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January 15, 2016
The Forgotten Pioneer of Holocaust Memory
He recorded hours of survivor testimony in 1946.
Born in what was now Latvia, David Boder (1886-1975) emigrated to the U.S. following the Russian revolution and pursued a successful career as a professor of psychology. In 1946, he began visiting European displaced-persons (DP) camps, recording equipment in hand, to interview survivors about their wartime experiences. He may have been the very first to undertake such a project, which produced over 90 hours of recordings. Jack Doyle writes:
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The Forgotten Pioneer of Holocaust Memory
He recorded hours of survivor testimony in 1946.