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June 09, 2006
Life After the Holocaust: Stories of Holocaust Survivors After The War
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum offers a poignant online exhibit called Life After the Holocaust: Stories of Holocaust Survivors After The War
The site, which requires a Flash 8 plug in, follows the experiences of 6 Holocaust survivors and their immigration to he United States. Users of the site can download audio files of the complete interviews and download transcripts of these interviews. The exhibit is organized by themes, such as Speaking Out, Starting Over, and Living with the Past. These themes combine the interview audios with pictures, both past and present of these victims. The site design is somber and powerful.
The United States Holocaust Museum site also has an online Holocaust Encyclopedia which can be searched alphabetically or by specific topics such as "The United States and the Holocaust", "Jewish Resistance", and an "Introduction to the Holocaust".
The museum site also provides an excellent research area, with links to other web sites on the Holocaust, and a number of excellent bibliographies, including one on University of Michigan's famous alumnus, Raoul Wallenberg
If you are interested in this site you may also want to look at the University of Michigan Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive, a collection of over 52,000 video interviews of Holocaust survivors around the world.
Posted by swortman at June 9, 2006 10:43 AM