Tova Friedman's grandson and cameraman man says their most-viewed videos are 'ones that show her number' - the identification tattooed on prisoners' arms at Auschwitz.
Holocaust survivor Tova Friedman is a TikTok star at age 85, thanks to her 17-year-old grandson.
"It really snowballed," said Friedman. "And then we realized it was a fabulous medium for the Holocaust, for young people who don't want to read the books, who don't like the classes in school, who don't like the way the teachers teach or whatever, who are bored with it, or some who never heard of it. Here they are, listening."
Commenters on the videos thank Friedman for posting her memories, with many remarking they had not learned much - or anything - about the Holocaust in school. Another TikTok features black-and-white footage of Friedman with other Jewish children in early 1945, as she pushes up her sleeve to show the tattooed number on her arm. The film was shot by the Soviet military a week after they liberated the camp.
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