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| Name: | Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre |
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| ADDRESS: | 13 Selwyn Street
Elsternwick
Melbourne, Victoria 3185 |
| COUNTRY: | Australia |
| TELEPHONE NUMBER: | +(61-3) 95-28-19-85 |
| FAX: | +(61-3) 95-28-37-58 |
| EMAIL: | testimonies@holocaustcentreaustralia.org.au |
| WEBSITE: | http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/affiliates/hlc |
| OPERATING HOURS: | By appointment only. |
| CONTACT PERSON(S): | M. Burston, Director
Phone: +(61-3) 95-28-19-85
Primary Contact:
Mr. Phillip Maisel, Head, Testimonies Department
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| GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION: | |
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| OVERVIEW OF ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION: | Since 1987, the Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia has conducted oral history interviews about the Holocaust. The vast majority of testimonies are with survivors. Some are also with Jewish partisans and liberators as well as Jews who worked in UNRRA. A very small number are with Polish rescuers and non-Jewish German citizens who describe the attitude of the German communities to the Holocaust.
As of 1999, there wereover 1100 testimonies on video and audio. |
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| Collect Holocaust Oral Histories: | Yes. |
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| Interview Guidelines: | Yes. |
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| Additional Information: | 1. Interview training: includes historical background of Holocaust, interviewing techniques.
2. Interviewee preparation: pre-interview data form containing personal details and brief history of life, war, and post-war experiences; date and time set for interview; each interviewee sent a copy of our guidelines of interview procedures; telephone contact.
3. Interview: 3 personnel (survivor, interviewer, videotaper - sometimes a trainee sits in on the interview); interviewer leads the survivors through the interview form taking the role of facilitator rather than guide.
4. Debriefing: immediately after interview; follow up by interviewer if necessary. |
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| Project Complete: | Information Not Available. |
| Year of First Interview: | 1987 |
| Year of Last Interview: | Ongoing. |
| Interviews Per Year: | 50 |
| Average Hours Per Interview: | 2.5 |
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| RECORDING METHOD | |
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| Audio: | Yes. |
| Number of Audio Hours: | 400 |
| Total Number of Audio Interviews: | 200 |
| Number of Audio Reel-To-Reel Interviews: | No. |
| Number of Audiocassette Interviews: | 200 |
| Number of Interviews in Other Audio Formats: | Information Not Available. |
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| Video: | Yes. |
| Number of Video Hours: | 2800 |
| Total Number of Video Interviews: | 900 |
| 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: | 900 |
| Number of Film interviews: | No. |
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| RULES: | |
| Access to Collection: | Restricted. Information Not Available. |
| Special Requirements for Access or Use: | Historical/social research; family history research; other research by negotiation. |
| Notice Required to Pull Tapes or Reserve Facility: | At least 24 hours. |
| Access Fee: | Information Not Available. |
| Research Services: | Yes. |
| Research Fee: | Information Not Available. |
| Research Services Requirements: | Telephone or write to the Holocaust Centre explaining your purpose. |
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| Permission Required for Use of Material in | |
| Publications: | Yes. |
| Classrooms: | Yes. |
| Public Lectures: | Yes. |
| Documentaries: | Yes. |
| How To Obtain permission: | By phoning the Holocaust Museum and negotiating. |
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| RESOURCES | |
| Format of Collection | |
| Video/Audio: | Information Not Available. |
| Transcripts: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | Very few transcripts available. Manuscripts provided by survivors in support of their interviews/photographs/photocopies of various papers. |
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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: | No. |
| Published: | N/A |
| Guide Cost: | N/A |
| Address to Obtain Guide: | N/A |
| Additional Information: | Possibly will have one in the future. |
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| Transcripts | |
| Audio: | 5 |
| Video: | 1 |
| Available for photocopying: | 1 |
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| Summaries | |
| Summarized: | No. |
| Available for Photocopying: | N/A |
| Available on Disk: | N/A |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| Indices | |
| Tapes Indexed: | Yes. |
| Transcripts Indexed: | Yes. |
| 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: | Yes. |
| Other: | Excel spreadsheet. |
| MARC Format: | No. |
| MARC Format Type: | N/A |
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| Internet Resources | |
| Web Address: | http://www.sprint.net.au/~hc/ |
| Transcripts: | No. |
| Summaries: | No. |
| Catalog: | No. |
| Indices: | No. |
| Interview Clips: | No. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
| Additional Information: | No. |
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| Bibliographic Information | |
| Belong to: | Information Not Available. |
| OCLC: | N/A |
| RLIN: | N/A |
| Other: | N/A |
| Plan to Join: | No. |
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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: | 1110 |
| Total Female: | 0 |
| Total Male: | 0 |
| No Data: | Information Not Available. |
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Female |
Male |
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Other Information |
| Jews: | 667 | 643 | | Yes. |
| Roma and/or Sinti: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Political Prisoners: | | | | Yes. |
| Prisoners of War: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Jehovah’s Witnesses: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Homosexual Men/Lesbian Women: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Resisters: | | | | Yes. |
| Partisans: | | | | Yes. |
| Rescuers: | | | | Yes. |
| Refugees: | | | | Yes. |
| Liberators: | | | | Yes. |
| Prosecutors: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Perpetrators/ Collaborators: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Refugee Relief Workers: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | | | | One or two non-Jewish German citizens describing the attitude of the German communities to the Holocaust. |
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| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Focus of Collection: | |
| Ghetto(s) | | |
| Camp(s) | | |
| Geographic Area(s) |  | Europe under German occupation. |
| Experience(s) | | |
| Survivor Group(s) | | Jewish Groups |
| Other | | |
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| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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