Legendary director Steven Spielberg recently reflected on the impact of his 1993 film Schindler’s List and the legacy it continues to shape as his Shoah Foundation marks its 30th anniversary. In an interview with NBC’s Jacob Soboroff on TODAY, Spielberg spoke about the creation of the foundation, which he established after learning from Holocaust survivors on set. He shared a profound encounter with one survivor where she claimed having a much bigger story than the story Spielberg is telling of my life. This moment, he said, inspired him to bear witness and capture survivor stories, creating the Shoah Foundation to preserve and share their voices. The Shoah Foundation, now led by Executive Director Dr. Robert Williams, has gathered thousands of survivor testimonies, including the account of 93-year-old Celina, who was the youngest woman on Oskar Schindler's list. Celina praises Steven Spielberg as his “second Schindler,” for giving her a voice. Expanding its mission, the foundation has documented testimonies from survivors of genocides in Rwanda, Cambodia, Armenia, and more. Last year, it also mobilized to record stories from survivors of the October 7 attacks in Israel, witnessing what has been called the largest act of mass violence against Jewish people since the Holocaust. Spielberg views this milestone as the “beginning of the fourth decade” of the Shoah Foundation’s work, emphasizing the urgency of preserving survivor stories. With fewer than a quarter-million Holocaust survivors still living, the foundation is racing against time to capture as many testimonies as possible. Spielberg calls on people worldwide to join hands in remembrance, declaring, “There are certain things we must never forget.” #Queer Up Social Justice