Mansour weighed just over 120 pounds at the time of his kidnapping, creating immediate and grave concern for his health.
Apsell stressed that one of the primary motives for the film is to combat ignorance of what happened in the Holocaust.
On October 7, memories of the past resurged as Never Again. Since then Holocaust survivors once again face terror. They live with existential fear.
Among the exhibits at the site are a reproduction of sleeping cells from the Auschwitz death camp, artifacts and documents that belonged to survivors who fled the Nazis to Porto.
Families of the hostages were joined in their weekly mass rally by the descendants of Holocaust survivors and leaders in Israeli society as the world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
This year, following the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust on October 7, which led to the outbreak of war, Tel Aviv Cinematheque is showing movies throughout the day to mark the day.
Survivors of the Holocaust and October 7 testified before UN ambassadors, accompanied by a photography exhibit depicting how Holocaust survivors have rebuilt their lives.
With International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, In Jerusalem is proud to profile ReQuint – arguably one of the best-known Holocaust survivors in English-speaking circles.
First, we owe them the promise to never forget and more importantly, to continue to teach the lessons of the Holocaust.