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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: 'I must tell the world what happened': Max Eisen, in his own words
Description: One of Canada's most acclaimed Holocaust survivors, Max Eisen, died Thursday of cancer at the age of 93. A Holocaust educator and author, Eisen was a prolific speaker who appeared in documentaries and toured the country to spread messages of tolerance and confronting evil. He earned four honorary doctorate degrees, went on 18 March of the Living trips, was one of 25 survivors to be recorded for holographic posterity by the USC Shoah Foundation and, last year, was named to the Order of Canada.
Today you'll hear from Eisen himself, in a never-before-released clip he shot for the documentary The...