Joan Ringelheim
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Joan Ringelheim (May 29, 1939 – October 22, 2021) was the Research Director of the Permanent Exhibition, Director of Education and Director of Oral History at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, where she oversaw its survivor testimony collection.[1][2] She had worked on creating the museum's permanent exhibit. She would donate her collection which came, in part, from her organisation of the first conference about women, during the Holocaust.
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Joan Ringelheim | |
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Born | May 29, 1939 Brooklyn, New York |
Died | October 22, 2021(2021-10-22) (aged 82) Columbia, Maryland |
Occupation | Research Director |
Employer | United States Holocaust Memorial Museum |
Known for | Directed the US oral history archive |
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