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othing is the same once
The OCLC will be demon-
students hear the tapes. strated at the reception, which
The tapes offer sorrow- also will feature U-M Dearborn
ful, often long, life stories. Chancellor James C. Renick.
They tell of murdered friends,
In recent weeks alone, the pro-
family, children.
ject has raised $10,000 (much of
University of Michigan-Dear- it from Holocaust survivors) ac-
born Professor Sidney Bolkosky cording to Patty Henrici, devel-
has his students listen to at least opment officer for U-M. Financial
three. "No reading," he said, "has support for the archives has be-
ever made this kind of an im-
pact."
The tapes are recordings
by Holocaust survivors, a pro-
ject Professor Bolkosky be-
gan, together with the late
Dr. John Mames, in 1981. To-
day, the university library is
home to 165 tapes used by
students, social workers and
psychiatrists throughout the
state, and by researchers na-
tionwide.
To increase awareness of
the project, the university will
hold a reception 7 p.m. July
28 at the Mardigian Library.
Co-sponsored by The Jewish
News, the program will fea-
ture Ralph Appelbaum, who
designed exhibits for the U.S.
Holocaust Memorial Muse-
um in Washington, D.C.
Professor Sidney Bolkosky
U-M has been involved
since 1985 in the Holocaust Oral come part of the university's In-
Archive. For years, U-M em- formation Resources Initiative
ployees donated time and equip- campaign, a $2.5 million drive to
ment, often spending 10 hours fund projects at the library.
on a single recording. But now
In addition to being available
the project is expanding, and an- at U-M, copies of the Holocaust
other $60,000 is needed for its oral history tapes are at the Yale
completion.
Video Archives and at the Holo-
Last year, the archives began caust Memorial Museum in
including transcripts of the tapes, Washington, D.C.
which are easier to access but ex-
Among those whose tapes is
pensive. Because it requires some included in the archives is Abe
knowledge of Yiddish and of Eu- Pasternak, who has been a long-
ropean life, in addition to the te- time supporter of the project.
diousness of regular dictation, it
"I'm very grateful to the uni-
can take many hours and cost versity for all it has done," he
several hundred dollars to make said. "But now it's time for us to
a single tape.
come in and help.
The archives is now becoming
`These tapes will be available
part of an international library at the touch of a finger — I feel
database system, called OCLC privileged to be able to help out
(Online Computer Library Cen- on something like this. I hope all
ter), which makes the tapes the other survivors out there will
available to libraries throughout contribute."
the world. The tapes are cata-
"Without these testimonies,
logued by a number of key words we're left with the history books,
— "Lodz," for example, or "hid- collections of documents and me-
den children" or "ghetto" — dia presentations," Professor
which users can access for spe- Bolkosky added. "All of these are
cific information. A brief sum- critical to get some understand-
mary of each tape is included.
ing, but without the personaliz-
"We're also making copies of ing, they're incomplete.
the tapes available to other li-
'When people hear an account
braries, which isn't something we of someone who survived
would usually do," said Barbara Auschwitz, and they know the
Kriigel, head of technical services facts of what Auschwitz was,
for the U-M Dearborn library. they can begin to get some sense
"But they're important and we of the vastness of the Holocaust."
want to make them accessible." 0