After Oct. 7 Terror Attacks, Holocaust Remembrance Day Has Never Been More Important (Guest Column)
variety.comLeo Pearlman I am Leo Pearlman, born in Sunderland, living in London. I am a partner at production company Fulwell 73, where we make content including “Carpool Karaoke” and “Cinderella.” I am a husband, a father, a son and a brother.
But I know that even today in some parts of the world there are those who would define me simply as: Jew. In 1936, my great-grandfather Leo, whose name I am proud to carry, managed to escape from Germany with eight members of his immediate family, including my then 6-year-old grandmother.
Of the 32 who stayed, most died in Auschwitz. None survived. My grandmother spent the next 75 years of her life repeating the mantra “Never Again.” That was now ninety years ago yet the generational trauma persists.
It is written into our genetic code. My family, like so many other Jewish families, have been defined by it. We still see the world’s attitude through the lens of genocidal antisemitism.
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