Helen Fagin papers
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Helen Fagin
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Helen Fagin
Gift of Helen Fagin, 2016.
Scope and Content
Manuscript drafts of writings, correspondence, photographs, and related materials concerning the activities of Holocaust survivor and educator Helen Fagin. Includes manuscript drafts of Fagin's memoirs, "My European Journey, 1939-1946" and "My American Journey, 1946-2008"; a manuscript draft of "Hell Translated: A Survivor's Approach to Teaching the Holocaust as a Moral Lesson"; a manuscript draft of her translation (from Polish) of interviews published in the book "Dzieci Żydowskie oskarżają" ("The Children Accuse"); a copy of typed testimonies about Fagin's work as an educator; correspondence, in particular related to gatherings of Holocaust survivors and recordings and photographs of a conference on the Holocaust hosted by Fagin at the University of Miami in 1978.