Concentration 14 00:00:33.870 --> 00:00:35.550 align:center line:100% Camp, known as Terezín. 15 00:00:35.550 --> 00:00:37.350 align:center line:100% They imprisoned many Jewish people 16 00:00:37.350 --> 00:00:38.950 align:center line:100% in this small area. 17 00:00:38.950 --> 00:00:41.160 align:center line:100% Life in Terezín was terrible, 18 00:00:41.160 --> 00:00:43.180 align:center line:100% yet brave and inspiring things 19 00:00:43.180 --> 00:00:44.360 align:center line:100% happened in Terezín. 20 00:00:45.800 --> 00:00:47.360 align:center line:100% The adult prisoners established 21 00:00:47.360 --> 00:00:49.200 align:center line:100% a Jewish council in Terezín. 22 00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:50.760 align:center line:100% This imprisoned council vowed 23 00:00:50.760 --> 00:00:53.160 align:center line:100% that, despite everyone's persistent hunger, 24 00:00:53.160 --> 00:00:54.910 align:center line:100% sickness, and fear, they would 25 00:00:54.910 --> 00:00:56.390 align:center line:100% continue to support creative 26 00:00:56.390 --> 00:00:57.830 align:center line:100% ideas and encourage each 27 00:00:57.830 --> 00:00:59.010 align:center line:100% prisoner's imagination. 28 00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:01.070 align:center line:100% Speaker 2: The young prisoners 29 00:01:01.070 --> 00:01:03.530 align:center line:100% at Terezín Concentration Camp 30 00:01:03.530 --> 00:01:05.140 align:center line:100% attended secret classes. 31 00:01:06.660 --> 00:01:08.960 align:center line:100% Teachers like Irma Lauscher 32 00:01:08.960 --> 00:01:11.400 align:center line:100% encouraged them to continue to learn. 33 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:13.200 align:center line:100% Along with other lessons, she 34 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:16.260 align:center line:100% taught the children about the Jewish holidays. 35 00:01:16.260 --> 00:01:17.600 align:center line:100% As the Jewish holiday of 36 00:01:17.600 --> 00:01:20.320 align:center line:100% Tu BiShvat approached, Irma wondered 37 00:01:20.320 --> 00:01:22.750 align:center line:100% how she could celebrate a holiday 38 00:01:22.750 --> 00:01:24.030 align:center line:100% that was meant to be full 39 00:01:24.030 --> 00:01:25.830 align:center line:100% of hope and happiness for the 40 00:01:25.830 --> 00:01:28.130 align:center line:100% children who were suffering so enormously. 41 00:01:29.110 --> 00:01:31.500 align:center line:100% Although the prisoners did not have 42 00:01:31.500 --> 00:01:33.780 align:center line:100% the traditional olives, dates, grapes, 43 00:01:33.780 --> 00:01:35.410 align:center line:100% and figs to eat, the 44 00:01:35.410 --> 00:01:38.570 align:center line:100% children drew pictures of traditional foods. 45 00:01:38.570 --> 00:01:40.050 align:center line:100% And Irma had another idea. 46 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:42.520 align:center line:100% To carry out her daring 47 00:01:42.520 --> 00:01:45.680 align:center line:100% idea, Irma needed the help of a guard. 48 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:46.980 align:center line:100% While many of the Nazi 49 00:01:46.980 --> 00:01:48.920 align:center line:100% and Czech guards were cruel, she 50 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:51.190 align:center line:100% knew a Czech guard who was kind. 51 00:01:51.190 --> 00:01:53.090 align:center line:100% She asked him to bring the 52 00:01:53.090 --> 00:01:55.050 align:center line:100% children a tree to plant. 53 00:01:55.050 --> 00:01:56.490 align:center line:100% Because it was illegal to 54 00:01:56.490 --> 00:01:58.030 align:center line:100% bring anything in or out of 55 00:01:58.030 --> 00:01:59.690 align:center line:100% the camp, he put the cutting 56 00:01:59.690 --> 00:02:01.310 align:center line:100% in his boot and smuggled it 57 00:02:01.310 --> 00:02:04.190 align:center line:100% to Irma Lauscher and the children. 58 00:02:04.190 --> 00:02:05.500 align:center line:100% Behind one of the buildings, 59 00:02:06.310 --> 00:02:07.370 align:center line:100% where the children lived, 60 00:02:07.370 --> 00:02:08.950 align:center line:100% they performed the ceremony and 61 00:02:08.950 --> 00:02:11.500 align:center line:100% planted the tiny tree for Tu BiShvat. 62 00:02:11.500 --> 00:02:14.320 align:center line:100% They uttered speeches quickly and quietly, 63 00:02:14.320 --> 00:02:16.000 align:center line:100% and they danced around the 64 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:18.650 align:center line:100% little cuttings singing "Am Yisrael 65 00:02:18.650 --> 00:02:20.810 align:center line:100% Chai" which means the Jewish people live. 66 00:02:22.610 --> 00:02:24.150 align:center line:100% A rabbi whispered a blessing 67 00:02:24.150 --> 00:02:25.600 align:center line:100% to the children 68 00:02:25.600 --> 00:02:26.660 align:center line:100% Speaker 3: Perhaps this tree 69 00:02:26.660 --> 00:02:28.120 align:center line:100% will testify for us for 70 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:30.620 align:center line:100% years, perhaps for centuries. 71 00:02:30.620 --> 00:02:32.220 align:center line:100% Perhaps this tree will be here 72 00:02:32.220 --> 00:02:33.640 align:center line:100% and we will not. 73 00:02:33.640 --> 00:02:35.040 align:center line:100% God grant that you may 74 00:02:35.040 --> 00:02:36.940 align:center line:100% soon be planting trees in 75 00:02:36.940 --> 00:02:39.490 align:center line:100% your own country, your own land, 76 00:02:39.490 --> 00:02:40.310 align:center line:100% a land of freedom. 77 00:02:41.390 --> 00:02:42.050 align:center line:100% Speaker 2: Every day the 78 00:02:42.050 --> 00:02:44.010 align:center line:100% children gave this little cutting 79 00:02:44.010 --> 00:02:45.710 align:center line:100% a small amount of their ration 80 00:02:45.710 --> 00:02:47.130 align:center line:100% of water and watched it grow. 81 00:02:48.730 --> 00:02:50.870 align:center line:100% Some children wrote poems 82 00:02:50.870 --> 00:02:52.450 align:center line:100% about this sapling. 83 00:02:52.450 --> 00:02:54.330 align:center line:100% They placed a sign at the 84 00:02:54.330 --> 00:02:56.050 align:center line:100% foot of the sapling that read, 85 00:02:56.050 --> 00:02:58.270 align:center line:100% "As the branches of this tree, 86 00:02:58.270 --> 00:02:59.750 align:center line:100% so the branches of our people." 87 00:03:00.790 --> 00:03:02.020 align:center line:100% Speaker 4: Here were three things the 88 00:03:02.020 --> 00:03:03.840 align:center line:100% Nazis could not take from us. 89 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:04.900 align:center line:100% They could not take the blue 90 00:03:04.900 --> 00:03:07.060 align:center line:100% sky above us for our gazing. 91 00:03:07.060 --> 00:03:07.820 align:center line:100% They could not take the 92 00:03:07.820 --> 00:03:09.320 align:center line:100% flood or sunlight pouring into 93 00:03:09.320 --> 00:03:11.880 align:center line:100% the courtyard, nourishing our trees and us. 94 00:03:11.880 --> 00:03:12.870 align:center line:100% But most of all, they could 95 00:03:12.870 --> 00:03:14.430 align:center line:100% not take our invisible God who 96 00:03:14.430 --> 00:03:15.510 align:center line:100% are made deep in our hearts. 97 00:03:16.750 --> 00:03:17.350 align:center line:100% Speaker 1: As days and 98 00:03:17.350 --> 00:03:19.120 align:center line:100% months passed, the children continued 99 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:20.440 align:center line:100% to water the tree. 100 00:03:20.440 --> 00:03:21.740 align:center line:100% The tree's roots took hold 101 00:03:21.740 --> 00:03:24.000 align:center line:100% and it became stronger and stronger. 102 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:25.000 align:center line:100% Many of the prisoners in 103 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:26.380 align:center line:100% Terezín were sent to other 104 00:03:26.380 --> 00:03:28.660 align:center line:100% concentration camps where they were killed. 105 00:03:28.660 --> 00:03:30.000 align:center line:100% But the tree in Terezín 106 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:31.560 align:center line:100% lived on, testifying to the 107 00:03:31.560 --> 00:03:32.630 align:center line:100% memory of the children who 108 00:03:32.630 --> 00:03:34.430 align:center line:100% attended the tree, using their 109 00:03:34.430 --> 00:03:36.730 align:center line:100% rationed water to ensure its growth. 110 00:03:36.730 --> 00:03:38.630 align:center line:100% Eventually, the little cutting, 111 00:03:38.630 --> 00:03:41.180 align:center line:100% planted and fed by the children of Terezín, 112 00:03:41.180 --> 00:03:43.750 align:center line:100% grew into a beautiful silver maple tree. 113 00:03:43.750 --> 00:03:44.630 align:center line:100% Speaker 2: The tree was 114 00:03:44.630 --> 00:03:46.770 align:center line:100% not forgotten after the war, 115 00:03:46.770 --> 00:03:49.370 align:center line:100% neither were the children of Terezín. 116 00:03:49.370 --> 00:03:50.790 align:center line:100% Seeds and cuttings from the 117 00:03:50.790 --> 00:03:53.240 align:center line:100% tree were sent around the world. 118 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:55.320 align:center line:100% From these seeds grew new trees 119 00:03:55.320 --> 00:03:56.660 align:center line:100% that honor the memory of 120 00:03:56.660 --> 00:03:59.200 align:center line:100% the children from Terezín and their story. 121 00:04:11.140 --> 00:04:12.160 align:center line:100% Dede Harris: One child who was 122 00:04:12.160 --> 00:04:14.760 align:center line:100% a prisoner in the camp wrote this poem. 123 00:04:15.570 --> 00:04:16.950 align:center line:100% "Here were three things the 124 00:04:16.950 --> 00:04:19.390 align:center line:100% Nazis could not take from us. 125 00:04:19.390 --> 00:04:20.730 align:center line:100% They could not take the blue 126 00:04:20.730 --> 00:04:22.990 align:center line:100% sky above us for our gazing. 127 00:04:23.850 --> 00:04:25.450 align:center line:100% They could not take the 128 00:04:25.450 --> 00:04:30.120 align:center line:100% flood of sunlight nourishing our tree and us. 129 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:32.000 align:center line:100% But most of all, they could 130 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:34.400 align:center line:100% not take our invisible God who 131 00:04:34.400 --> 00:04:36.320 align:center line:100% remained deep in our hearts." 132 00:04:39.910 --> 00:04:41.710 align:center line:100% Harris: The Jewish Federation of 133 00:04:41.710 --> 00:04:45.370 align:center line:100% Metropolitan Chicago received a 134 00:04:45.370 --> 00:04:49.120 align:center line:100% gift from Terezín, the concentration camp, 135 00:04:50.570 --> 00:04:52.780 align:center line:100% in the form of a sapling 136 00:04:52.780 --> 00:04:56.060 align:center line:100% that children had planted during the Holocaust. 137 00:04:56.770 --> 00:05:00.160 align:center line:100% 600 such gifts were given 138 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:02.620 align:center line:100% out around the world and our 139 00:05:02.620 --> 00:05:05.400 align:center line:100% museum was to be given and 140 00:05:05.400 --> 00:05:07.520 align:center line:100% was given this sapling. 141 00:05:07.520 --> 00:05:09.400 align:center line:100% When they brought the tree 142 00:05:09.400 --> 00:05:11.440 align:center line:100% over, a delegation from the 143 00:05:11.440 --> 00:05:13.780 align:center line:100% Jewish Federation came 144 00:05:13.780 --> 00:05:16.180 align:center line:100% and told us the story. 145 00:05:16.180 --> 00:05:17.760 align:center line:100% And being a member of the 146 00:05:17.760 --> 00:05:20.200 align:center line:100% board of the Illinois Holocaust Museum 147 00:05:20.200 --> 00:05:22.630 align:center line:100% and Education Center, I was 148 00:05:22.630 --> 00:05:26.450 align:center line:100% part of the group that listened to that story. 149 00:05:26.450 --> 00:05:28.970 align:center line:100% I couldn't believe what I heard 150 00:05:28.970 --> 00:05:31.490 align:center line:100% because children had planted this 151 00:05:31.490 --> 00:05:34.970 align:center line:100% tree and this tree lived. 152 00:05:34.970 --> 00:05:36.130 align:center line:100% How amazing. 153 00:05:36.130 --> 00:05:37.970 align:center line:100% And now we were going to 154 00:05:37.970 --> 00:05:41.110 align:center line:100% have a Terezín tree in front of our museum? 155 00:05:42.050 --> 00:05:45.480 align:center line:100% And so that that idea 156 00:05:45.480 --> 00:05:48.500 align:center line:100% just caught my imagination. I shared 157 00:05:48.500 --> 00:05:49.820 align:center line:100% it with you, Sara, and 158 00:05:49.820 --> 00:05:53.320 align:center line:100% you immediately grabbed on to the idea 159 00:05:53.320 --> 00:05:55.740 align:center line:100% as well and we knew we had 160 00:05:55.740 --> 00:05:57.800 align:center line:100% to write a story. 161 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:00.820 align:center line:100% been a very meaningful, um, journey 162 00:06:00.820 --> 00:06:02.260 align:center line:100% I think for both of us as 163 00:06:02.260 --> 00:06:04.190 align:center line:100% we have learned more and more about 164 00:06:05.150 --> 00:06:06.290 align:center line:100% what happened and 165 00:06:06.290 --> 00:06:09.230 align:center line:100% we have learned about Irma 166 00:06:10.090 --> 00:06:13.310 align:center line:100% and her instigation and the 167 00:06:13.310 --> 00:06:18.240 align:center line:100% whole sapling being brought into the camp. 168 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:20.040 align:center line:100% I think also the fact that 169 00:06:21.200 --> 00:06:23.040 align:center line:100% the tree is no longer there 170 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:25.300 align:center line:100% because of the flood that came 171 00:06:25.300 --> 00:06:28.720 align:center line:100% to Prague a few years ago, 172 00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:30.100 align:center line:100% and there's a memorial there 173 00:06:30.100 --> 00:06:31.430 align:center line:100% now, but the tree is gone. 174 00:06:31.430 --> 00:06:36.350 align:center line:100% And so the saplings are 175 00:06:36.350 --> 00:06:39.010 align:center line:100% all the more important because of that. 176 00:06:39.010 --> 00:06:40.110 align:center line:100% And because of the, 177 00:06:42.320 --> 00:06:44.400 align:center line:100% the memory of what happened 178 00:06:44.400 --> 00:06:46.170 align:center line:100% in that camp with these children. 179 00:06:46.170 --> 00:06:48.250 align:center line:100% And I think we just felt 180 00:06:48.250 --> 00:06:50.210 align:center line:100% the story needed to be told. 181 00:06:50.210 --> 00:06:50.980 align:center line:100% Harris: Absolutely. 182 00:06:55.550 --> 00:06:59.100 align:center line:100% Harris: Well, Theresienstadt was actually called 183 00:06:59.100 --> 00:07:00.940 align:center line:100% Terezín by the Czech people, 184 00:07:00.940 --> 00:07:04.220 align:center line:100% Theresienstadt by the German people. 185 00:07:04.220 --> 00:07:05.980 align:center line:100% In this camp, professional 186 00:07:05.980 --> 00:07:10.140 align:center line:100% people, musicians, artists, people in 187 00:07:10.140 --> 00:07:12.570 align:center line:100% all the creative arts, as 188 00:07:12.570 --> 00:07:15.410 align:center line:100% well as scholars went into this camp. 189 00:07:16.270 --> 00:07:18.990 align:center line:100% And in fact, the Red Cross 190 00:07:18.990 --> 00:07:20.970 align:center line:100% came to the camp to take a 191 00:07:20.970 --> 00:07:23.810 align:center line:100% movie and did indeed take a movie 192 00:07:23.810 --> 00:07:27.040 align:center line:100% which Hitler showed to the world 193 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:29.380 align:center line:100% and he dressed all the people up 194 00:07:29.380 --> 00:07:31.120 align:center line:100% and he put them in gardens 195 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:32.820 align:center line:100% and he had the children 196 00:07:32.820 --> 00:07:35.700 align:center line:100% jumping on trampolines and and then 197 00:07:35.700 --> 00:07:37.100 align:center line:100% as soon as the movie was 198 00:07:37.100 --> 00:07:39.080 align:center line:100% finished he took everything away 199 00:07:39.080 --> 00:07:41.130 align:center line:100% from them and they went back into their 200 00:07:41.970 --> 00:07:44.190 align:center line:100% clothes that were ripped and torn 201 00:07:44.190 --> 00:07:46.210 align:center line:100% and dirty and the food 202 00:07:46.210 --> 00:07:48.990 align:center line:100% was actually taken away from them too. 203 00:07:48.990 --> 00:07:50.280 align:center line:100% But what happened in the 204 00:07:50.280 --> 00:07:51.860 align:center line:100% camp was very unique. 205 00:07:52.860 --> 00:07:54.760 align:center line:100% Books were written, symphonies 206 00:07:54.760 --> 00:07:56.360 align:center line:100% were written, pictures were 207 00:07:56.360 --> 00:07:58.000 align:center line:100% drawn because these were all 208 00:07:58.000 --> 00:07:59.200 align:center line:100% very creative people. 209 00:08:00.170 --> 00:08:01.970 align:center line:100% And a teacher by the name 210 00:08:01.970 --> 00:08:05.190 align:center line:100% of Irma Laucher taught the 211 00:08:05.190 --> 00:08:07.830 align:center line:100% children about the religious holidays. 212 00:08:07.830 --> 00:08:11.430 align:center line:100% And in fact, Tu BiShvat was coming. 213 00:08:11.430 --> 00:08:12.710 align:center line:100% And Tu BiShvat is a 214 00:08:12.710 --> 00:08:15.440 align:center line:100% religious holiday where we celebrate trees. 215 00:08:16.390 --> 00:08:18.520 align:center line:100% And Irma had a brilliant 216 00:08:18.520 --> 00:08:21.740 align:center line:100% idea, and she bribed a kind 217 00:08:21.740 --> 00:08:27.580 align:center line:100% Czech guard to bring a sapling into the camp. 218 00:08:27.580 --> 00:08:30.060 align:center line:100% And he put the sapling, he 219 00:08:30.060 --> 00:08:32.500 align:center line:100% hid the sapling in his boot 220 00:08:32.500 --> 00:08:34.500 align:center line:100% and brought it into the camp 221 00:08:34.500 --> 00:08:36.680 align:center line:100% because she wanted the children 222 00:08:36.680 --> 00:08:39.400 align:center line:100% to all witness planting this 223 00:08:39.400 --> 00:08:42.140 align:center line:100% sapling in celebration of Tu BiShvat. 224 00:08:42.140 --> 00:08:43.330 align:center line:100% And so they would gather 225 00:08:43.330 --> 00:08:46.110 align:center line:100% around the tree and actually take 226 00:08:46.110 --> 00:08:48.870 align:center line:100% some of their rationed water and 227 00:08:48.870 --> 00:08:51.110 align:center line:100% water the tree a few drips 228 00:08:51.110 --> 00:08:52.870 align:center line:100% from each little cup. 229 00:08:52.870 --> 00:08:54.690 align:center line:100% And they would do this periodically, 230 00:08:55.610 --> 00:08:58.250 align:center line:100% which is so amazing that 231 00:08:58.250 --> 00:09:00.270 align:center line:100% they would think of something like 232 00:09:00.270 --> 00:09:02.390 align:center line:100% a tree to be able to give to 233 00:09:03.710 --> 00:09:07.790 align:center line:100% that was giving in such a 234 00:09:07.790 --> 00:09:10.890 align:center line:100% way, bearing the discomfort they 235 00:09:10.890 --> 00:09:13.040 align:center line:100% must have felt and still being 236 00:09:13.040 --> 00:09:15.620 align:center line:100% able to think of something that 237 00:09:15.620 --> 00:09:16.800 align:center line:100% needed to be nourished. 238 00:09:20.060 --> 00:09:22.000 align:center line:100% Akerlund: Children being exposed 239 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:25.020 align:center line:100% to the Holocaust and how, as they grow older, 240 00:09:25.990 --> 00:09:28.210 align:center line:100% they might not have heard of it 241 00:09:28.210 --> 00:09:30.350 align:center line:100% or might not know anything about it, 242 00:09:30.350 --> 00:09:32.980 align:center line:100% but this little bit of 243 00:09:32.980 --> 00:09:36.340 align:center line:100% story, this little bit of exposure to it 244 00:09:36.340 --> 00:09:38.700 align:center line:100% and about the tree maybe 245 00:09:38.700 --> 00:09:40.100 align:center line:100% piques their interest as they 246 00:09:40.100 --> 00:09:42.760 align:center line:100% get older to really learn about 247 00:09:42.760 --> 00:09:46.310 align:center line:100% it and learn about how important 248 00:09:46.310 --> 00:09:47.610 align:center line:100% it is that we don't let 249 00:09:47.610 --> 00:09:49.910 align:center line:100% things like this happen in our world again. 250 00:09:49.910 --> 00:09:51.390 align:center line:100% Harris: Absolutely. 251 00:09:51.390 --> 00:09:54.150 align:center line:100% And because this is not a graphic story, 252 00:09:55.630 --> 00:09:58.090 align:center line:100% I think it's a good introduction 253 00:09:58.090 --> 00:10:00.840 align:center line:100% for young people to something 254 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:02.780 align:center line:100% as horrific as the Holocaust. 255 00:10:02.780 --> 00:10:03.480 align:center line:100% Akerlund: Because it doesn't 256 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:04.400 align:center line:100% dwell on that. 257 00:10:04.400 --> 00:10:07.540 align:center line:100% It dwells on hope that these children had. 258 00:10:07.540 --> 00:10:10.140 align:center line:100% It dwells on the little 259 00:10:10.140 --> 00:10:13.580 align:center line:100% bit of sunlight that came into their lives. So. 260 00:10:13.580 --> 00:10:14.420 align:center line:100% Harris: How true. 261 00:10:14.420 --> 00:10:17.300 align:center line:100% What's been exciting is that 262 00:10:17.300 --> 00:10:19.440 align:center line:100% cuttings have been taken from the tree. 263 00:10:20.280 --> 00:10:22.140 align:center line:100% And many, many cuttings have 264 00:10:22.140 --> 00:10:25.470 align:center line:100% gone to churches and schools 265 00:10:25.470 --> 00:10:29.110 align:center line:100% and private homes, and many 266 00:10:29.110 --> 00:10:31.330 align:center line:100% have been just given away, and 267 00:10:31.330 --> 00:10:32.790 align:center line:100% a few have been sold to 268 00:10:32.790 --> 00:10:34.780 align:center line:100% raise money for the museum. 269 00:10:34.780 --> 00:10:35.780 align:center line:100% Akerlund: I think another time 270 00:10:35.780 --> 00:10:37.800 align:center line:100% that was very special too, Dede, is 271 00:10:37.800 --> 00:10:39.640 align:center line:100% when we really had an 272 00:10:39.640 --> 00:10:43.260 align:center line:100% introduction of the book at the museum. 273 00:10:43.260 --> 00:10:45.540 align:center line:100% And you read the story to 274 00:10:45.540 --> 00:10:47.500 align:center line:100% the children that were there. 275 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:52.330 align:center line:100% And their response was just amazing, 276 00:10:52.330 --> 00:10:54.710 align:center line:100% and they were very interested in 277 00:10:54.710 --> 00:10:56.970 align:center line:100% it and the story. 278 00:10:57.790 --> 00:11:00.590 align:center line:100% I think that spoke a lot about it also. 279 00:11:00.590 --> 00:11:01.290 align:center line:100% Harris: I do. 280 00:11:01.290 --> 00:11:02.940 align:center line:100% I also think we've had 281 00:11:02.940 --> 00:11:05.060 align:center line:100% librarians read the story and ask 282 00:11:05.060 --> 00:11:08.540 align:center line:100% if they could put the books in their libraries. 283 00:11:08.540 --> 00:11:10.380 align:center line:100% We've had a tremendous response 284 00:11:10.380 --> 00:11:12.170 align:center line:100% to this story, don't you think? 285 00:11:12.170 --> 00:11:12.920 align:center line:100% Akerlund: I do, and I 286 00:11:12.920 --> 00:11:16.320 align:center line:100% think another aspect of it is 287 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:18.060 align:center line:100% that we have seen a lot 288 00:11:18.060 --> 00:11:20.120 align:center line:100% of our friends, people that 289 00:11:20.920 --> 00:11:22.860 align:center line:100% really are very aware of what 290 00:11:22.860 --> 00:11:24.480 align:center line:100% happened at the Holocaust, say 291 00:11:24.480 --> 00:11:26.260 align:center line:100% that they would like to buy 292 00:11:26.260 --> 00:11:28.830 align:center line:100% that for their younger grandchildren 293 00:11:29.760 --> 00:11:32.420 align:center line:100% as an exposure to learning 294 00:11:32.420 --> 00:11:33.540 align:center line:100% about the Holocaust. 295 00:11:33.540 --> 00:11:36.800 align:center line:100% So it's something that younger 296 00:11:36.800 --> 00:11:38.650 align:center line:100% children can identify with the 297 00:11:39.870 --> 00:11:43.170 align:center line:100% positive part of it, but yet can also see that 298 00:11:44.940 --> 00:11:46.280 align:center line:100% what these children were coming 299 00:11:46.280 --> 00:11:47.720 align:center line:100% from at the same time. 300 00:11:47.720 --> 00:11:48.500 align:center line:100% Harris: Absolutely. 301 00:11:49.420 --> 00:11:50.780 align:center line:100% The fact that you 302 00:11:50.780 --> 00:11:55.160 align:center line:100% and I were able to truly 303 00:11:55.160 --> 00:12:00.250 align:center line:100% believe in the story enough to move it forward, 304 00:12:00.250 --> 00:12:02.690 align:center line:100% I think that's a big lesson 305 00:12:02.690 --> 00:12:05.150 align:center line:100% that we can share with people because 306 00:12:05.150 --> 00:12:08.050 align:center line:100% if they have a meaningful goal 307 00:12:08.870 --> 00:12:10.350 align:center line:100% and put the force of their 308 00:12:10.350 --> 00:12:13.750 align:center line:100% belief behind it, they can achieve it. 309 00:12:13.750 --> 00:12:15.990 align:center line:100% because we started from just 310 00:12:15.990 --> 00:12:19.250 align:center line:100% a glimmer of an idea and a hope. 311 00:12:19.250 --> 00:12:23.220 align:center line:100% And I think if we can give that over 312 00:12:23.220 --> 00:12:25.560 align:center line:100% as a gift to other people, 313 00:12:25.560 --> 00:12:27.540 align:center line:100% that would be a wonderful thing. 314 00:12:27.540 --> 00:12:28.400 align:center line:100% Akerlund: Being positive about 315 00:12:28.400 --> 00:12:29.260 align:center line:100% your goal. 316 00:12:29.260 --> 00:12:29.760 align:center line:100% Harris: That's right. 317 00:12:30.580 --> 00:12:31.080 align:center line:100% That's right. 318 00:12:38.260 --> 00:12:40.420 align:center line:100% Yael Sheinfield: ♪ Locked inside a place ♪ 319 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:43.040 align:center line:100% ♪ of fear and hatred, ♪ 320 00:12:45.580 --> 00:12:48.550 align:center line:100% ♪ A teacher's heart and vision ♪ 321 00:12:48.550 --> 00:12:51.130 align:center line:100% ♪ did shine through. ♪ 322 00:12:52.950 --> 00:12:56.090 align:center line:100% ♪ She gave imprisoned children ♪ 323 00:12:56.090 --> 00:12:59.910 align:center line:100% ♪ gifts of beauty, life and art.