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LIBERATION HEROES: THE LAST EYEWITNESSES Wednesday, May 1:  7pm ET/ 6pm CT/ 4pm PT and again at 11pmPT on DISCOVERY 

From Deadline: Discovery Channel will air the documentary Liberation Heroes: The Last Eyewitnesses, on Wednesday, May 1 at 7 PM ET, to coincide with the nation’s Holocaust Remembrance Day.

The film draws on a collection of 55,000 testimonies of survivors and witnesses to the Holocaust and other genocidal events that is part of USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive. Many of the interviews were recorded since 1994 with the organization established by Steven Spielberg after his experiences filmingSchindler’s List.

The one-hour documentary is part of the foundation’s 25th anniversary commemoration and its Stronger Than Hate Initiative, and is intended to serve as a  cautionary reminder of what can happen when hatred remains unchecked, Discovery described.

So, it’s timely. The project is a “call to action to stand against hate in all forms,” Discovery CEODavid Zaslav explained.

“These stories remind us of what can happen when religious, racial and ethnic hatred is unbridled,” he added.

The doc is directed by Oscar winner Vanessa Roth, and produced by Andy Friendly and Shoah Foundation co-founding exec director June Beallor.