Mark Osnowitz ’12 peers out from between stacks of Holocaust-related materials he organized into a digitally searchable archive last summer under the supervision of Assistant Professor of Political Science Ethan Hollander.
The materials, from DVDs and videocassettes to newspaper articles, survivor testimonies, and other documents were donated
to the College by Harvey Share ’49, who as a teacher in charge of the Holocaust education initiative in Illinois, had collected the items over many years.
“Harvey generously donated these materials, and I found Mark, who was willing to go through the material, catalog what was there, and organize it in a way that will be helpful for future scholars doing research in this subject,” says Hollander, who is writing a book on the Holocaust.
“Mark did great work. He met with [-College Archivist] Beth Swift for advice, spent hours going through the material, and has organized it in a way that will give scholars the access they need to this generous gift.”
