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]

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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