Ep 556: Legacy Chronicles with Donna Rosenblum and guest Lenny Kristal on hmTv

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 556 of Legacy Chronicles: Honoring the Past, Shaping the Future on hmTv, host Donna Rosenblum welcomes Dr. Lenny Kristal for a moving conversation about growing up as the son of Holocaust survivors and the responsibility of carrying memory forward.Lenny shares the powerful stories of his parents: his mother’s escape from Nazi-occupied Vienna after Kristallnacht, and his father’s survival through the Starachowice ghetto, slave labor, Auschwitz, Mauthausen, and liberation at Theresienstadt. He reflects on how his father’s trauma, resilience, humor, and silence shaped his own understanding of family, memory, and identity.The conversation also explores Lenny’s journey to Holocaust education, including his transformative March of the Living experience, his connection to HMTC, and his work as a docent helping students confront history with empathy and courage. Lenny also discusses how songwriting became a personal way to process legacy, especially through his song “Never Again.”This episode is a heartfelt reminder that memory is not only inherited. It is carried, examined, taught, and transformed into action.Support the show