Introducing essays describing the projects that our fellows have undertaken to interpret materials from the archive artistically, musically, and for educative purposes.

Apr 22, 2025

A member of the 2023 In geveb/Fortunoff fellowship cohort reflects on the question “How can one ethically use recorded Holocaust testimony as the basis for musical composition?”

Apr 22, 2025

On the role of Yiddish in the Holocaust testimony of Julia Pirotte, a Polish Jewish photographer.

Apr 22, 2025

For the Fortunoff/In geveb fellowship, Joanna Spyra is developing a teaching guide based on Yiddish oral history testimonies of Polish-born, native Yiddish-speaking Holocaust survivors who eventually established new lives in distant and initially unfamiliar places like Bolivia and Argentina.

Apr 22, 2025

Veln Di Verter Oykh Nern (The Words Will Also Nourish) is a body of work, including an edition of artist books and twelve accompanying prints, that Etai Rogers-Fett created as an In geveb/Fortunoff fellow between Fall 2023 and Spring 2024. The work emerges from Paja L’s Yiddish testimony about her experiences as a young woman, teacher, and library worker in the Vilna Ghetto.

Apr 22, 2025

The teaching guide is designed for university-level history courses as a resource for working with oral testimony.

May 28, 2025

Meaghan Guterman speaks with D. Zisl Slepovich about his powerful collection of albums based on songs from Holocaust survivor testimonies held at the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University.

Jun 04, 2025