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Reference code
AC-S1-SS1-F7
Title
Rachel Fink
Date(s)
- 2011 (Creation)
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1 born digital moving image file in MP4 format (Moving Pictures Expert Group 4)
1 born digital textual transcript in PDF (Portable Document Format)
1 born digital textual transcript in PDF (Portable Document Format)
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Name of creator
(2010-)
Administrative history
Research and Curation was established in 2010, when it was originally called Research, Content and Scholarship. In 2011, when Collections moved to the Design + New Media department (later called Design + New Media & Collections), the Research, Content and Scholarship department name was then changed to Research and Curation.
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This file consists of an oral history interview with Rachel Fink, and associated documents. The interview was conducted by Lise Harrison on September 2, 2011.
Ms. Fink speaks about:
• Her childhood and her family’s experiences as Jews in Belfort, France as the Second World War began.
• Her and her family’s experiences with the Nazi occupation and anti-Semitism, and having to hide from the Nazis in a rural area near Tulle, France.
• Her experience with liberation and returning to their home after the war, and her subsequent move and life in Winnipeg.
• Her Jewish religion and faith and why it is important to talk about the Holocaust.
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Access to this material is restricted to users of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Reference Centre. Please contact the Archivist at archivist [at] humanrights.ca to make an appointment to access this material.
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- French
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- Research and Curation (Creator)
- Rachel Fink (Subject)