At German embassy in Israel, Holocaust survivors reclaim their stories through photos – Opening Wednesday, new exhibit ‘Humans of the Holocaust’ engages the public with striking and sometimes whimsical images of 25 people who triumphed over the Nazis by living well | Timesofisrael

JTA — The first time Gidon Lev encountered Holocaust denial was after becoming an unwitting TikTok star at the age of 86.
“I was totally shocked. How could this be?” he told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency about receiving dozens of comments accusing him of lying about the years in a Nazi concentration camp as a child.
“If only I was a liar,” he said. “Then I would have a father, grandparents, cousins, aunts, and uncles. I would have had a childhood.”