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| Name: | Simon Wiesenthal Center/ Museum of Tolerance |
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| Affiliation: | |
| ADDRESS: | 1399 South Roxbury Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90035-4709 |
| COUNTRY: | United States |
| TELEPHONE NUMBER: | +(1-310) 772-7605 (Library)
+(1-800) 900-9036 (toll-free from within the U.S.) |
| FAX: | +(1-310) 772-7628 |
| EMAIL: | library@wiesenthal.net |
| WEBSITE: | http://www.wiesenthal.com/library |
| OPERATING HOURS: | Monday - Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Friday 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Closed on Jewish and legal holidays. |
| CONTACT PERSON(S): | Primary Contact:
Mrs. Adaire J. Klein, Director, Library and Archival Services
Phone: +(1-310) 772-7604
Email: aklein@wiesenthal.net
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| GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION: | The Simon Wiesenthal Center, established in 1977, is an international Jewish human rights organization dedicated to preserving the memory of the Holocaust by fostering tolerance and understanding through community involvement, educational outreach and social action. The Center confronts important contemporary issues including racism, antisemitism, terrorism and genocide and is accredited as an NGO both at the United Nations and UNESCO. Other issues that the Center deals with include: the prosecution of Nazi war criminals; Holocaust and tolerance education; Middle East Affairs; and extremist groups, neo-Nazism, and hate on the Internet. With a membership of over 400,000 families, the Center is headquartered in Los Angeles and maintains offices in New York, Toronto, Miami, Jerusalem, Paris and Buenos Aires. |
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| OVERVIEW OF ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION: | |
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| Collect Holocaust Oral Histories: | No. |
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| Interview Guidelines: | For interview guidelines see pre-questionnaire. |
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| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Project Complete: | Yes. |
| Year of First Interview: | 1980 |
| Year of Last Interview: | 1992 |
| Interviews Per Year: | 20 |
| Average Hours Per Interview: | 2 |
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| RECORDING METHOD | |
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| Audio: | Yes. |
| Number of Audio Hours: | Information Not Available. |
| 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. |
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| Video: | Yes. |
| Number of Video Hours: | 400 |
| Total Number of Video Interviews: | 206 |
| Number of 1/2-inch Betacam-SP Interviews: | Information Not Available. |
| Number of 3/4-inch U-matic Interviews: | 206 |
| Number of 1/2-inch VHS interviews: | Information Not Available. |
| Number of Film interviews: | No. |
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| RULES: | |
| Access to Collection: | Open. Information Not Available. |
| Special Requirements for Access or Use: | Information Not Available. |
| Notice Required to Pull Tapes or Reserve Facility: | Yes, advisable to phone before visiting library. |
| Access Fee: | Information Not Available. |
| Research Services: | Information Not Available. |
| Research Fee: | Information Not Available. |
| Research Services Requirements: | Information Not Available. |
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| Permission Required for Use of Material in | |
| Publications: | Yes. |
| Classrooms: | Yes. |
| Public Lectures: | Yes. |
| Documentaries: | Yes. |
| How To Obtain permission: | Written request must be submitted to Center. |
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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: | Yes. |
| Video: | Yes. |
| Users Can Bring Their Own: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| Finding Aids | |
| Guide to Collection Available: | Yes. |
| Published: | Information Not Available. |
| Guide Cost: | Information Not Available. |
| Address to Obtain Guide: | Information Not Available. |
| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Transcripts | |
| Audio: | Information Not Available. |
| Video: | Information Not Available. |
| Available for photocopying: | Information Not Available. |
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| Summaries | |
| Summarized: | Information Not Available. |
| Available for Photocopying: | Information Not Available. |
| Available on Disk: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| Indices | |
| Tapes Indexed: | Information Not Available. |
| Transcripts Indexed: | Information Not Available. |
| Summaries Indexed: | Information Not Available. |
| Indices Available for Photocopying: | Information Not Available. |
| Indices Available on Disk: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| Cataloging Information | |
| Collection Cataloged: | Information Not Available. |
| Available on Computer: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
| MARC Format: | Information Not Available. |
| MARC Format Type: | Information Not Available. |
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| Internet Resources | |
| Web Address: | http://www.wiesenthal.com |
| Transcripts: | Information Not Available. |
| Summaries: | Information Not Available. |
| Catalog: | Information Not Available. |
| Indices: | Information Not Available. |
| Interview Clips: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Bibliographic Information | |
| Belong to: | Information Not Available. |
| OCLC: | Information Not Available. |
| RLIN: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
| 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: | 206 |
| Total Female: | 0 |
| Total Male: | 0 |
| No Data: | Information Not Available. |
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Other Information |
| Jews: | | | | Yes. |
| Roma and/or Sinti: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Political Prisoners: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Prisoners of War: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Jehovah’s Witnesses: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Homosexual Men/Lesbian Women: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Resisters: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Partisans: | | | | Yes. |
| Rescuers: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Refugees: | | | | Yes. |
| Liberators: | | | | Yes. |
| Prosecutors: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Perpetrators/ Collaborators: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Refugee Relief Workers: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | | | | Information Not Available. |
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| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Focus of Collection: | |
| Ghetto(s) | | |
| Camp(s) | | |
| Geographic Area(s) | | |
| Experience(s) | | |
| Survivor Group(s) | | |
| Other | | |
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| Additional Information: | Interviews with some liberators, particularly Japanese-Americans. |
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