Last

What will be remembered when the last Holocaust survivor is gone?Soon, the last people who lived through the Holocaust will die. In intimate portraits, journalist Rosie Whitehouse gives us a final chance to hear their thoughts.Known as ‘the Boys’ (though some were girls) or ‘the Windermere children’, these survivors settled in the Lake District after World War Two and have shaped how Britain remembers one of history’s greatest crimes. While some have testified publicly, Whitehouse offers rare access to their unscripted views, visiting survivors and their families in their own homes. They discuss growing old with trauma, what held them back and how they moved forward, and the significance of the legacy they leave behind. Sometimes hopeful, sometimes bitter, they ask how, and whether, the memory of the Holocaust will outlast them.Amid growing antisemitism and creeping disinterest in the Holocaust, The Last is an urgent warning about the threats still facing Jewish communities―and the danger of history repeating itself.British survivors of the Holocaust recount their stories As antisemitism in the UK is on the rise, this serves as an urgent warning about the threats still facing Jewish communities Moving personal accounts of the ‘Windermere children’