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| Name: | National Museum of American Jewish Military History |
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| ADDRESS: | 1811 R Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009 |
| COUNTRY: | United States |
| TELEPHONE NUMBER: | +(1-202) 265-6280 |
| FAX: | +(1-202) 462-3192 |
| EMAIL: | jwv@jwv.org |
| WEBSITE: | http://www.nmajmh.org |
| OPERATING HOURS: | Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and several times a year, Sunday 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| CONTACT PERSON(S): | Primary Contact:
Mr. Morton Horvitz, Guest Curator
Phone: +(1-202) 265-6280
Email: jwvusa@erols.com
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| GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION: | |
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| OVERVIEW OF ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION: | Oral histories were central to the development of the museum exhibition on the role of Jewish soldiers in camp liberations. Their stories, together with their on-site photos, artifacts, and memorabilia were at the heart of the exhibition: "GI's Remember: Liberating the Concentration Camps". This exhibition was on display at the National Museum of American Jewish Military History from April 1993 to the end of December 1995.
All but three of the accounts were audiotaped: two were taken in longhand and transcribed, one was videotaped. Ten of the personal accounts were audiotaped and later videotaped for the film "We Were There" by Dane Hansen Productions which was shown on numerous PBS stations.
Except for eliciting certain basic information on background prior to military service and pertinent dates and places of military actions leading to camp liberations, the taped interviews did not follow a standard format. Each interview flowed from each liberator's personal experiences and their aftermath. |
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| Collect Holocaust Oral Histories: | No. |
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| Interview Guidelines: | Information Not Available. |
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| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Project Complete: | Yes. |
| Year of First Interview: | 1991 |
| Year of Last Interview: | 1993 |
| Interviews Per Year: | 20 |
| Average Hours Per Interview: | 1.5 |
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| RECORDING METHOD | |
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| Audio: | Yes. |
| Number of Audio Hours: | 40 |
| Total Number of Audio Interviews: | 41 |
| Number of Audio Reel-To-Reel Interviews: | N/A |
| Number of Audiocassette Interviews: | 41 |
| Number of Interviews in Other Audio Formats: | Information Not Available. |
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| Video: | Yes. |
| Number of Video Hours: | 2.5 |
| Total Number of Video Interviews: | 13 (10 on one video "We Were There") |
| Number of 1/2-inch Betacam-SP Interviews: | No. |
| Number of 3/4-inch U-matic Interviews: | No. |
| Number of 1/2-inch VHS interviews: | 13 |
| Number of Film interviews: | No. |
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| RULES: | |
| Access to Collection: | Restricted. Information Not Available. |
| Special Requirements for Access or Use: | Tapes can only be heard or viewed in the museum. |
| Notice Required to Pull Tapes or Reserve Facility: | Call ahead to schedule appointment. |
| Access Fee: | Information Not Available. |
| Research Services: | No. |
| Research Fee: | N/A |
| Research Services Requirements: | N/A |
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| Permission Required for Use of Material in | |
| Publications: | Yes. |
| Classrooms: | No. |
| Public Lectures: | No. |
| Documentaries: | Yes. |
| How To Obtain permission: | Contact Morton Horvitz, Exhibit Curator, or Laura Willoughby, Acting Curator, for permission. |
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| RESOURCES | |
| Format of Collection | |
| Video/Audio: | Information Not Available. |
| Transcripts: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| On-Site Equipment | |
| Audio: | No. |
| Video: | Yes. |
| Users Can Bring Their Own: | Yes. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| Finding Aids | |
| Guide to Collection Available: | Yes. |
| Published: | Yes. |
| Guide Cost: | $10.00 |
| Address to Obtain Guide: | G.I.'s Remember
National Museum of American Jewish Military History
1811 R St., N.W.
Washington DC, 20009 |
| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Transcripts | |
| Audio: | 3 |
| Video: | 0 |
| Available for photocopying: | 0 |
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| Summaries | |
| Summarized: | Yes. |
| Available for Photocopying: | (Most are in the Catalogue) |
| Available on Disk: | No. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| Indices | |
| Tapes Indexed: | No. |
| Transcripts Indexed: | No. |
| Summaries Indexed: | No. |
| Indices Available for Photocopying: | No. |
| Indices Available on Disk: | No. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| Cataloging Information | |
| Collection Cataloged: | Yes. |
| Available on Computer: | No. |
| Other: | Cabinet file folder for each individual. |
| MARC Format: | No. |
| MARC Format Type: | No. |
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| Internet Resources | |
| Web Address: | http://www. nmajmh.org |
| Transcripts: | No. |
| Summaries: | No. |
| Catalog: | No. |
| Indices: | No. |
| Interview Clips: | No. |
| Other: | No. |
| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Bibliographic Information | |
| Belong to: | Information Not Available. |
| OCLC: | N/A |
| RLIN: | N/A |
| Other: | N/A |
| Plan to Join: | Information Not Available. |
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| Loan or Purchase | |
| Material Available Through Interlibrary Loan: | Information Not Available. |
| Loan by other collection: | Information Not Available. |
| Loan Fee: | Information Not Available. |
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| DETAIL ABOUT COLLECTION CONTENT | |
| Demographic Information about Interviewees: | |
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| Total Number: | 41 |
| Total Female: | 4 |
| Total Male: | 37 |
| No Data: | Information Not Available. |
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Female |
Male |
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Other Information |
| Jews: | 4 | 37 | 41 | Yes. |
| Roma and/or Sinti: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Political Prisoners: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Prisoners of War: | | 1 | 1 | Yes. |
| Jehovah’s Witnesses: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Homosexual Men/Lesbian Women: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Resisters: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Partisans: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Rescuers: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Refugees: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Liberators: | | 36 | 36 | Yes. |
| Prosecutors: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Perpetrators/ Collaborators: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Refugee Relief Workers: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | 2 | 2 | 4 | Survivors |
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| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Focus of Collection: | |
| Ghetto(s) | | |
| Camp(s) |  | 18 camps liberated by U.S. forces, 3 by Russian, and 1 by British forces |
| Geographic Area(s) | | Forced Laborer Project is in 28 countries; other projects have interviews from Germany and Easter Europe |
| Experience(s) | | Personal accounts of camp liberators and their contacts with survivors. |
| Survivor Group(s) | | |
| Other | | |
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| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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