Created from Holocaust survivor testimonies first collected by the museum, these programs preserve the stories of six survivors by sharing them with a broader audience. In particular, they are told to a younger generation of Rhode Islanders in a variety of educational venues.

Transcribed from videotaped or written conversations, these are the stories of survivors and liberators of WWII concentration camps who eventually settled in Rhode Island.

During 2004-2005, the Rhode Island Holocaust Museum presented five testimonies at over 85 schools. With presentations by Living Literature, the Museum will return to  these same schools and more.

The Rhode Island Holocaust Museum aims to convey the facts of this valuable but shrinking part of world history while highlighting the significance of it on civilization as a whole. It attempts to enlighten students to the persecution of minority groups in our world today by showing the impact of prejudice and hatred on individuals who survived the horrors of the Holocaust.

By seeing a meaningful and dramatic performance about actual Rhode Island Holocaust Survivors, students can come to understand the impact of prejudice and hatred  in their own communities.

Sadly, the words "ethnic cleansing" are still being used today.  In their unique, readers theatre style collage of survivor and liberator stories, Living Literature explores the effects of persecution through this dramatic event.