Jerusalem, 1961
In 1961, the Holocaust was placed at the center of a courtroom.
Not through documents.
Through voices.
Enter the VoicesBefore the Trial
Silence and Fragments
The Holocaust was known, but not yet heard.
Knowledge came from Nazi documents. Survivors rarely spoke publicly. Memory was fragmented, local, often private.
Courts focused on perpetrators, not lived experience.
This was the world before Jerusalem.
The Trial
A Courtroom Becomes a Stage for Memory
This was not just a legal proceeding. It was an act of collective testimony.
More than one hundred witnesses testified before the court. Their testimonies addressed events across ghettos, deportations, camps, and daily life under Nazi rule.
The trial placed survivor testimony at the center of a major criminal proceeding, presented publicly and recorded in full. The world listened in real time.
110+
Witnesses
121
Sessions
275
Hours
75
Volumes
The Voices
Witnesses at the Center
History shifted when voices became primary.
Witnesses came from different places—camps, ghettos, resistance movements. Many had never spoken publicly before. Their testimonies shaped how the Holocaust would be remembered.
After the Trial
How Memory Changed
After the trial, testimony became central to education. Survivor voices entered classrooms, museums, archives. Memory shifted from documents to lived experience.
After 1961, the Holocaust was no longer only documented. It was spoken.
The Digital Archive
Preserving What Was Spoken
This archive brings together trial transcripts, witness testimony, and supporting materials from the 1961 proceedings—making them accessible through modern digital tools.
Technology does not replace memory. It protects and connects it. AI here does not speak for witnesses—it helps understand them.
Primary sources remain central. Digital tools support access, navigation, and comprehension—not interpretation or dramatization.
Why It Still Matters
These voices were recorded so they would not fade. Listening is now the responsibility of those who come after.
Begin"Remembering through voices is not passive. It is an act."