by Mendel Weintraub ('16) Over the past two weeks, seniors in the Names, Not Numbers program conducted interviews with Holocaust survivors for their oral history projects. These were not, however, simply question and answer interviews. All of the students involved in the class spent an entire semester in preparation for their respective interviews. This preparation included lessons on filming techniques, a trip to the Jewish History Museum in Battery Park, and numerous classes led by Rabbi Taubes, Rabbi Richter, and Mrs. Rosenberg. Before the interviews, each group of students had to conduct research on the life of the survivor they would be speaking with in order to prepare questions for filming day. In doing so, students used references from the online databases of Yad Vashem and the National Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C., as well as some pre-interview survivor testimonials compiled by Rabbi Richter. For instance, if a particular survivor was in Poland in 1941, students interviewing him opr her needed to know what was happening in that country at that time. Thorough investigation was therefore required. Once interview day arrived, each student was finally introduced to his survivor. This was a very unique experience, given that the students had been doing research on that very person for months beforehand. Now it was time to conduct an interview that would do justice to the stories of the survivor. Each student took turns working the camera, interviewing, and observing throughout any given interview, making sure that every word spoken was captured with the proper attention. At the end of each interview, students presented their survivor with a copy of Out of the Depths by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau along with our sincere thanks. With interviews conducted, the major job still ahead is to edit the interviews down in order to produce 15 minute movies, which is no simple task. Nevertheless, we are confident that the students will rise to the occasion and deliver exceptional finished products which will help memorialize the survivors' stories.