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Name:Universite Libre de Bruxelles Unite de recherche "Sources audiovisuelles en histoire contemporaine"
Translated Name:Free University of Brussels Research Unit on Audiovisual Sources and Contemporary History
Affiliation:Free University of Brussels
ADDRESS:50, Av. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Brussels   1050
COUNTRY:Belgium
TELEPHONE NUMBER:+(32-2) 650-45-26
+(32-2) 650-31-49
FAX:+(32-2) 650-40-95
EMAIL:antoniol@pop.ulb.ac.be
WEBSITE:Information Not Available.
OPERATING HOURS:Weekdays 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
CONTACT PERSON(S):Antoniol, Professor
Phone: +32-2-650-3149
Email: antoniol@pop.ulb.ac.be

Jean-Philippe Schreiber, Professor
Phone: +32-2-650-3346
Email: Jean-Philippe.Schreiber@ulb.ac.be

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION:The "Sources audiovisuelles en histoire contemporaine" is a research unit at the Free University of Brussels.
  
OVERVIEW OF ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION:The "Centre Audiovisuel" of the Universite Libre de Bruxelles videotaped interviews with survivors of the concentration camps, in cooperation with the Auschwitz Foundation, from 1992 to 1998. Since then, another campaign was launched with the Foundation de la Memoire Contemporaine, focussing on Shoah survivors in general.
  
Collect Holocaust Oral Histories:No.
  
Interview Guidelines:Yes.
  
Additional Information:Semi-directive life story type of narration. Preparation via a questionnaire and a first meeting before the videotaping. See Fortunoff Video Archive at Yale University for more details.
  
Project Complete:Yes.
Year of First Interview:1992
Year of Last Interview:2001
Interviews Per Year:15
Average Hours Per Interview:5
  
RECORDING METHOD 
  
Audio:Information Not Available.
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.
  
Video:Yes.
Number of Video Hours:1000
Total Number of Video Interviews:170
Number of 1/2-inch Betacam-SP Interviews:all
Number of 3/4-inch U-matic Interviews:N/A
Number of 1/2-inch VHS interviews:all
Number of Film interviews:Information Not Available.
  
RULES: 
Access to Collection:Open. Information Not Available.
Special Requirements for Access or Use:Requests must be made in writing.
Notice Required to Pull Tapes or Reserve Facility:By appointment.
Access Fee:Information Not Available.
Research Services:N/A
Research Fee:N/A
Research Services Requirements:No special research services.
  
Permission Required for Use of Material in 
Publications:Information Not Available.
Classrooms:Information Not Available.
Public Lectures:Information Not Available.
Documentaries:Yes.
How To Obtain permission:By written request.
  
RESOURCES 
Format of Collection 
Video/Audio:Information Not Available.
Transcripts:Information Not Available.
Other:Information Not Available.
  
On-Site Equipment 
Audio:Information Not Available.
Video:Information Not Available.
Users Can Bring Their Own:Information Not Available.
Other:Information Not Available.
  
Finding Aids 
Guide to Collection Available:Information Not Available.
Published:Information Not Available.
Guide Cost:Information Not Available.
Address to Obtain Guide:Information Not Available.
Additional Information:Information Not Available.
  
Transcripts 
Audio:Information Not Available.
Video:Information Not Available.
Available for photocopying:Information Not Available.
  
Summaries 
Summarized:Information Not Available.
Available for Photocopying:Information Not Available.
Available on Disk:Information Not Available.
Other:Information Not Available.
  
Indices 
Tapes Indexed:Yes.
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.
  
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.
  
Internet Resources 
Web Address:Information Not Available.
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.
  
Bibliographic Information 
Belong to:No.
OCLC:N/A
RLIN:N/A
Other:N/A
Plan to Join:Information Not Available.
  
Loan or Purchase 
Material Available Through Interlibrary Loan:Information Not Available.
Loan by other collection:Information Not Available.
Loan Fee:Information Not Available.
  
DETAIL ABOUT COLLECTION CONTENT 
Demographic Information about Interviewees: 
  
Total Number:170
Total Female:Information Not Available.
Total Male:Information Not Available.
No Data:Information Not Available.
  
  Female Male Total Other Information
Jews:   Yes.
Roma and/or Sinti:   Information Not Available.
Political Prisoners:   Yes.
Prisoners of War:   Yes.
Jehovah’s Witnesses:   Information Not Available.
Homosexual Men/Lesbian Women:   Information Not Available.
Resisters:   Yes.
Partisans:   Yes.
Rescuers:   Information Not Available.
Refugees:   Information Not Available.
Liberators:   Information Not Available.
Prosecutors:   Information Not Available.
Perpetrators/ Collaborators:   Information Not Available.
Refugee Relief Workers:   Information Not Available.
Other:   Information Not Available.
  
Additional Information:Information Not Available.
  
Focus of Collection: 
Ghetto(s) 
Camp(s) 
Geographic Area(s) 
Experience(s) 
Survivor Group(s) 
Other 
  
Additional Information:Interviews of survivors, hidden children, deportees or people who were imprisoned for racial or political reasons.