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These diaries, written in secret and often at great risk, offer a raw and intimate look into the lives of young people grappling with unimaginable circumstances.

The Holocaust, Through the Eyes of Its Younger Witnesses
Most Holocaust films speak through historians. This one speaks through the voices of the young.

We Dared to Write is not another black-and-white documentary. It fuses vivid animation, survivor testimony, and scholarly insight to spotlight five Jewish teens whose diary pages outlived them. From ghettos to hiding places, these youth didn’t just suffer history—they wrote it.

Each diarist’s story is presented in its own animated short, using a distinct visual style that honors their unique voice, personality, and context. Together, their words ignite a powerful tapestry of memory, resistance, and unbreakable spirit.

In an Age of Denial, Their Words Bare the Undeniable Truth

These diaries are more than historical records—they are acts of defiance. In the face of persecution, censorship, and erasure, these teens wrote to bear witness. Their words confront denial with lived experience, and silence with soul.

Today, as antisemitism and historical distortion resurface, We Dared to Write offers a stirring call to remember, reflect, and reckon—with the collective past, and with ourselves in the present.

A Project Witness Production

A Brothers Bitton Film

Writer & Director
Israel B. Bitton

Executive Producer
Dr. Ruth Lichtenstein

Animation Director
Jeff Choi / Elaion Studio

Live Action Cinematographer
Gi Orman / BiG Productions