As one of only a few institutions in Europe, Freie Universität Berlin provides access to two important Oral History archives, the "Visual History Archive of the Shoah Foundation Institute” as well as the archive "Forced Labor 1939-1945. Memory and History". Both contain video and audio testimonies of survivors of the Holocaust.
In light of this Freie Universität Berlin organizes a summer school about the interdisciplinary academic use of Oral History interviews. The Summer school will take place in Berlin between the 19 th and 24 th of July 2010. The thematical emphasis will be on testimonies of survivors of the Women´s Concentration Camp Ravensbrück.
Being part of the international alumni program supported by the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst), the summer school addresses former international students, who are interested in Oral History about National-Socialism. The program is free of charge for the participants and Freie Universität Berlin will cover room and board costs.
Please find details about the workshop, conditions for participation, deadlines etc.
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Application for this summer school will be available from May 10th.