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Collection Principles

The collection had a well-defined goal of creating videos of Holocaust witnesses relating their personal memories as a "living portrature" to " add a compassionate and sensitive dimension to the historical record". The collection now resides at Yale University's Sterling Memorial Library, and has funding through an endownment for long-term sustainability. It's available to anyone via the web. The collection is constantly expanding.

Testimonies are recorded in whatever language the witness prefers, and range in length from one-half hour to over 40 hours (recorded over several sessions).

The Archive currently holds more than 4,300 testimonies, which are comprised of over 10,000 recorded hours of videotape. Testimonies are produced in cooperation with 37 affiliated projects across North America, South America, Europe, and Israel, and each project maintains a duplicate collection of locally recorded videotapes.

The Archive currently holds more than 4,300 testimonies, which are comprised of over 10,000 recorded hours of videotape. Testimonies are produced in cooperation with 37 affiliated projects across North America, South America, Europe, and Israel, and each project maintains a duplicate collection of locally recorded videotapes.

The catalog is available to the general public through Orbis and (through subscription) WorldCat.

Metadata includes subject matter, geographic names, time aids, and more.

Intended audience is mainly researchers, students, and scholars.

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