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Thirty years after sweeping the Oscars, Steven Spielberg, Liam Neeson, Martin Scorsese and others reveal the untold story behind one of the most revered films of all time, including George Lucas' secret behind-the-scenes role, how Mel Gibson was put forward to play Schindler and more.
Rockets at dawn, gunfire outside, hours of anxiety: a survivor of the October 7 attack shared his account of the day Gaza militants stormed his southern Israeli community, speaking into a video camera.
Voci, ricordi, racconti degli scampati al sanguinoso pogrom del 7 ottobre scorso in Israele: storie di fughe e nascondigli, di lutti e angoscia raccolte in un grande archivio audiovisivo. (Voices, memories, stories of the survivors of the bloody pogrom of last October 7 in Israel: stories of escapes and hiding places, of mourning and anguish collected in a large audiovisual archive.)
His comments come as the organization continues its initiative to collect testimonies from survivors of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and Holocaust survivors and witnesses.
Spielberg said the initiative is “an effort that will ensure that the voices of survivors will act as a powerful tool to counter the dangerous rise of antisemitism and hate.”
Israelis tell the USC Shoah Foundation -- best known for documenting the Holocaust -- about what they saw when Hamas attacked on October 7. CNN's Nick Watt reports.