Documenting history through education, documentary films, programming, writing workshops & advocacy

Ensuring the stories of the Holocaust
are remembered and honored

Our Work

  • Education Programs

    Education Programs

    Teaching Materials
    Classroom Screenings
    Videos
    2nd and 3rd Gen Speakers
    Holocaust Remberance Events

  • Documentary Films

    Documentary Films

    TRACES - Across-the-Nation Film Screenings
    Film Festival Participation
    Translations

  • Second | Third Gen Holocaust Survivor

    Second | Third Gen Holocaust Survivor

    Writing Workshops
    Support Groups
    Books and Journals

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Presents

In Traces, Voices of the Second Generation we hear directly from children of Holocaust survivors, known as the Second Gen. They tell their parents’ remarkable survival stories and explores what it was like to grow up with parents who survived history’s darkest of evils. Find out more at tracesfilm.com

Upcoming Screenings

Traces in Israel April 23-28, 2025

Jerusalem - April 23, 2025 at 7 pm Traces Screening + Panel Discussion with AMCHA, The Israeli Center for Mental Health & Social Support for Holocaust Survivors and the 2nd Generation

Be’er Sheva - April 24, 2025 at 12 pm Writing Workshop & 2 pm Traces Screening + Panel Discussion

Tel Aviv - April 24, 2025 at 7:30 pm Traces Screening

Haifa - April 27, 2025 at 6:15 pm Traces Screening + Panel Discussion

Ra’anana - April 28, 2025 at 7 pm Traces Screening + Panel Discussion with ESRA, Home of English Speakers in Israel Organization 

To learn more email us at: info@searchingforidentity.org

Our Vision
Ensuring the stories
of the Holocaust are remembered
and understood by all

  • Yvonne Stad Cohen

    "I feel a strong obligation to carry my family’s survivor story forward for the millions of Anne Franks that were murdered just like my family and [because of] the oppression that my parents suffered by being hunted.”

    Yvonne Stad Cohen | Second Generation Holocaust Survivor

  • "Not just in history, but also today, there is an invisible weapon – called silence.”

    Morris Bendit | Holocaust Survivor

  • "We said goodbye to our mother and never saw her again."

    Joseph A Strasser, PhD | Holocaust Survivor

  • Shoshana

    "Hitler didn't win and he never will."

    Shoshana Haas | Second Generation

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