Wow. My heart is still simmering from watching this. And my eyes are still wet. You always think you've had it rough until you hear someone else's testimony. What a beautiful documentary of a woman whose strength and faith carried her through the most unimaginable trauma. And she leaves a legacy and a call to LOVE. Thank you, Ella for sharing your story. I can only imagine why you kept it close to your heart for so long. I'm sorry that the pictures of your experiences are still soo vivid and so are the emotions that come with it. But I am thankful that God blessed you with life, and goodness and joy.

Some stories have the magic of never aging and can be told again and again and still feel fresh. Romance is an example. Even an educated audience in the 21st century should already know a good amount of Holocaust, it still draws all attention when told by those who have experienced it first hand. The magic behind is, I guess, being genuine and humans respond to it.

There is also another side to human nature. At the time of writing, violence, albeit different, is still ongoing. As a pacifist and a pragmatist, my thought is a) violence is wrongdoing based on ration and empathy, and b) with no current evidence that there is or will be means (nuclear, sanction, etc) to terminate the means of violence, all frictions against violence great and small are increasingly needed. While division lubricates violence, education and communication build up frictions all over against violence.