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A small group of people sitting on wooden benches in a theatre face a screen showing an older woman seated in a chair. A man in a yellow shirt is standing to the right of the screen holding a microphone. Partially obscured.

Photo: CMHR, Annie Kierans

Winnipeg - April 23, 2025 –

This Friday, high school students from École Héritage Immersion will be the first to have virtual conversations with Holocaust survivors through a new gallery feature at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR).

The Grade 11 and 12 students from St. Pierre‐Jolys will ask questions of Holocaust survivors Pinchas Gutter and Marguerite Élias Quddus, who both now reside in Canada. Pinchas and Marguerite’s responses will be generated from extensive pre‐recorded interviews, using language processing software to select answers and create meaningful conversations.

The interviews were collected as part of the USC Shoah Foundation’s groundbreaking project, Dimensions in Testimony, which ensures that the voices and stories of Holocaust survivors will never be forgotten. 

The gallery feature will be available to all visitors on Saturdays throughout May and June and every day during the summer months. It will also be available as an education program starting in the fall. 

Students, their teacher, CMHR curator Jeremy Maron and Belle Jarniewski from the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada will be available for interviews at the event. Media representatives must RSVP in advance as space is limited.

WHAT: Dimensions in Testimony Launch 

WHEN: Friday, April 25 at 10:00 a.m.

WHERE: CMHR, Level 4, Examining the Holocaust gallery

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