Helen Fagin papers

Identifier
irn612141
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.162.1
  • 2016.550
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn612141

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Helen Fagin

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Helen Fagin

Gift of Helen Fagin, 2016.

Scope and Content

Manuscript drafts of writings, correspondence, photographs, and related materials concerning the activities of Holocaust survivor and educator Helen Fagin. Includes manuscript drafts of Fagin's memoirs, "My European Journey, 1939-1946" and "My American Journey, 1946-2008"; a manuscript draft of "Hell Translated: A Survivor's Approach to Teaching the Holocaust as a Moral Lesson"; a manuscript draft of her translation (from Polish) of interviews published in the book "Dzieci Żydowskie oskarżają" ("The Children Accuse"); a copy of typed testimonies about Fagin's work as an educator; correspondence, in particular related to gatherings of Holocaust survivors and recordings and photographs of a conference on the Holocaust hosted by Fagin at the University of Miami in 1978.

People

  • Helen Fagin

Subjects

Genre

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