Holocaust survivors, descendants join forces on social media
Associated PressBERLIN — Assia Gorban was 7 years old when the Germans occupied her hometown of Mogilev-Podolsky in Ukraine. “I even invited her to my school, so that everyone in my class could hear from her personally about the Holocaust.” Both Assia and Ruth also participated in the new digital campaign called “Our Holocaust Story: A Pledge to Remember,” which was launched Tuesday by the New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, also referred to as the Claims Conference. “We are doing this new social media campaign because survivors are dying,” said Greg Schneider, the executive vice president of the Claims Conference. More than 100 Holocaust survivors and their families are participating in the campaign, all of whom will be featured in posts across the Claims Conference’s social media platforms every week throughout the year. Even at her old age, Gorban is still an active member of Berlin’s Jewish community, volunteering weekly at the Jewish nursing home and talking to high school students about her life.
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