ABC News Live is set to present a primetime special tonight, April 27th, on the rise in antisemitism across the world with Bearing Witness: Fighting the Rise of Antisemitism.
What’s Happening:
- ABC News Live presents a primetime special on the rise in antisemitism cases across the world, which are at an all-time high according to the Anti-Defamation League. Airing on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, the report highlights the importance of understanding the atrocities of the Holocaust so history does not repeat itself.
- Anchoring from the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, Kyra Phillips interviews Ella Mandel, a 95-year-old Holocaust survivor, who has spent every week for the past three decades teaching students about the atrocities she experienced.
- Chief national correspondent Matt Gutman reports on the mission to get Holocaust survivors out of Ukraine and to safety; correspondent Erielle Reshef documents the efforts to try and combat antisemitism, and correspondent Phil Lipof reveals his personal journey through the site of the concentration camp, Majdanek, that is now a museum in Poland.
- Also, Holocaust Memorial Museum director Sara Bloomfield shares why the work at the museum is so important.
- Bearing Witness: Fighting the Rise of Antisemitism streams Wednesday, April 27 (8:30-9:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC News Live and will be available on demand and on Hulu.
- Seni Tienabeso is executive producer, and Jon Schlosberg is senior producer for the special.
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