ELLIE KAHN AND LIVING LEGACIES
 Ellie Kahn created Living Legacies in 1988, having worked as a psychotherapist and journalist before beginning to conduct Oral Histories. Because of her expertise as an Oral Historian, she was asked by Steven Spielberg's Survivors of the Shoah Foundation to interview Holocaust Survivors for their project.
Since 1988, Ellie has conducted hundreds of Oral History interviews, producing family histories for her clients that will last for many generations. Her clients have ranged from the great granddaughter of African-American slaves, to Holocaust survivors, to celebrities and community leaders, to former migrant workers, to ordinary people whose families know the extraordinary value of their life stories. Living Legacies projects have included videos for the San Fernando Valley Bar Association 75th Anniversary, Windward School's 20th Anniversary and Judge Joseph Wapner's 80th Birthday celebration.
In 1996, Ellie was hired by the Jewish Historical Society of Southern California to create an oral history project about the Jewish Community in East Los Angeles, during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. This led to Ellie's production of a documentary film, "Meet Me at Brooklyn & Soto," which aired on KCET for 5 years, as well as winning the Los Angeles Conservancy Preservation Award.
In 1996, Ellie established a non-profit corporation, Living Legacies Historical Foundation, in order to use oral history for educational and cultural projects. Their website, www.tellmeyourstories.org helps educators create oral history projects with middle, high school and college students.
Ellie is also a freelance writer, most recently for the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Her stories can be seen by clicking here.
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