JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen (UK) Wiener Library Refugee Family Papers Digitized and AJR Refugee Voices #general
Jan Meisels Allen
The Wiener Library for the Study of Holocaust & Genocide has digitized and
uploaded over 350 collections for "Refugee Family Papers: An Interactive Map". The map gives the reader the opportunity to browse and search a selection of the Wiener's collection of refugee papers. To see the map go to: http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/interactivemap Click on any of the numbers and it opens to photos of people >from the collection. Click on the photo and it will take you to the history of the person. To read more about the Refugee Family Papers see: http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/Refugee_Family_Papers The full collection is available in a temporary exhibit available through April 10, 2015 at the Library [Russell Square, London - MOD.] The collections have been donated to the Wiener Library by Jewish refugees and their families. Also available are clips >from the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) Refugee Voices archives of 150 filmed interviews of Jewish refugees from World War II and comprise 450 hours of film. All interviews have been fully transcribed and catalogued. There is a database, with an index of the interviews. Each interview contains still shots of family, friends and places of importance to the interviewee. To access this go to: http://www.refugeevoices.co.uk/ Thank you to Saul Issroff, President, JGS Great Britain for informing us of this new digitized collection and the availability of the AJR Refugee Voices. Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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