Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Orange County Holocaust History Project Interview collection
- Dates:
- bulk 1992-1995
- Creators:
- Jack Pariser
- Abstract:
- This collection consists of 154 oral history interviews conducted from 1992-1995 with residents of Orange County, California, who experienced the Holocaust. The interviews are the result of a project coordinated by Jack Pariser under the sponsorship of the Orange County Chapter of the Anti- Defamation League of B'nai B'rith.
- Extent:
- 10.13 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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The University of California Irvine holds the copyright to this collection. Please see their preferred citation.
"Videotape interview of [first name and last initial of interviewee] by Holocaust Oral History Project of the Anti Defamation League. Copyright 202_, Anti-Defamation League." [Insert copyright date of the particular interview being cited.]
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection consists of 154 interviews conducted from 1992 to 1995 with Orange County, California residents who experienced the Holocaust. The interviews result from a project coordinated by Jack Pariser under the sponsorship of the Orange County Chapter of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. Most interviewees are Jewish survivors of the Holocaust. Their experiences during the World War II-era include forced and voluntary emigration, death camps, forced labor and hiding. Almost all Jewish participants are Ashkenazi Jews, that is, of Yiddish-speaking, Eastern European origins.
- Biographical / historical:
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In the early 1990s, Jack Pariser, a Polish survivor of the Holocaust who resides in Orange County, California, initiated a project to conduct oral history interviews with residents of Orange County who experienced the Holocaust. He received the organizational support of the Orange County chapter of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai Brith (ADL) for the project. The ADL identified participants from the community, obtained and trained interviewers, conducted preliminary interviews with participants by phone, and solicited donations to help support the project. The ADL also supervised the videotaped interviews, which took place between April 1992 and April 1995, using recording services provided by Chapman University. The ADL wanted the tapes to be housed in an Orange County research facility and subsequently donated them to the UCI Libraries at the University of California, Irvine.
Interview participants in the Orange Country Holocaust Oral History Project were located through publicity in the local media and by word of mouth in local Jewish communities. The interviewers were all volunteers from the community, many of whom heard of the project in its formative stages. They received training in conducting oral history interviews from a consultant of the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.; the Museum also was the source of the questions posed to interviewees. In addition to depositing tapes at UCI, the Orange County Holocaust Oral History Project is sending a duplicate set to the U.S. Holocaust Museum.
- Physical description:
- Good
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-05-23 17:57:01 -0400 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection provides information restrictions due to the nature of the information in the materials imposed by the repository. Please speak with the Archivist.
- Terms of access:
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This collection identifies with restrictions on reproductions due to copyright and restrictions on further use of the material being described, such as publications, after access has been provided. Please speak with the Archivist.
- Preferred citation:
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The University of California Irvine holds the copyright to this collection. Please see their preferred citation.
"Videotape interview of [first name and last initial of interviewee] by Holocaust Oral History Project of the Anti Defamation League. Copyright 202_, Anti-Defamation League." [Insert copyright date of the particular interview being cited.]
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
- Location of this collection:
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One University DriveOrange, CA 92866, US
- Contact:
- (714) 532-6005