Correspondence with Yad Vashem - re eyewitness testimonies

Identifier

WL3000/9/1/1597

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

110103

Dates

24 Jun 1955 - 6 Sep 1959

Level of Description

Collection

Languages

German
English

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://wiener.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/110103

Extent and Medium

112 items

Creator(s)

Yad Vashem

Biographical History

Established in 1953, Yad Vashem is the official memorial for Holocaust victims of the state of Israel. Its remit comprises recording documentation, education, research, and commemoration on the subject.

Scope and Content

The correspondence centres on the cooperation of Yad Vashem and The Wiener Library regarding the latter’s eyewitness testimony project. An overview is provided over the project’s administrative and financial terms, details of the dispatch of testimonies and other source material to Yad Vashem, and the cooperation’s termination in 1959. Contained are internal Wiener Library memos as well as the official project agreement

Conditions Governing Reproduction

This material has been digitised. Readers should book a reading room terminal to access it.

Related Units of Description

For information about the eyewitness testimony collection and access to the compiled reports see the Eyewitness Testimony Collection.

People

Uveeler, Mark
Dinur, Benzion
Dinur, Ben Zion
Melkman, J.
Ball-Kaduri, Kurt J.

Subjects

Survivors
Personal narratives
Museums
Memorial sites
Libraries and Archives
Documents

Places

Israel

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