Nebraska Stories of Humanity

Framed display of vintage clothes, handwritten letters, and a small woven bag.
Photo of items Beate Stern (Bea Karp) carried throughout the war in a bundle.

The website Nebraska Stories of Humanity: Holocaust Survivors and World War II Veterans, a digital collection of historical documentation and memorabilia. was developed to preserve the memories of Holocaust survivors from Nebraska. The multidisciplinary digital humanities project, led by Beth Dotan and Ari Kohen, records the experiences of Holocaust survivors who made Nebraska home as well as Nebraskans who helped liberate the concentration camps.

In collaboration with the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities and University Libraries, Dotan and her team enlisted Husker students to help scan, organize and encode nearly 900 items.

Read more about the project on Nebraska Today.

Visit the Nebraska Stories of Humanity website