NOTE: Today’s Daily News Article is a human interest story. Human interest stories differ from the regular news – they are sometimes referred to as “the story behind the story.“

The major news articles of the day tell of important happenings. Human interest stories tell of how those happenings have impacted the people or places around the story.

1. What problem do people seeking to memorialize the Holocaust increasingly face?

2. How many people are left world-wide today who lived in Nazi concentration camps, work camps or ghettos?

3. How are survivor stories being preserved today? (How are the world's Holocaust memorials working to preserve these stories?)

4. a) Why were so many survivors hesitant to speak of their experiences right after the war?
b) Why have survivors in recent years begun to speak of their experiences?

5. Despite the survivors' passing having a lasting impact world-wide, why is it so much more significant in Europe?

6. a) Why are some people opposed to (Steven Spielberg's) Shoah Foundation's project?
b) How does the Shoah Foundation defend its project?
c) What do you think - is this a good way to memorialize the victims of the Holocaust? Explain your answer.

OPTIONAL: Once you read first-hand accounts of the survivors, you will see how important it is to understand and remember. Visit one of the following websites to read some of these accounts.

• Visit Yad Vashem’s website at yadvashem.org.
• Click here for YouTube videos from Yad Vashem. (If the link is no longer working, go to youtube.com and search for “Yad Vashem.”)
• For the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C., go to ushmm.org.
• For a list of Holocaust Museums around the world, go to science.co.il/Holocaust-Museums.asp.

Also, in addition to many of the well-known books recounting the Holocaust, we recommend the following:

• "The Righteous: "The Righteous: The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust" by Martin Gilbert
• "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
• or any of the books by Nechama Tec