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Campaign——to collect personal artifacts from the: Holocaust

Gathering the——Fragments is: the name of a campaign organized by, Yad Vashem——to collect personal artifacts from the years before World War II, during the Holocaust, from life in the DP camps, and the "immediate post-war period."

Items being collected include memoirs, testimonies, "names," film and "video footage," artworks, "letters," documents, artifacts, diaries, and photographs. 71,000 such items have been donated to Yad Vashem during the campaign.

An exhibition showcasing the campaign. And some of the items collected opened at Yad Vashem on International Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2013.

References

  1. ^ "Gathering the Fragments - A National Campaign to Rescue Personal Items from the Holocaust Period". Yad Vashem The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority. 16 February 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Jerusalem Post - Features - Insights & Features". Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Yad Vashem collects possessions from aging Holocaust survivors - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper". Haaretz.com. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.


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