Jewish Federation of Arizona Holocaust testimony video cassettes

The Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona Holocaust testimony videocassettes measure 1.5 linear feet and consist of nine video testimonies on 19 U-matic videocassettes given by Holocaust survivors and conducted by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch in 1989 and the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona in 1990. Organized into a single series and arranged alphabetically by interviewee, the interviews in box 1 were created by the Jewish Federation as one of thirty-six affiliate projects led by Yale University Library’s Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Abstracts for testimonies in box 1 were created by the Fortunoff Video Archive. Descriptions and unique identifiers for all testimonies can be found in this collection guide.

The University of Arizona holds the master U-matic videocassettes of these testimonies, the Fortunoff Video Archive has digitized the submasters.

As a Fortunoff access site, UA Special Collections provides streaming access to the Fortunoff Video Archive through a secure workstation in the Reading Room or through the University of Arizona's VPN client. UA affiliates can can sign into the VPN using NetID and access the Fortunoff Video Archive remotely after creating an Aviary account.

To request testimonies for viewing through the Fortunoff Video Archive in our Reading Room, you must first create an account within the Aviary platform, receive a confirmation email, sign into and search Aviary, and request access to testimonies. Detailed instructions for access can be found at Search Aviary.

After registering and requesting access to testimonies, they can be viewed on site at our dedicated work station in the UA Special Collections Reading Room. Be sure to bring your Aviary login information with you.

There is a two-hour time limit on use of the workstation if multiple patrons are in line to view content.

The Archive is a copyrighted work, all rights belonging to Yale and its associated licensors. Users may view the Archive and take notes on the viewed content, but may not in any way copy, reproduce, or distribute any of the content without the express and written permission of Yale. Quotation or citation from the Archive for use in published works of any kind, including, but not limited to, scholarly journals, dissertations and theses, is expressly prohibited without prior written permission. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld.

Testimonies of Erna S. and Gerda W. in box 2 were conducted by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, have been transcribed and digitized, and are available to stream from the Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive.