Archive
The Fortunoff Archive’s collection consists of over 4,400 testimonies of Holocaust survivors, witnesses and liberators. Learn how to search the collection for materials relevant to your research. Includes step by step instructions on how to register in Aviary and access the collection. Search the ArchiveFellowships
The Fortunoff Archive actively encourages supports scholarship with the collection through its fellowship program. The archive offers several fellowships including a two-year fellowship for a postdoctoral scholar, as well as fellowships for doctoral candidates and senior scholars. Learn MoreAccess Sites
The Fortunoff Archive makes its collection available at dozens of access sites around the globe. Access Sites are generally institutions of higher learning, museums, and memorial sites. There is no cost to become an access site. Locate an Access SiteFrom the Archive
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SubscribeInternational Conference: Still Searching for Memory and Justice, August 14-16
Still Searching for Memory and Justice – An International Conference and Exhibition Opening in Johannesburg, South AfricaSave the date: August 14-16, 2024
In 1998, the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, together with Yale’s Schell Center for International Human Rights, held an international conference titled Searching for Memory and Justice, a groundbreaking effort to examine the connections between the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in South Africa and efforts to document the Holocaust through witness testimony. Now, 30 years after the end of Apartheid, and 45 years since the Fortunoff Archive recorded its first testimony, the Johannesburg Holocaust [...]
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