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| Name: | Yad Vashem |
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| Affiliation: | |
| ADDRESS: | PO Box 3477
Jerusalem 91034 |
| COUNTRY: | Israel |
| TELEPHONE NUMBER: | +(972-2) 675-16-16
+(972-2) 675-16-17 |
| FAX: | +(972-2) 643-35-11 |
| EMAIL: | library@yadvashem.org.il |
| WEBSITE: | http://www.yadvashem.org |
| OPERATING HOURS: | Sunday - Thursday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| CONTACT PERSON(S): | Primary Contact:
Mr. Yaacov Lozowick, Director of the Archives
Phone: +(972-2) 675 16 16. +(972-2) 675 16 17
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| GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION: | Yad Vashem is the Israeli memorial to the murdered Jews of World War II. Yad Vashem houses one of the largest collections of information on the Holocaust, is one of the leaders in Holocaust education, documentation and research. |
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| OVERVIEW OF ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION: | There are many thousands of testimonies on audio or videotape in the collection -- at least more than 10,000. The testimonies are in all of the languages spoken by the survivors. There are many written testimonies as well. |
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| Collect Holocaust Oral Histories: | Yes. |
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| Interview Guidelines: | Information Not Available. |
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| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Project Complete: | Information Not Available. |
| Year of First Interview: | 1958 |
| Year of Last Interview: | Ongoing. |
| Interviews Per Year: | 1200 |
| Average Hours Per Interview: | 3+ |
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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: | Yes. |
| Number of Audiocassette Interviews: | Yes. |
| Number of Interviews in Other Audio Formats: | Information Not Available. |
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| Video: | Yes. |
| Number of Video Hours: | Information Not Available. |
| Total Number of Video Interviews: | Information Not Available. |
| Number of 1/2-inch Betacam-SP Interviews: | Yes. |
| Number of 3/4-inch U-matic Interviews: | Yes. |
| Number of 1/2-inch VHS interviews: | Yes, as copies. |
| Number of Film interviews: | No. |
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| RULES: | |
| Access to Collection: | Open. Information Not Available. |
| Special Requirements for Access or Use: | Some interviews have been restricted by the interviewees. |
| Notice Required to Pull Tapes or Reserve Facility: | Information Not Available. |
| Access Fee: | Information Not Available. |
| Research Services: | Researchers can contact Yad Vashem by email at: holocaust.resources@yadvashem.org.il |
| Research Fee: | Information Not Available. |
| Research Services Requirements: | Information Not Available. |
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| Permission Required for Use of Material in | |
| Publications: | Information Not Available. |
| Classrooms: | Information Not Available. |
| Public Lectures: | Information Not Available. |
| Documentaries: | Information Not Available. |
| How To Obtain permission: | Information Not Available. |
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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: | Computerized in Hebrew. |
| Published: | Cannot be ordered. |
| Guide Cost: | Information Not Available. |
| Address to Obtain Guide: | Information Not Available. |
| Additional Information: | Computerized in Hebrew. Not available for sale, cannot be ordered. |
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| Transcripts | |
| Audio: | Almost all. |
| Video: | Almost all. |
| Available for photocopying: | Almost all. |
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| Summaries | |
| Summarized: | Yes. |
| Available for Photocopying: | Yes. |
| Available on Disk: | Not now. |
| Other: | Summaries will eventually be available on disk. |
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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: | Yes. |
| Available on Computer: | Yes. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
| MARC Format: | No. |
| MARC Format Type: | N/A |
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| Internet Resources | |
| Web Address: | on the World Wide Web. |
| Transcripts: | No. |
| Summaries: | No. |
| Catalog: | No. |
| Indices: | No. |
| Interview Clips: | No. |
| Other: | Collection will eventually be accessible on World Wide Web. |
| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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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: | No, but photocopies (of transcripts) or copies (of tapes) can be made upon specific request. |
| Loan by other collection: | No. |
| Loan Fee: | Nominal fee. |
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| DETAIL ABOUT COLLECTION CONTENT | |
| Demographic Information about Interviewees: | |
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| Total Number: | 0 |
| Total Female: | 0 |
| Total Male: | 0 |
| No Data: | Information Not Available. |
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Other Information |
| Jews: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| 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: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| 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. |
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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: | Information Not Available. |
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