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לתמיד L'Tamid
(Hebrew: "For Always")
A series of animated films documenting Holocaust survivor testimony,
developed in continuation of a model originated by The Righteous Conversations Project (RCP)
bringing testimony into collaboration with artists, students, and educators.
ABOUT
This body of work brings together Holocaust survivors, students, artists, filmmakers, educators, and communities in a shared act of listening, creation, and transmission. It grows from the conviction that, in this fragile and precious period of history, remembrance must remain rooted in direct dialogue with survivors and in meaningful exchange across generations, where presence and attention become the ground for understanding.
Through these collaborations, survivor testimony is preserved and rearticulated in forms that can continue to speak across time, maintaining both historical truth and human proximity.
The films invite young people not only to come into contact with these stories, but to engage with them directly, forming their own understanding and connection to what is being shared.
PRODUCTION CONTEXT
The films presented here were created across two related production contexts. The conceptual foundation for this work was established by The Righteous Conversations Project (RCP), which originated the model of connecting Holocaust survivors with animation classes for direct interviews, bringing together survivors, artists, filmmakers, and students in a shared intergenerational process of remembrance. Later works were developed through the L’Tamid Project, continuing this approach through dialogue, education, and animated film.
Partner Institutions & Collaborators
OUR PROCESS
1. interview
We interview a Survivor, documenting it on video. Prior to the interview students prepare their questions.
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2. storyboard
The interview is transcribed into text. We write a script. Students choose parts of the story to storyboard.
3. animation
For each film we choose a unique visual style using direct animation techniques such as paint-on-glass, sand, charcoal on mylar, clay, etc.
4. POST-PRODUCTION
Completed at Lumen Animae Studios: directing, editing, and compositing. Sound developed in collaboration with composer, sound designer, and sound engineer.
CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION
"Coming of Age"
THE STORY OF DAVID WIENER - TRAILER
David Wiener during a live interview — studio monitors
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"COMING OF AGE" Animation production at College of the Canyons, Valencia, California
A Series of Short Films
"The Promise"
THE STORY OF LEON MALMED
During Nazi occupation of Northern France, between the years of 1940 and 1945, Leon and his sister lived in hiding, saved by a French family in the city of Compiègne. 'The Promise' documents Leon’s experience as a child during those years of the Holocaust.
"The STORY OF THREE RINGS"
A MEMOIR OF DANA SCHWARZ
“Don’t hug him. Don’t kiss him. Say goodbye like you hardly know him,” Lusia Schapira instructed her 7-year-old daughter, Dana (then Danusia), as they re-entered the ghetto in Lvov, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine), from which the two had recently escaped. No longer wearing their Star of David armbands and posing with false papers as Christian Poles, they had come to say farewell to Syd Schapira, their father and husband, under the guise of conducting some small commercial transaction. Production of The Holocaust Museum Los Angeles and The Righteous Conversations Program at Harvard Westlake Summer Film, Los Angeles.
"CHAYALEH"
THE STORY OF HELEN FREEMAN
Helen Freeman (née Chaja Borenkraut), a Holocaust survivor born in Radom, Poland, on Sept. 2, 1921. On Sept. 8, 1939, Freeman’s young life took a dark turn as the Shoah engulfed her family. Her journey in captivity carried her from the Radom Ghetto to Wolanow Labor Camp, to Skolna Labor Camp, to slave labor in the home of a Nazi squad leader, and then to Auschwitz, which she was able to leave after being selected for slave labor at the Siemens Motor Works aircraft assembly line. Production of The Holocaust Museum Los Angeles and The Righteous Conversations Program at Milken Community School Summer Film.
"MY ANGEL OF GOD"
THE STORY OF AVRAHAM PERLMUTTER
“I always like to tell my story in hopes that it helps others, especially children.” Av said. “I tell them that regardless of difficulties, don’t give up.” Avraham Perlmutter was born on Aug. 28, 1927, in Vienna, to Chaim and Malka Perlmutter. His sister, Thea, was three years older. Chaim owned a textile store, providing the family with a middle-class, very observant life. Every morning, Av prayed with his father in the small shul located on their apartment building’s first floor. Av’s life changed on March 12, 1938, with the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany.
"C’Est Normal"
THE STORY OF MARIE KAUFMAN
Holocaust survivor Marie Kaufman tells the story about her life in a tiny village in southern France nearly 75 years ago when villagers shielded her and her family from Nazi troops.
"WHEN MAN TO MAN IS A WOLF"
THE STORY OF LIDIA BUDGOR
The cattle car pulled up to the Auschwitz platform. As the doors opened, German soldiers with guns and barking dogs began pushing out more than 100 Jews arriving from the Lodz Ghetto. “Raus, raus,” they shouted, “Out, out.” Lidia Budgor — then Lola Gryngras — fell and cut her lip as she exited, but she kept walking. It was August 1944. Lidia was 19.
"DIEU MERCY"
THE STORY OF MICHELE RODRI
Personal testimony of Michele Rodri, a child survivor of the Holocaust. In April 1942, at the age of 7, Michele was playing in the street with friends when Nazis threw her into a truck and took her to a selection camp. Three months later, her brother, Abel, posing as an SS officer, rescued her and hid her in a convent. She spent 14 months there and another 14 months living with a family on a farm. Production of The Holocaust Museum Los Angeles and The Righteous Conversations Program at Harvard Westlake Summer Film.
"Peace by Piece"
THE STORY OF HARRY DAVIDS
Harry Davids a Child Survivor of the Holocaust pieces together his story of Nazi persecution, Dutch resistance, and emigration to South Africa. Production of The Holocaust Museum Los Angeles and The Righteous Conversations Program at Harvard Westlake Summer Film.
BEHIND THE SCENES
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