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The Last Ones Connects Holocaust Survivors to the Next Generations

The Last Ones, a multidimensional project incorporating video, podcasts, books and more, received a Federation grant to further its mission of creating a link between the last living Holocaust Survivors and younger generations.

Fara Sax welcomes Filmmaker Leslie Benitah

Fara Sax welcomes Filmmaker Leslie Benitah whose two films screen at The Miami Jewish Film Festival

On Holocaust Remembrance Day

In North Miami, a film called “The Last Ones of Auschwitz,” also was set to screen Monday night after its premiere at the Miami Jewish Film Festival earlier this month. The film is a product of an organization called The Last Ones, which has traveled the world capturing and archiving hundreds of Holocaust survivor stories.

Meet Leslie Benitah

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Leslie Benitah a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

The last ones of Auschwitz

In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, this moving documentary presents the powerful testimonies of the last remaining Holocaust survivors, with a special focus on those who endured the horrors of Auschwitz.

85th Annual Meeting Award Winners

Leslie Gelrubin Benitah was invited by a friend to attend a Greater Miami Jewish Federation Women’s Philanthropy meeting and came away deeply moved. Twelve years later, she maintains her connection to the Jewish people through her leadership in Federation and other Jewish causes.

Le Point

For nearly seven years, the creator of the “Les Derniers” project has been meeting the last witnesses to the Shoah. To hear their vision of the present and the future. And their cries of alarm.

WLRN- Sundial

This South Florida storyteller documents the last Holocaust survivors. The past is very much the present for Leslie Gelrubin Benitah. She lives with it every day as she catalogs the stories of the last living Holocaust survivors.

Vanity Fair

Soon, there won’t be a soul left to tell the story of the Holocaust in the first person singular. Director Sophie Nahum has tracked down the last survivors, and her series of short films, entitled “Les Derniers” (“The Last”), is a jewel of intelligence and humanity that is attracting a large audience on social networks. ... [ + ]