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Name:Židovské Muzeum v Praze
Translated Name:Jewish Museum in Prague
Affiliation: 
ADDRESS:U Staré skoly 1
110 00 Prague 1
COUNTRY:Czech Republic
TELEPHONE NUMBER:+(420-2) 21 71 15 11
FAX:+(420-2) 21 71 15 84
EMAIL:office@jewishmuseum.cz
WEBSITE:Information Not Available.
OPERATING HOURS:Tuesday and Thursday 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
CONTACT PERSON(S):Primary Contact:
Ms. Pavlina Korinková, Mgr.
Phone: (+420- 2) 21 71 15 25
Email: pavlina.korinkova@jewishmuseum.cz

Primary Contact:
Ms. Jana Splichalova, PhDr.
Phone: (+420- 2) 21 71 15 26
Email: jana.splichalova@jewishmuseum.cz

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION:The Holocaust section of the Jewish Museum in Prague (JMP) deals with the history of the Holocaust of Bohemian and Moravian Jews, gathering documents, photographs and personal narratives of Holocaust survivors.
The Holocaust section of the JMP is also responsible for the administration of the Terezín (Theresienstadt) Archive Collection.
  
OVERVIEW OF ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION:The Holocaust section of the JMP administers a series of tape-recorded narratives of Holocaust survivors. This is an ongoing project launched in 1990. All interviews have been conducted by Anna Hydráková and Anna Lorenzová who are historians and survivors themselves. All interviews are in Czech, available only in an anonymous version and only on paper as a transcript.
  
Collect Holocaust Oral Histories:No.
  
Interview Guidelines:No.
  
Additional Information:Information Not Available.
  
Project Complete:No.
Year of First Interview:1990
Year of Last Interview:Ongoing.
Interviews Per Year:Twenty interviews were conducted in 2004.
Average Hours Per Interview:1.5
  
RECORDING METHOD 
  
Audio:Yes.
Number of Audio Hours:Information Not Available.
Total Number of Audio Interviews:1,050
Number of Audio Reel-To-Reel Interviews:N/A
Number of Audiocassette Interviews:1,050
Number of Interviews in Other Audio Formats:N/A
  
Video:No.
Number of Video Hours:N/A
Total Number of Video Interviews:N/A
Number of 1/2-inch Betacam-SP Interviews:N/A
Number of 3/4-inch U-matic Interviews:N/A
Number of 1/2-inch VHS interviews:N/A
Number of Film interviews:N/A
  
RULES: 
Access to Collection:Open. Information Not Available.
Special Requirements for Access or Use:Contact the JMP for more information.
Notice Required to Pull Tapes or Reserve Facility:Send request at least 14 days before proposed visit.
Access Fee:No.
Research Services:No.
Research Fee:N/A
Research Services Requirements:N/A
  
Permission Required for Use of Material in 
Publications:Yes.
Classrooms:Yes.
Public Lectures:Yes.
Documentaries:Yes.
How To Obtain permission:Ask JMP for permission.
  
RESOURCES 
Format of Collection 
Video/Audio:No.
Transcripts:Yes.
Other:N/A
  
On-Site Equipment 
Audio:No.
Video:N/A
Users Can Bring Their Own:No.
Other:Information Not Available.
  
Finding Aids 
Guide to Collection Available:No.
Published:N/A
Guide Cost:N/A
Address to Obtain Guide:N/A
Additional Information:Information Not Available.
  
Transcripts 
Audio:Yes.
Video:N/A
Available for photocopying:N/A
  
Summaries 
Summarized:Yes.
Available for Photocopying:No.
Available on Disk:No.
Other:NA
  
Indices 
Tapes Indexed:Yes.
Transcripts Indexed:Yes.
Summaries Indexed:Yes.
Indices Available for Photocopying:No.
Indices Available on Disk:No.
Other:N/A
  
Cataloging Information 
Collection Cataloged:Yes.
Available on Computer:Yes.
Other:No.
MARC Format:No.
MARC Format Type:N/A
  
Internet Resources 
Web Address:Information Not Available.
Transcripts:No.
Summaries:No.
Catalog:No.
Indices:No.
Interview Clips:No.
Other:No.
Additional Information:N/A
  
Bibliographic Information 
Belong to:No.
OCLC:N/A
RLIN:N/A
Other:N/A
Plan to Join:No.
  
Loan or Purchase 
Material Available Through Interlibrary Loan:No.
Loan by other collection:No.
Loan Fee:N/A
  
DETAIL ABOUT COLLECTION CONTENT 
Demographic Information about Interviewees: 
  
Total Number:1050
Total Female:About half.
Total Male:About half.
No Data:Information Not Available.
  
  Female Male Total Other Information
Jews:  1050Yes.
Roma and/or Sinti:   N/A
Political Prisoners:   some
Prisoners of War:   N/A
Jehovah’s Witnesses:   N/A
Homosexual Men/Lesbian Women:   N/A
Resisters:   some
Partisans:   some
Rescuers:   some
Refugees:   some
Liberators:   N/A
Prosecutors:   N/A
Perpetrators/ Collaborators:   N/A
Refugee Relief Workers:   N/A
Other:   N/A
  
Additional Information:N/A
  
Focus of Collection: 
Ghetto(s) 
Camp(s) 
Geographic Area(s) 
Experience(s) 
Survivor Group(s)checkCzech Jews
Other 
  
Additional Information:Interviews cover themes including: prewar Jewish life, religious practices, political affiliation, family economic status; anti-semitism; deportation; camps; resistance; hiding; liberation; life after the war.