Gathering the Fragments explained

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.[1]

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.[2]

An exhibition showcasing the campaign and some of the items collected opened at Yad Vashem on International Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2013.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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 . 6 February 2013.
  2. Web site: Jerusalem Post - Features - Insights & Features . Jerusalem Post . 6 February 2013 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100216035801/http://www.jpost.com/Features/InThespotlight/Article.aspx . 16 February 2010 .
  3. Web site: Yad Vashem collects possessions from aging Holocaust survivors - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper . Haaretz.com . 28 January 2013 . 6 February 2013.

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