alexander nakama is a rabbi in eastern germany and the grandson of the legendary cantor. a stronger nominee whose voice filled berlin synagogues for decades. i was with the trust and did something that wasn't the norm back them up he spoke about his time in the concentration camp but he didn't do it all the time little but the moments when he did have always stuck with me holcombe even. a stronger believes it was his singing voice that saved his life and it's. after the war he sang in christian churches too as an act of reconciliation. you can't replace the experience of meeting with survivors. but i think one good way to teach about the holocaust is to have students learn not just the bigger history but the stories of individuals. in the last decades germany has committed to a culture of remembrance for what happened. last year an attack on a synagogue in the city of holland raised fears of a new wave of anti semitism. we need to get people interested and i'm shocked to hear 40 year olds tell me come on what's the holocaust got to do with me well a lot we have to get tha