Survivors of Genocide

3 Generations has been documenting stories about the horrors of genocide from survivors as a way to create historical evidence and never forget these atrocities. During our last update we introduced our brand new project, Stolpersteine (working title). We are delighted to share our progress on documenting conceptual artist Gunter Demnig Dutch storytelling project Stolpersteine, and the stories these one hundred thousand stones reveal.

Stolpersteine takes us from the studio of Demnig’s creative collaborator, Alexander, where the stories of subjects are researched and the stones are created, to the streets of Haarlem, a community well aware of its legacy of collaboration with the Nazis. Woven throughout are the stories of individuals, living and dead, that truly animate the Nazi’s reign of terror in the Netherlands. There is a palpable life force in their passion to tell the stories of their families.

Our 3G teammate, Daniel, shared his experience filming this story in the Netherlands: “My experience working on Stolpersteine has been overwhelmingly positive. In Amsterdam, I met so many families who warmly welcomed us into their homes, made us tea and coffee, and shared with us their most personal stories. I never felt like a stranger, despite it being my first time in the Netherlands. I will remember this trip for the rest of my life, for the people we met, the stories we shared, and the memories we made.”

The film will close with the laying of the 100,000th stone by Demnig himself at a location still to be determined, but slated to take place before picture lock.

To stay up to date on Stolpersteine, please visit our website and connect with us on social media @3_generations.