Rebecca Baugh tells the heart-wrenching story of Noemi  Ban in her entry to the Student Voices Short Film Contest.

In her film, Baugh, a junior international relations global business major, includes historical footage and film clips to supplement Ban’s retelling of how she, as a teenager, took care of her younger siblings in the ghetto and finally watched her family disappear into the gas chamber.

“I loved that [the USC Shoah Foundation] takes these huge historical events that we study and made them personal,” Baugh said.

Baugh said she was inspired by Ban’s story and how she had grown up with such terrible experiences.

“She was a teenager and during this time this was what she knew,” Baugh said.

Baugh said although her lack of experience with video editing and time constraints posed a challenge, while working on the film she became very invested in Ban’s testimony.

She added that participating in Student Voices was a valuable experience. “I completely broke out of my comfort zone,” she said.