hmTv at HMTC Podcasts
hmTv at HMTC Podcasts
Podcast Description
hmTv is a podcast platform dedicated to exploring the humanity in all of us through impactful stories and discussions.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
Focuses on themes of human resilience, historical education, and social justice with episodes featuring Holocaust survivor narratives, discussions on hate speech, and stories of ordinary heroes impacting their communities.
hmTv is a podcast platform dedicated to exploring the humanity in all of us through impactful stories and discussions. Executive Producer Bernie Furshpan has developed a state-of-the-art podcast studio within the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center, creating a dynamic platform for dialogue.
Holocaust survivor testimony, in their own words. hmTv is the podcast of the Holocaust Memorial Tolerance Center of Nassau County (HMTC) — 700+ episodes of survivor stories, upstander profiles, and honest conversations about antisemitism, bullying, and the courage to act.
Holocaust survivor testimony, in their own words. hmTv is the podcast of the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County (HMTC) — 600+ episodes of survivor stories, upstander profiles, and honest conversations about antisemitism, bullying, and the courage to act.
Across 30+ show series, survivors, educators, historians, and journalists explore the history of the Holocaust and its lessons for today. HMTC is a nonprofit that has served Long Island schools, educators, law enforcement, and communities for 25+ years — teaching the history of the Holocaust to promote resistance to prejudice and respect for every human being. This podcast brings that mission to anyone, anywhere.
Follow to hear the stories that matter.
Learn more at hmtcli.org · Glen Cove, NY · Instagram @hmtcli · Facebook @HMTCLI
The Dana Download | Ep. 679: Aimee Gagnon Fogg — Preserving the Ritchie Boys’ Stories | HMTC
Every Memorial Day, Aimee Gagnon Fogg places Kurt Jacobs’s photograph at his grave in Belgium. One face is still missing: fellow Ritchie Boy Murray Zappler’s.
On The Dana Download, host Dana Arschin speaks with Aimee, founder of They Speak: Voices of Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, about preserving the lives of nearly 8,400 American WWII service members buried or commemorated there. Her search began with her great-uncle, PFC Paul M. Lavoie, who was killed in Germany at age 21, and has grown into research on approximately 2,200 service members.
Aimee traces the journeys of Jewish refugees Kurt Jacobs and Murray Zappler, who returned to Europe as U.S. military intelligence specialists. Their stories affirm her belief that there is no “us versus them.” Each recovered name, photograph, and memory restores individuality and becomes a small victory for humanity.
The Dana Download on hmTv | Host: Dana Arschin | Guest: Aimee Gagnon Fogg
A production of the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County
🔗
You can follow Aimee’s work on Facebook at They Speak: Voices of Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery.
🎧
hmtcli.org
📺
buzzsprout.com/2449781
youtube.com/@hmTv-hmtc
CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
1:16 How Aimee found The Dana Download
3:31 Anne Frank and a lifelong mission
5:54 Creating They Speak
6:31 Finding PFC Paul M. Lavoie
10:46 Who were the Ritchie Boys?
13:16 Kurt Jacobs and Murray Zappler
18:46 Recovering and remembering two soldiers
21:10 A photograph as a victory for humanity
23:19 The search for Murray’s photograph
24:10 What comes next
25:26 “There is only us”
28:05 Closing
HASHTAGS
#TheDanaDownload #Veterans #Service #Remembrance #HMTC
Disclaimer
This podcast’s information is provided for general reference and was obtained from publicly accessible sources. The Podcast Collaborative neither produces nor verifies the content, accuracy, or suitability of this podcast. Views and opinions belong solely to the podcast creators and guests.
For a complete disclaimer, please see our Full Disclaimer on the archive page. The Podcast Collaborative bears no responsibility for the podcast’s themes, language, or overall content. Listener discretion is advised. Read our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy for more details.