What more can be said about the Holocaust that hasn't been said already? It's a testament to the dedication and thoroughness of historians, filmmakers, and writers that the answer is, "Not much." But even though the event itself has been effectively portrayed by several excellent outlets, there remains one vivid venue left to pursue: first-person accounts of the survivors themselves. The Shoah Foundation has dedicated itself to recording the tales of those who experienced firsthand the greatest tragedy of the 20th century, traversing the globe in an effort to establish a Holocaust database so the stories of those who were in the Nazi death camps will remain available forever. Though the Shoah Foundation has funded a few cable documentaries and other projects, The Last Days may be its most effective portrayal of the Holocaust yet. Directed by James Moll, the film is told from the perspective of five Hungarian survivors who lived through those final moments of World War II, when Hitler sped up his Final Solution even as the German army was nearing defeat. Why would Hitler double his efforts to destroy European Jewry, and particularly the Jews of Hungary, when such a distraction from the task at hand—namely, world conquest—would serve only to speed the destruction of the German empire? The frightening truth, as evinced by this documentary, is that Hitler's conquests were only a means to a horrible end: namely, the destruction of the Jews. The stories these five people tell are disturbing, powerful, and brave, and the footage discovered by the filmmakers absolutely shocking. Seeing the survivors alongside footage of their skeletal campmates, naked and barely able to stand on spindly, starved legs, is unforgettable.