The hardest part of a project like this is getting started. It's the finding people to contact and actually being brave enough to take the first step and ask them to be a part of it. The website and logo (which is being created) is the easy part. Finding the people and starting to film isn't as easy.
We've been finding some Holocaust survivors in our area, but haven't emailed them (or the reporters who wrote the articles) yet. We've got big goals and dreams of meeting people like Elie Weisel or Hannah Goslar (which we haven't been able to find her anywhere, only that she's an author and living in Israel) but for now it's best to start with local people. Isn't there a saying, something like 'start locally, think globally'?
It's scary because this is obviously a very sensitive topic. Some people have already shared their stories, and we hope that they will be willing to do the same with us, but others would rather forget and move on. Also, we are faced with the problem that most survivors, who were children at the time, are growing older and-sadly-passing away.
We hope to start contacting people in late March/early April. That's the goal. We're both nervous and anxious for replies. How will people react? Will they want to be apart of it? Will we succeed? There's another saying that I believe describes this feeling 'Hope for a miracle, but do not rely on one.'.
Sincerely,
Hannah
