♪ GAUTAM: TONIGHT ON GREATER BOSTON, JEWISH STUDENTS FEEL AFRAID TO SPEAK THEIR MIND BECAUSE OF THE WAR ON GAZA.

HOW ABOUT THE ISSUE IS.

THEN A LOOK AT THE CAREER AND IMPACT OF SARAH AND SHOP.

A NEW EXHIBIT BRINGS THE HORRORS OF THE HOLOCAUST TO BOSTON.

NOT LONG AGO OR FAR AWAY.

IT’S BEEN NEARLY SIX MONTHS SINCE HAMAS ATTACK ISRAEL.

ISRAELI FORCES HAVE KILLED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS WITH THE MILLIONS LEFT BEHIND DISPLACED AND CUT OFF FROM FOOD AND WATER AND MEDICAL CARE.

THIS HAS EXACERBATED TENSIONS INCLUDING ON AMERICAN COLLEGE CAMPUSES.

ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT FROM UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MORE THAN HALF OF JEWISH AND MUSLIM STUDENTS FEAR FOR THEIR SAFETY.

MANAGING EDITOR KIRK SPOKE WITH SEVERAL STUDENTS IN AND AROUND BOSTON.

HE JOINS ME NOW ALONG WITH UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR.

WHAT DID THE STUDENTS TELL YOU?

>> THEY ARE AFRAID.

THEY ARE HEARING CHANCE LIKE FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, THEY ARE SEEING ACTS OF VIOLENCE.

THEY ARE PROTESTING BUT THEY ARE PASSING EACH OTHER IN THE NIGHT.

WHAT SEVERAL TOLD ME IS WE HAVE A GENERATION HERE THAT IT IS EASY TO FORGET THESE STUDENTS WERE IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL DURING THE PANDEMIC, SO FOR MANY OF THEM THEY ARE NOT USE TO LOOKING EACH OTHER IN THE EYE AND HAVING DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOT BUTTON ISSUES.

JEWISH STUDENTS ARE CONCEALING THEIR IDENTITY.

THERE IS A SURVEY FROM A RESEARCHER AT TUFTS WHO SAYS ONE QUARTER OF JEWISH STUDENTS SAY THEY NEED TO HIDE THEIR JEWISH IDENTITY.

DOUBLE WHAT IT WAS IN 2022.

THESE STUDENTS ARE TALKING TO EACH OTHER BUT NOT TALKING ACROSS DIFFERENCES.

PALESTINIAN STUDENTS AND ACTIVISTS ARE SAYING THEY ARE BEING CRIMINALIZED, BEING CALLED TERRORISTS.

THEY FEEL LIKE WHILE THEY ARE OUTSPOKEN, THEIR VIEWS ARE MISCHARACTERIZED.

>> VOLVO, WHAT DID YOU REPORT TELL US ABOUT HOW WIDESPREAD THE FEARS ARE?

>> MORE WIDESPREAD THAN WE PREVIOUSLY KNEW.

WE CONDUCTED THE FIRST NATIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE SURVEY OF COLLEGE STUDENTS ON THE ISSUE SINCE OCTOBER 7 AND SPECIFICALLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT ANTISEMITISM, ISLAMOPHOBIA, BUT ALSO ABOUT HOW DO THEY FEEL AND DO THEY FEEL IN PERSONAL DANGER BECAUSE OF THEIR BELIEFS RELATED TO THE ISRAEL PALESTINE CONFLICT ON OCTOBER 7 AND SINCE.

WHAT WE DISCOVERED IS 56% OF JEWISH STUDENTS FEEL IN PERSONAL DATA, 52 PERCENT OF MUSLIMS AND 16% OF STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT JEWISH OR MUSLIM FEEL LIKE THEY ARE IN PERSONAL DANGER.

THAT LAST NUMBER MAY SEEM SMALL, BUT THAT REPRESENTS OVER 2 MILLION COLLEGE STUDENTS.

SO THAT IS REALLY QUITE A WIDESPREAD PHENOMENON AND AS YOU JUST HEARD, INDEPENDENT OF US, JOURNALISTS HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWING STUDENTS AND FINDING JUST WHAT WE FOUND IN OUR REPORT BECAUSE WE DID NOT JUST ASK STUDENTS TO CHECK THE BOX, WE ASKED IF THEY FELT IN DANGER TO SAY WHY, GIVE US A FEW SENTENCES EXPLAINING WHY AND 87% OF STUDENTS WHO SAID THEY HAVE FELT IN PERSONAL DANGER EXPLAINED IT AND AS YOU HEARD, THEY ARE HEARING THESE PHRASES.

PROTESTERS MAY THINK THEY ARE PEACEFUL, BUT THEY ARE BEING INTERPRETED AS CALLS FOR GENOCIDE.

THEY ARE SEEING ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION AGAINST STUDENTS ON CAMPUS.

AND THIS IS SIMPLY SCARING LARGE SWATHS OF THE STUDENT BODY.

>> KIRK, ONE OF THE MORE STRIKING PARTS IS WE TRY TO GET THE STUDENTS ON TELEVISION AND THEY REFUSED.

>> I SPENT WEEKS BUILDING UP TRUST TO GET THEM TO GO ON THE RECORD SO WE COULD USE THEIR NAMES.

SOME STUDENTS HAVE BEEN DOCKED.

WE FEATURED AN EGYPTIAN MUSLIM STUDENT WHOSE FACE WAS DOCS AND SHE EXPRESSED THE LACK OF TRUST IN THE INSTITUTION.

SEVERAL JEWISH STUDENTS DID NOT WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD AT FIRST.

THEY ARE NOT HERE TONIGHT, NOT WILLING TO GO ON LIVE TELEVISION AND TALK ABOUT THIS.

THERE IS FEAR AND THIS PREDATES THIS CONFLICT.

THERE IS A SURVEY THAT FOUND IN 2019, TWO THIRDS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS SAY THEIR CAMPUS CLIMATE PRECLUDED THEM FROM EXPRESSING THEIR TRUE OPINIONS BECAUSE THEY FEARED IT MIGHT OFFEND CLASSMATES.

WHAT WE ARE FINDING IS WE HAD THESE MONOCULTURES WHETHER IT IS THE WHOLE CAMPUS OR CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS.

IT HAS BECOME ANTITHETICAL TO THE MISSION OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO HAVE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS AND PRACTICE AND TEACH CRITICAL INQUIRY.

AND THAT IS NOT HAPPENING.

>> IS THIS A STORY ABOUT PEOPLE ACTUALLY ENCOUNTERING ANTIS EMMA DOES HIM IN PERSON?

IS THIS A SOCIAL MEDIA STORY WHERE RARE INCIDENCES GET PASSED AROUND?

PERSONALLY I HEAR ABOUT PEOPLE ASKING ALL THE TIME DID THIS ACTUALLY HAPPEN, WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

I OBSERVE THAT MYSELF FROM JEWISH AND MUSLIM FRIENDS.

SOMETHING HAS CHANGED, NOT ABOUT THE WAR, BUT THE WILLINGNESS OF PEOPLE TO EXPRESS ISLAM OR ANTISEMITISM IN WAYS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SURPRISING A GENERATION AGO.

>> THIS IS A RISING CONTEXT OF ANTISEMITISM, SO WE HAD A BENEFIT.

I DID A STUDY OF ANTI-SEMITISM AND SUPPORT FOR POLITICAL VIOLENCE AMONG AMERICAN ADULTS.

8000 IN THE SURVEY IN 2020 THREE.

WE LOOKED OUT PAUL’S TWO APPLES TO SEE THE WIDER CONTEXT IN WHICH THE EVENTS UNFOLDED AND HOW THEY ARE BEING INTERPRETED.

AS WE SEE, VIOLENT ANTIS SEMITISM, THE TOLERANCE OF VIOLENT ATTACKS AGAINST JEWS HAS INCREASED BY 13% AMONG AMERICAN ADULTS AFTER OCTOBER 7 AND YOU’RE SEEING MANIFESTATIONS OF THAT.

THERE IS A SECOND POINT THAT WE DISCOVERED IN THIS, WE SORT OF KNEW IT MIGHT BE THERE BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN STUDYING VIOLENCE FOR 30 YEARS.

WE DISCOVERED A BIG FINDING, A TRAGIC MISUNDERSTANDING AT THE HEART OF CAMPUS FEARS.

YOU SEE WE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT PALESTINE WILL BE FREE THIS PRO-PALESTINIAN CHANCE AND WHAT WE WANTED TO KNOW IS WHEN YOU HEAR THAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK IT MEANS AND WE DISCOVERED THAT 26% OF COLLEGE STUDENTS, 4 MILLION THINK THAT SHANNON MEANS GENOCIDE OF THE JEWS.

THAT IS A REALLY BIG NUMBER AND THAT MEANS THEY ARE HEARING THAT IS A CALL FOR GENOCIDE.

66% OF JEWISH STUDENTS THINK IT IS A CALL FOR GENOCIDE OF THE JEWS AND TWO THIRDS OF THEM ARE AFRAID.

MUSLIM STUDENTS, IT IS ONLY 14% SO WHAT IS THAT MEAN?

THERE ARE GENUINE PROTESTERS USING THAT THAT MEAN SOMETHING PEACEFUL, BUT PERCEPTION CAN BECOME REALITY.

HEARING THAT, UNDERSTANDING AS A CALL FOR GENOCIDE PRODUCES FEAR EVEN IF IT IS UNINTENDED BY THE PEOPLE MAKING THE CHANT SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

THERE IS A TRAGIC MISUNDERSTANDING AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT NOW BY SIMPLY PUBLICIZING THE INFORMATION AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE IS A MISUNDERSTANDING AND A DIFFERENT PERCEPTION OF THE MEANING OF THE PHRASE, ONE A CALL FOR GENOCIDE, ANOTHER A PEACEFUL OUTCOME.

STUDENT PROTESTERS CAN THINK ABOUT A DIFFERENT CHANT OR FOLLOW THAT CHANT WITH SOMETHING QUICKLY THAT MEANS THEY DON’T MEAN HARM TO JEWS OR ANYBODY.

THAT MEANS WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO CALM DOWN THESE FEARS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE PEOPLE CHANGING THEIR FUNDAMENTAL POSITIONS ON THE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN CONFLICT OR DO NOT REQUIRE THE END OF LEGITIMATE PROTEST.

IT MEANS THERE IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO THAT WILL NOT SOLVE ALL OF FEARS, BUT WE CAN START A PROCESS OF CALMING FEARS AND IF WE CAN, WE MAY DISCOVER THAT WILL PRODUCE A GENERAL CALMING EFFECT.

>> WE COULD KEEP TALK ABOUT THIS FOREVER BUT I’M GLAD WE GOT EMPIRICAL DATA AND HAVE A WAY TO TAKE THE TENSIONS DOWN.

KIRK, ROBERT, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

COMMUNITY LEADERS, POLITICIANS AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY GATHERED IN BOSTON TO HONOR THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE TV REPORTER, DR. SARAH-ANN SHAW WHO DIED AT 90 YEARS OLD.

>> I WOULD NOT BE WHERE I AM TODAY IF SHE HAD NOT MADE TIME FOR ME.

SHE TOOK ME UNDER HER WING AND I KNOW I AM ONE OF GENERATIONS WHO ARE WHERE THEY ARE TODAY BECAUSE OF THE EXAMPLE THAT SHE SAID.

>> IN 1968 SHE BECAME PART OF THE TEAM BEHIND BASIC BLACK.

SHE WENT ON TO A THREE DECADES LONG CAREER WHICH STARTED AT THE HEIGHT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

SHE BECAME KNOWN FOR HER COMPASSIONATE STORYTELLING AND EFFORTS TO BLAZE A TRAIL FOR JOURNALISTS.

FORMER EDITOR AND PUBLISHER RON MITCHELL WORKED WITH HER.

TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SARAH-ANN SHAW.

>> SHE WAS AN ICON, BUT A GENTLE GIANT.

HER DEMEANOR WAS CALM AND DIRECTS, BUT SHE HAD A TENOR UNDERNEATH THAT OF STRENGTH AND SHE WOULD TALK TRUTH TO POWER.

MANY EXECUTIVES OH -- WERE TRYING TO SEARCH FOR RATINGS.

IT WAS AN EASY LIFT IN THE NEWS BUSINESS TO TALK ABOUT THE CRIME.

BUT SARAH WAS NOT HAVING IT.

SHE WOULD TELL THE NEWS DIRECTORS KNOW, YOU HAVE TO TELL THE POSITIVE AND THE TRUTH.

SHE HELD THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND FORGED THE WAY FOR MANY OF US.

>> WHEN YOU THINK OF THE DR., WHAT IS YOUR FIRST MEMORY?

>> SHE WAS EASY TO APPROACH, PEOPLE APPROACHED HER, SHE RESPONDED TO IT.

SHE WAS PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

I LOVE THAT SHE TAUGHT ALL OF US THAT YOU NEED TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST DO YOUR JOB, SO SHE WAS IN THE STREETS, AVAILABLE.

SHE HAD A LOT OF STORIES BECAUSE SHE KNEW THE PEOPLE.

>> SHE HAD A REAL LEGACY.

WE HAVE SOME TAPE OF HER TALKING ABOUT BASIC BLACK AND HER HOPES ABOUT THAT.

>> THE FACT THAT SO MANY THINGS HAVE REPEATED AND REPEATED AND REPEATED, I WANT TO LIVE LONGER TO SEE US BE ABLE TO DO THINGS THAT HAVE MORE STAYING POWER.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THOSE LIKE ME WITH GRAY HAIR, HOW CAN WE COMMUNICATE TO A YOUNGOR GROUP SOME THINGS WE DID SO THEY CAN AVOID MISTAKES AND DO OTHER THINGS THAT PRODUCE SOME ACTIVITIES THAT MAKE YOU SAY YEAH.

>> HOW FAR DO YOU THINK SHE WENT?

>> SHE WAS A LONG TERM MEMBER OF WOMEN FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE FOUNDED IN 1918 AND OVER THE YEARS YOUNGER PEOPLE STARTED COMING THROUGH THAT AND SHE HUNG IN THERE.

SHE KEPT SAYING LET’S BRING THEM IN.

SHE WORKED WITH THE BOSTON ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS.

THAT PUT HER IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE YOUNGER THAN SHE WAS.

IT CREATED A STRUCTURE IN WHICH SHE COULD TALK TO PEOPLE.

IN LATER YEARS, SHE SAID I’VE GOT TO GET OUT THERE.

SHE WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT REACHING PEOPLE.

SHOULD PEOPLE IN HER OWN FAMILY WHO WERE YOUNGER AND I THINK SHE UNDERESTIMATED HOW MANY PEOPLE SHE WAS ABLE TO MEET BECAUSE SHE WAS AVAILABLE.

SHE WAS NOT ALWAYS TELLING THEM THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, THIS IS HOW WE DID IT.

THE POINT WAS WE COULD ALL HAVE A CONVERSATION AND LEARN.

I WANT TO BRING MORE OF MYSELF THAN I WAS AT THIS OR THAT OR THE OTHER.

SHE WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.

>> IF THERE IS ANY ONE OR A HANDFUL OF LESSONS THAT YOU TAKE FROM PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS, WHAT WOULD THEY BE?

>> SHE WAS A GREAT LISTENER, SHE WAS LIKE YOUR MOM.

ONE PERSON WHO WOULD LISTEN TO YOU.

SHE WOULD TAKE THE TIME.

THE BEST REPORTERS DID THAT.

THEY RESPECTED EVERYONE AND YOU COULD FEEL THAT IN HOW THEY COMMUNICATED, BUT THEY WOULD ALSO GUIDE YOU AND SAY YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT IT THIS WAY AND KEEP IN MIND IF THERE WAS SOMETHING SHE WANTED YOU TO LEARN, YOU WOULD BE LIKE OK BECAUSE THE WAY SHE APPROACHED IT WAS SO LOVING AND RESPECTFUL AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT MADE HER SO SUCCESSFUL AT GETTING STORIES TOLD AND WHY SHE WAS PERSUASIVE IN HOW SHE TAUGHT.

NOT JUST VIDEO JOURNALIST, BUT OTHER PRODUCERS BECAUSE BUSINESS STARTED AS REPORTER DRIVEN.

IN THE TO THOUSANDS AND EVEN THE 90’S, IT WAS PRODUCER DRIVEN.

SHE DID NOT ALLOW THEM TO GUIDE THE NEWS FOR HER STORIES.

THEY WERE STORIES ABOUT REAL PEOPLE AND THINGS THAT MATTERED.

SHE MADE SURE IT WAS NOT BOILED DOWN TO THE MOST DRAMATIC ANGLE, IT WAS THE TRUTH, IT MATTERED.

SHE WAS OF THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTOOD THAT.

HER LOVE CAME THROUGH IN HER JOURNALISM.

SHE WAS REMARKABLE.

>> WHEN SHE LOOKED BACK AT HER CAREER, DO YOU THINK THERE WAS A STORY THAT SHE WOULD HIGHLIGHT AS SORT OF THIS WAS MY FAVORITE?

THE MOMENT?

>> I THINK OF HER COURAGE AND APPROACH OF WHATEVER STORY IT WAS WHICH LETS YOU COME BACK AND SAY I COULD DO THAT.

I COULD TAKE THAT ON.

I DID NOT WORK WITH HER EVERY DAY.

I REMEMBER THE EARLY DAYS WHEN SHE WAS WITH HIM -- HENRY HAMPTON AND HIS FAMILY.

CHRIS ROCK, A STELLAR GROUP, SHE STEPPED INTO THAT JOB BEING A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST.

SOMEONE SAID WE THINK YOU CAN BE A PART-TIME HOST AND SHE TOOK THAT ON, BUT HER COURAGE DEMONSTRATED ITSELF.

HER QUORUM ALLOWED HER TO SPEAK BACK, CHAMPION ISSUES OTHER PEOPLE THOUGHT WERE NOT WORTH HER TIME.

AND IT ALLOWED HER TO TAKE ON ISSUES AND WORK THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN EASIER TO LET GO.

AS A MODEL FOR THOSE OF US COMING ALONG, SHE WAS BRILLIANT, SHE WAS BRILLIANT AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

>> THE THING PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT WHEN SHE BECAME A REPORTER, SOCIETY WAS GOING THROUGH A SERIOUS CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT OF OUR CENTURY, THE LAST CENTURY.

AS A YOUNG BLACK MAN GROWING UP, THE WHOLE SOCIETY AND MEDIA VILIFYING AND MAKING EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY NEGATIVE PUT ME IN DANGER, AND SHE UNDERSTOOD THAT BECAUSE SHE WAS FROM THE COMMUNITY.

SHE DID NOT ALLOW MISREPRESENTATION TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT US AS A PEOPLE, SO SHE EDUCATED THE FOLKS WHO CONTROLLED THE MEDIA THROUGH HER STORIES AND THE OFFICE.

WHEN SHE LEFT THE STATION I FOUGHT FOR MANY STORIES AND I LEARNED FROM HER HOW TO DO THAT.

WHEN I REALIZED I KNEW HOW TO DO IT, I FOLLOWED HER LEAD AFTER SHE WAS GONE CONTINUE THE LEGACY AND MANY OF US LEARNED FROM HER AND CONTINUE THAT LEGACY TO MAKE SURE WE TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

I WOULD NOT BE PUBLISHER IF IT WAS NOT FOR UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE IN HOW IT AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITY.

HER LEGACY LIVES ON IN ME AND OTHER JOURNALISTS.

>> SHE TAUGHT THE EXECUTIVES THERE WAS A STORY.

SHE WAS TEACHING THE PEOPLE WHO HIRED HER.

>> IS STRIKING HOW IMPORTANT HER EXAMPLE WAS, NOT JUST WITHIN JOURNALISM, BUT WE HAVE A REVEREND DISCUSSING HER IMPORTANCE TO HER AT THE MEMORIAL YESTERDAY.

>> IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SEE SOMEONE WHO LOOK LIKE ME OUT THERE COVERING THE NEWS.

SHE WAS TRY TO SHAPE WHAT KIND OF STORIES WERE COVERED AND THE PERSPECTIVE OF HOW THEY WERE COVERED.

I REMEMBER HER TELLING ME ONE OF HER BIG BATTLES WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT ROCKS.

, IT WAS NOT JUST NEGATIVE.

SHE KNEW YOU HAD TO COVER WHEN WE LOST SOMEONE BECAUSE OF A SHOOTING BUT YOU ALSO NEED TO COVER WHEN A LIBRARY IS OPEN, WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE ARE WINNING STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

SHE MADE SURE THAT THERE WAS THAT EVEN COVERAGE THAT PAINTED A PICTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU YOU DID NOT SEE THAT >> ON EVERY STATION.

>>ANY LAST WORDS ABOUT HER?

>> IS ONE THING TO BE A FIRST, BUT EVERYONE WANTS PEOPLE BEHIND THEM AND WE’RE HEARING THAT THERE IS A LONG LINE OF PEOPLE STANDING BEHIND HER WHOM SHE BROUGHT ALONG, OPEN THE DOOR FOR, MEN TOWARD AND GREW.

>> SHE LEFT A LONG LEGACY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE STRONGER BECAUSE OF HER AND WE WILL REMEMBER HER FOR THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

NEXT, A MOVING EXHIBIT ON DISPLAY IN BOSTON.

AUSCHWITZ, NOT LONG AGO, NOT FAR AWAY, DISPLAYS 700 ARTIFACTS THAT TELL THE STORIES OF MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE WHO WERE MURDERED AT THE CONCENTRATION CAMP.

GBH ARTS REPORTER HALEY JOINS NOW TO DISCUSS.

GBH IS ONE OF THE LOCAL MEDIA PARTNERS.

TELL US WHAT IT IS LIKE GOING THROUGH THE EXHIBIT.

>> IT IS A MOVING EXHIBITION, HARD TO GO THROUGH.

IT TAKES TIME TO WALK THROUGH THE EXHIBIT.

THEY EXPECT ONE HOUR AND A HALF OR TWO HOURS TO WALK THROUGH IT, SO BE PREPARED THAT IT IS HARD SUBJECT MATTER.

BUT IT SHOWS A TIMELINE OF HOW THE CONCENTRATION CAMP CAME TO BE IN THE PROCESS FROM THE START OF ITS HISTORY TO WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE HOLOCAUST.

>> WHAT WAS THE INSPIRATION?

>> THIS IS GOING TO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, BUT IT IS A WAY OF GETTING THESE ARTIFACTS AROUND THE COUNTRY SO PEOPLE CAN SEE IT.

IT WILL BE AROUND THE WORLD AND BRING CLOSER OBJECTS THAT YOU MIGHT ONLY SEE AT CERTAIN USING M’S.

ARTIFACTS FROM DIFFERENT MUSEUMS SO THERE IS A COMPLETE PICTURE OF HOW THIS CAME TO BE.

IT SERVES AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL.

>> I THINK WE HAVE VIDEO OF VISITORS TALKING ABOUT HOW MOVED THEY WERE.

>> THERE WAS A BABY SHOE AND A SOCK.

IF I HAVE A SHOE OF THAT SIZE.

WHEN YOU SEE A SHOE LIKE THAT TAKEN OFF UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, IT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

>> WE HAVE GENERATIONS THAT HAVE NO IDEA THIS HAPPENED.

>> WHAT’S GOING ON TODAY SCARES ME BECAUSE THIS IS ALL BASED ON HATE.

LOOK WHAT HAPPENED.

>> THIS IS POWERFUL GIVEN EVENTS IN THE WORLD TODAY.

HOW DID THAT SHAPE THE EXPERIENCE OF PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE?

>> THEY CAME AWAY FROM IT MOVED.

MOST PEOPLE WERE IN TEARS OR TOUCHED BY WHAT HAPPENED AND TOO MANY PEOPLE I SPOKE TO, THEY REALLY WANTED THIS EXHIBITION TO TEACH PEOPLE TO REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED, TO NOT REPEAT THE HISTORY OF WHAT HAPPENED.

EVERYONE THAT WENT THROUGH THAT, ALL THEY CAN SAY IS EVERYONE NEEDS TO REMEMBER THAT IT HAPPENED.

>> WAS THERE A PART THAT HATE YOU THE HARDEST?

>> THERE IS A GLASS CASE FULL OF EVERYDAY OBJECTS, A HAIRPIN OR JUST REGULAR CLOTHES.

IT’S THINGS THAT YOU DON’T REALLY THINK ABOUT, IS NOT THE ARTIFACTS PEOPLE REMEMBER AS HARD-HITTING, BUT IT’S THINGS YOU HAVE EVERY DAY AND TO KNOW THAT THOSE WERE TAKEN FROM PEOPLE BEFORE THEIR DEATH AND THEY WERE STRIPPED, THAT REALLY HIT.

>> SOUNDS LIKE EVERYONE IN BOSTON SHOULD ATTEND THIS EXHIBIT.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE’S A LOT OF THINGS IN COOLIDGE CORNER THAT YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT.

>> YES, TOMORROW WILL BE OPEN FOR EXPANSION.

IT’S A BIG EXPANSION OF AN ICONIC THEATER.

>> WHAT WILL BE PERFORMING THERE?

>> LEGACY MOVIES.

AT THE WIZARD OF OZ.

THERE ARE THESE THEATERS, THE BLUE ROOM AND THE RED ROOM, THEY ARE THEATER FIVE AND SIX.

THERE ARE BRIGHT RED LIGHTS AND ELECTRIC BLUE ONES.

IT IS A GREAT SPACE.

DIFFERENT MOVIES WILL BE SHOWING AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIE FILMS TO BE SHOWN AND TO HAVE PREMIERES SO THEY ARE EXCITED TO EXPAND THE SHOWINGS.

>> WHAT IS THE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW THIS WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITY AROUND IT?

>> PEOPLE ARE EXCITED TO PUT ON COMMUNITY OF VENTS WITH WORKSHOPS AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

THERE IS AN EXPANDED LOBBY AREA, SO MORE OF A GATHERING SPACE AT THE THEATER.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO LEAVE BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH SPACE.

>> WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU’RE GOING TO SEE?

>> I HAVE TO LOOK AT THEIR SCHEDULE.

I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO LOOK.

I GOT TO WATCH A SHORT MOVIE CLIP AT THE THEATER.

I AM VERY EXCITED FOR EVERYONE TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN.

>> WHAT IS THE CHANGE?

>> INSTEAD OF HAVING A FUSE THEATERS THEY’VE EXPANDED.

THERE IS A WHOLE NEW ENTRANCE, SO THERE IS A NEW FACADE AND IT IS INCREDIBLE TO SEE HOW MUCH THEY HAVE GROWN.

IT IS A BIG GROWTH.

>> COOLIDGE CORNER IS A SPECIAL PLACE, WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER?

>> I’VE BEEN GOING THERE SINCE COLLEGE, SO I REMEMBER HER -- I REMEMBER IT FEEL SPECIAL.

THEY ARE COMMITTED TO CARING ABOUT THAT.

THERE IS THE MOVIE THEATER ONE THAT IS A BIG ROOM WITH BEAUTIFUL CEILINGS AND ART DECO FIELD.

THERE IS A REAL IMPACT IN SEEING A MOVIE.

>> THESE THEATERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

CASABLANCA WAS BROUGHT LIVE FOR A GENERATION BEFORE PEOPLE FIGURED OUT HOW GREAT IT WAS, SO WITH COOLIDGE CORNER, ARE THEY DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR?

>> THEY HOPE TO PUT ON MORE PROGRAMMING FOR STUDYING FILM, BRINGING IN STUDENTS, CLASSES, AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT FILM AND KEEP THE MOVIE BUSINESS ALIVE IN MASSACHUSETTS.

THERE’S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COOLIDGE TO PARTNER WITH THEM AND MAKE THE AUSTIN -- AUDIENCE EVEN BIGGER.

>> IN COLLEGE THE ONLY WAY TO SEE A MOVIE WAS FRESH POND, SO IT’S NICE TO SEE BOSTON CHANGE.

HALEY, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

AUSCHWITZ, NOT LONG AGO, NOT FAR AWAY IS RUNNING NOW THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2 AT THE CASTLE AT PARK PLAZA.

FOR TICKETS AND MORE INFORMATION GO TO THE AUSCHWITZ EXHIBITION.

THAT IS IT FOR TONIGHT, WE WILL BE BACK TOMORROW.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

I AM GAUTAM, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

GOOD NIGHT.

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