Texas Veterans Who Liberated Nazi Concentration Camps Share Stories with Baylor Universitys Institute for Oral History

At the end of World War II, a young Army chaplain named Wilson Canafax was among soldiers who traveled to Nazi concentration camps with little idea what to expect. Moments after he got out of his Jeep at newly liberated Buchenwald, an emaciated Jewish survivor approached.

North Hero s Winston Way, an oral history

Way retired in 1985 after a long career as agronomist for the University of Vermont Extension and has lived here much of his life. He was brought up in the town’s hotel (now the North Hero House), built by his grandfather and managed by his mother.

Mandela changed S. Africas geopolitical map

Translator of Conversations with Myself said that the book holds the first South African president, Nelson Mandelas memories and biography and added: The book is a pictorial supplement the world enjoys of Mandela which indicates the character and life of a man who altered South Africas geopolitical map all by himself.

Sacred Defense memory writing session

House of Literati held a specialized session on Saturday evening on Sacred Defense memory writing in which Iranian history professor Emad-uddin Fayazi said:" The real value of memories is based on recounting the truth and untold."

3rd Rank in The 5th International Digital Media Festival and Fair

The 5th International Digital Media Festival and Fair was held in Tehran from 6th to 15th of October 2011. Information Technology and Digital Media Development Center of Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance was the organizer of this feast and fair.

UVa Center Releases George H.W. Bush Oral History

The Miller Center at the University of Virginia Friday released the oral history of President George H.W. Bush, which is comprised of more than 50 senior officials from the Bush White House and Cabinet.

Ancient Maori tool found in old Lyttleton post office

The discovery of a Maori adze beneath the demolished Lyttleton post office has provided physical evidence for an oral history dating back more than 800 years.

VCU launches oral history project on Massive Resistance

FARMVILLE — Virginia Commonwealth University is launching an oral-history project on Massive Resistance that will record the stories of hundreds of schoolchildren denied an education by the closure of the state’s public schools in defiance of the Supreme Court’s order to desegregate.

Sacred Defense books to be displayed at Frankfurt Fair

Andishehvarzan Publishing House will put on display some Sacred Defense, literature and history books at Frankfurt Book Fair 2011.

Empathy, Solidarity: Needs of Sacred Defense Literature

Today, the practical context for Sacred Defense researchers and writers is far from solid and coherent. As well, the Sacred Defense-related literary, cultural and arts programs are devoid of any strategic planning [in the country].
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Part of memoirs of Haojjatol Eslam Sheikh Esmaeel Dayani

Saudi attack on Iranian pilgrims

My most memorable trip happened in 1366 solar hijri (1987) during which I accidentally was the head of the caravan. On that trip, the brutal massacre of the Iranian haj pilgrims by the Saudi agents happened. That horrible tragedy occurred on Friday which was later known as "Black Friday"… Almost everybody had prepared to take part in the rally on the day of the "Disavowal of Polytheists".

Nurse of Fav Hospital

“I didn’t see this event in Ayoubi Hospital, but I did in Fav Hospital exactly. At least once a day, we witnessed the flight of Iraqi jets from that area which came to strike the hospital. Of course, our forces poured so much dirt and sand on the concrete roof of the hospital that it became like a hill, and the guys could hardly understand the sound of the bomb and...

Report on the Fourteenth Conference of Oral History- 3rd and final part

Connecting oral history to the body of power is traumatic
According to the Iranian Oral History Website, the 14th Oral History Conference titled “Oral History on Scale” was held by the History Department of the University of Isfahan and the Oral History Association of Iran on Tuesday morning, May 14, 2024; professors, experts, and ...
A review of twenty years of oral history in Iran

Scientific and professional authority; perspective of Iranian Oral History Association

If a person has a personal library in his or her house, one or more oral history books are seen among them. In recent decades, the wave of book lovers has turned towards the field of oral history, and all this rising trend is owed to the activists in this field.