We are sad to report that Sobibor survivor Thomas Blatt died on Saturday at his home in Santa Barbara. One of only a few who survived the Sobibor death camp in Poland, Mr. Blatt created the model of Sobibor that is on display at LAMOTH. Above the model is a video in which Mr. Blatt explains how the camp operated and how he and other prisoners staged the uprising that ultimately saved his life. Mr. Blatt was active in the LAMOTH community as early as the 1970s, and in the 1980s he returned several times to Sobibor, where he placed a memorial plaque. Every  day students learn from Thomas Blatt's model, made with his hands and born of memory and commitment to truth. May his memory be a blessing for each of us, and may all learn from his refusal to accept the erasure of history.

LAMOTH President Randy Schoenberg's parents, Barbara and Ronald Schoenberg, present him  with LAMOTH Visionary Leadership Award.

Thank you to everyone who supported our  2015 Annual Gala Dinner yesterday, honoring the legacy of Woman In Gold. An extraordinary intergenerational community, ages six to 96, filled the ballroom at the Beverly Hills Hotel to capacity in support of our mission. You can look forward to hearing more information in the weeks to come.   

Tickets are still available for tonight's preview screening, in partnership with the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival, of What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy, at 7:00 pm, at the Laemmle Royal Theater. Click here to purchase tickets online from the theater. We have a limited number of complimentary tickets for students and Holocaust Survivors; email [email protected] for more information.

Written by British human rights lawyer Philippe Sands and directed by David Evans (Downton Abbey), this film addresses the provocative and unsettling question: What's it like to be the child of a high-ranking Nazi officer? The documentary focuses on Sands' encounter with two men whose fathers were high-ranking Nazi officers during the Second World War: Niklas Frank, whose father was executed after being found guilty of war crimes by the Nuremberg tribunal, and Horst von Wächter, whose father operated in occupied Poland. The men have strikingly opposite views on their relationship with their fathers. From these extraordinary encounters, a gripping conversation emerges, resulting in the men journeying to Poland where members of Sands' family were executed during the war.  A trailer for the film is available  here .

Q&A with LAMOTH Executive Director Samara Hutman and 3G at LAMOTH Co-Chair Jordanna Gessler will follow the screening.