Claims Conference Meeting at the Institute

Standing, from left: Joe Kraus, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Arnold Kramer, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Karen Jungblut, USC Shoah Foundation Institute; Michael Lieber, Yad Vashem; Miriam Weiner, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany; Wesley Fisher, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany; Laurence Voix, Mémorial de la Shoah; Haim Gertner, Yad Vashem; Joanne Rudof, Yale University; Kevin Glick, Yale University; Elizabeth Edelstein, Museum of Jewish Heritage; Neal Guthrie, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Wesley Fisher, Director of Research, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany; and Joanne Rudof, Archivist of the Fortunoff Video Archive, Yale University.

From left: Stephen D. Smith, USC Shoah Foundation Institute Executive Director; and Arnold Kramer, Senior Advisor for Institutional Projects, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Greg Schneider, Executive Vice President, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany; and Miriam Weiner, Director of Allocations, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

From left: Haim Gertner, Director of the Archives, Yad Vashem; and Arnold Kramer, Senior Advisor for Institutional Projects, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

From left: Andrea Szonyi, USC Shoah Foundation Institute Regional Consultant in Hungary; Steve Klappholz, USC Shoah Foundation Institute Director of Development; and Elizabeth Edelstein, Director of Education, Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust.

From left: Haim Gertner, Director of the Archives, Yad Vashem; and Arnold Kramer, Senior Advisor for Institutional Projects, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

From left: Joe Kraus, Chief Information Officer, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; and Neal Guthrie, Director of Oral History, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Steve Klappholz, USC Shoah Foundation Institute Director of Development; and Kim Simon, USC Shoah Foundation Institute Managing Director.

From left: Elizabeth Edelstein, Director of Education, Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust; and Sherry Bard, Project Director for Educational Programs, USC Shoah Foundation Institute.

Joanne Rudof, Archivist of the Fortunoff Video Archive, Yale University; and Ari Zev, USC Shoah Foundation Institute Director of Administration.

Joanne Rudof, Archivist of the Fortunoff Video Archive, Yale University.

From left: Sophie Nagiscarde, Head of the Cultural Department, Mémorial de la Shoah; and Karen Jungblut, USC Shoah Foundation Institute Director of Archival Access and Documentation.

Daisy Miller, Director of Development for Major Gifts, USC Shoah Foundation Institute; and Greg Schneider, Executive Vice President, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

From left: Karen Jungblut, USC Shoah Foundation Institute Director of Research and Documentation; and Laurence Voix, Coordinator of Multi-Media and Audio-Visual Center, Mémorial de la Shoah.

Elizabeth Edelstein, Director of Education, Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust.

Haim Gertner, Director of the Archives, Yad Vashem.

From left: Joe Kraus, Chief Information Officer, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; and Steve Klappholz, USC Shoah Foundation Institute Director of Development.

Joanne Rudof, Archivist of the Fortunoff Video Archive, Yale University; and Kevin Glick, Head of University Archives and Electronic Records Archivist, Yale University.

Haim Gertner, Director of the Archives, Yad Vashem.

Abby Spilka, Director of Communications, Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust.

Wesley Fisher, Director of Research, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

From left: Neal Guthrie, Director of Oral History, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Elizabeth Edelstein, Director of Education, Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust; and Abby Spilka, Director of Communications, Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust.

From left: Sophie Nagiscarde, Head of the Cultural Department, Mémorial de la Shoah; Laurence Voix, Coordinator of Multi-Media and Audio-Visual Center, Mémorial de la Shoah; and Sam Gustman, Chief Technology Officer, USC Shoah Foundation Institute.

From left: Joe Kraus, Chief Information Officer, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Joanne Rudof, Archivist of the Fortunoff Video Archive, Yale University; Kevin Glick, Head of University Archives and Electronic Records Archivist, Yale University; and Michael Lieber, Chief Information Officer, Yad Vashem.

From left: Kim Simon, USC Shoah Foundation Institute Managing Director; Joe Kraus, Chief Information Officer, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; and Joanne Rudof, Archivist of the Fortunoff Video Archive, Yale University.

From left: Kevin Glick, Head of University Archives and Electronic Records Archivist, Yale University; Michael Lieber, Chief Information Officer, Yad Vashem; and Haim Gertner, Director of the Archives, Yad Vashem.

From left: Joanne Rudof, Archivist of the Fortunoff Video Archive, Yale University; Kevin Glick, Head of University Archives and Electronic Records Archivist, Yale University; and Michael Lieber, Chief Information Officer, Yad Vashem.

Zvi Inbar, Senior Consultant for Allocations, Israel, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Gregory Schneider, Executive Vice President, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Steven D. Smith, USC Shoah Foundation Institute Executive Director.

From left: Stephen D. Smith, USC Shoah Foundation Institute Executive Director; Kim Simon, USC Shoah Foundation Institute Managing Director; and Joe Kraus, Chief Information Officer, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Last month, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute hosted a meeting convened by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. The meeting brought together delegates from major archives with audio-visual Holocaust testimony holdings; other archives represented included Mémorial de la Shoah, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Yad Vashem–The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority, and Yale University’s Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. The delegates discussed the development of standardized policies for digital preservation and the idea of establishing a globally accessible digital platform that would integrate content from all the archives.

Album posted on: August 11, 2011