Open Forum in the Dedicated Issue of East European Holocaust Studies on Oral History and the Holocaust

Autor: Mykhalchuk Roman Yuriiovych
Jazyk: English<br />Ukrainian
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Eastern European Holocaust Studies, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 141-149 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2749-9030
DOI: 10.1515/eehs-2024-0012
Popis: The events of the Holocaust are reflected in the numerous memoirs of rescued victims and witnesses of Nazi crimes. Collections of testimonies, memories and oral history on the Holocaust include thousands of early testimonies and life stories archived in for example the Yad Vashem and audio-visual collections initiated in later years such as the Institute for Visual History and Education USC Shoah Foundation, The Fortunoff Video Archives, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Yahad-In Unum and others. In this open forum we how the knowledge from collecting and using oral history and testimonies in Holocaust research can inform current collecting initiatives in relation to for example the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine.
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