Oral History interviews of the Ukraine Documentation Project
Acquisition
The Ukraine Documentation Project took place in Aug.1994 as a joint project between the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. They designated Mr. Nathan Beyrak as the Project Director.
Scope and Content
Oral history interviews of the Ukraine Documentation Project conducted in partnership with the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum with the assistance of Beit Lohamei Haghetaot in Israel. The 43 interviews with Ukrainian Jewish Holocaust survivors were conducted between August 1-15, 1994, resulting in about 60 taped hours, covering a geographical span of about 3500 kilometers. The journey consisted of two main parts - to the east of Kiev, and to the west and south of Kiev. Taping was conducted in Kharkov, Cherkassy, the village of Kamenka-Dneprovskaya, Zhitomir - specifically in the wooded area where Zhitomir's Jews were killed. Other villages, towns and cities where interviews were conducted include Vinnitsa, Tulchin, and Shargorod.
Genre
- Collection