Category Archives: World War II
Archives Intern Completes CJC Collections
As a graduate student from Simmons College in the Library and Information Sciences program, I completed a semester long internship at the Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections. As part of my internship I processed two collections; the … Continue reading
Posted in Archives of the Center for Jewish Culture, New Bedford History, UMass Dartmouth Archives and Special Collection, Uncategorized, World War I, World War II
Tagged Jewish history, UMD Archives, Women's organizations
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In Honor of Veteran’s Day, from the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives
Manuel “Manny” J. Carvalho Jr. (1916-1998) was the son of Manuel J. and Rose Carvalho, who were Azorean immigrants; he was a long-term resident of Tiverton, RI. His story is kept alive in the Dennis Rezendes Azorean Ancestral and Personal … Continue reading
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70th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Concentration Camps
Text by Cynthia Yoken; Layout by Judy Farrar Seventy years ago, while the Germans were in retreat, American soldiers liberated the Nazi concentration camps. It was April, 1945, one month before the end of the war in Europe. A number … Continue reading
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Tagged Holocaust, Jewish history, liberators, oral history, World War II
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