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Name:	Terezin Foundation, Inc.
Translated Name:
Affiliation:
ADDRESS:	Not Available New York, NY
COUNTRY:	United States
TELEPHONE NUMBER:	+(1-212) 580-0242
FAX:
EMAIL:	Zuzanajustman@aol.com
WEBSITE:	Information Not Available.
OPERATING HOURS:	N/A
CONTACT PERSON(S):	Primary Contact: Ms. Zuzana Justman, President Phone: +(1-212) 580-0242
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION:	The Terezin Foundation was formed to produce and distribute films about the Terezin ghetto.

OVERVIEW OF ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION:	The Terezin Foundation interviews were shot on 16 mm. film and transferred to video. They were conducted by the director Zuzana Justman (herself a survivor) for use in two documentary films. "Terezin Diary" is a 90-minute film which gives a history of the ghetto, covers many aspects of life in Terezin and has a section on the Terezin family camp in Auschwitz. "Terezin Diary" film out-takes are deposited at the Brandeis National Film Center and video transfers of all footage are deposited at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. "Voices of the Children" is an 80-minute film which tells the stories of three people who passed through Terezin when they were children. They all kept diaries and made drawings in the camp. One of them, Helga Weissova-Hoskova, made one hundred drawings in Terezin which have all been preserved. Video transfers of all "Voices of the Children" itnerviews are deposited at the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University. The interviews are mainly Czech Jews (17 in all) who were deported to Terezin as young adults or children, as well as five of the survivors' children. The interviews cover the survivors' life before the war, their war experiences, (life wearing a yellow star, Terezin -- its history, self-government -- children's lives, arts and culture, Brundibar, Red Cross visit, deportation to Auschwitz, other camps, liberation) and in the case of the three protagonists of "Voices of the Children", life after the war to the present and the effect of the Holocaust on the survivors and their families. Three diaries and many drawings are an important part of the film. Five of their children are interviewed for this film as well. The interviews are highly detailed and personal.

Collect Holocaust Oral Histories:	No.

Interview Guidelines:	Yes.

Additional Information:	Information Not Available.

Project Complete:	Yes.
Year of First Interview:	1986
Year of Last Interview:	1996
Interviews Per Year:	3-4
Average Hours Per Interview:	12 (approximately)

RECORDING METHOD

Audio:	No.
Number of Audio Hours:	40 - 50
Total Number of Audio Interviews:	Information Not Available.
Number of Audio Reel-To-Reel Interviews:	Information Not Available.
Number of Audiocassette Interviews:	Information Not Available.
Number of Interviews in Other Audio Formats:	Information Not Available.

Video:	Yes.
Number of Video Hours:	40 - 50
Total Number of Video Interviews:	22
Number of 1/2-inch Betacam-SP Interviews:	Information Not Available.
Number of 3/4-inch U-matic Interviews:	Information Not Available.
Number of 1/2-inch VHS interviews:	22
Number of Film interviews:	22

RULES:
Access to Collection:	Information Not Available. Tapes are available only at the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University and at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Access to them depends on the rules of those archives.
Special Requirements for Access or Use:	N/A
Notice Required to Pull Tapes or Reserve Facility:	N/A
Access Fee:	N/A
Research Services:	N/A
Research Fee:	N/A
Research Services Requirements:	N/A

Permission Required for Use of Material in
Publications:	N/A
Classrooms:	N/A
Public Lectures:	N/A
Documentaries:	N/A
How To Obtain permission:	N/A

RESOURCES
Format of Collection
Video/Audio:	Information Not Available.
Transcripts:	Information Not Available.
Other:	N/A

On-Site Equipment
Audio:	N/A
Video:	N/A
Users Can Bring Their Own:	N/A
Other:	N/A

Finding Aids
Guide to Collection Available:	N/A
Published:	N/A
Guide Cost:	N/A
Address to Obtain Guide:	N/A
Additional Information:	N/A

Transcripts
Audio:	Information Not Available.
Video:	Yes.
Available for photocopying:	Yes.

Summaries
Summarized:	Information Not Available.
Available for Photocopying:	Information Not Available.
Available on Disk:	Information Not Available.
Other:	Print transcripts attached to the collections at the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Indices
Tapes Indexed:	N/A
Transcripts Indexed:	N/A
Summaries Indexed:	N/A
Indices Available for Photocopying:	N/A
Indices Available on Disk:	N/A
Other:	N/A

Cataloging Information
Collection Cataloged:	N/A
Available on Computer:	N/A
Other:	N/A
MARC Format:	N/A
MARC Format Type:	N/A

Internet Resources
Web Address:	Information Not Available.
Transcripts:	N/A
Summaries:	N/A
Catalog:	N/A
Indices:	N/A
Interview Clips:	N/A
Other:	N/A
Additional Information:	N/A

Bibliographic Information
Belong to:	N/A
OCLC:	N/A
RLIN:	N/A
Other:	N/A
Plan to Join:	N/A

Loan or Purchase
Material Available Through Interlibrary Loan:	No.
Loan by other collection:	N/A
Loan Fee:	N/A

DETAIL ABOUT COLLECTION CONTENT
Demographic Information about Interviewees:

Total Number:	22
Total Female:	11
Total Male:	11
No Data:	Information Not Available.

	Female	Male	Total	Other Information
Jews:	11	11	22	Yes.
Roma and/or Sinti:				No.
Political Prisoners:				No.
Prisoners of War:				No.
Jehovah’s Witnesses:				No.
Homosexual Men/Lesbian Women:				No.
Resisters:				No.
Partisans:				No.
Rescuers:				No.
Refugees:				No.
Liberators:				No.
Prosecutors:				No.
Perpetrators/ Collaborators:				No.
Refugee Relief Workers:				No.
Other:	3	2	5	Survivors' children.

Additional Information:	Seventeen interviews (eight women; nine men) are with survivors; five (three women; two men) are with children of survivors.

Focus of Collection:
Ghetto(s)		Terezin
Camp(s)		Terezin
Geographic Area(s)		Survivors who were born in or lived in the former Czechoslavakia.
Experience(s)		Childhood experiences of some of the survivors.
Survivor Group(s)		1. Survivors of Terezin. 2. Survivors who were in Terezin as children.
Other

Additional Information:	Information Not Available.