us-005517
agent has or had location: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/institutions/us-005517/locations/1
authorized by: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/institutions/us-005517/mandates/1
sources: ClaimsCon'06 [Tablet](https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/hasidic-tales-of-the-holocaust) magazine
history: In 1974, Yaffa Eliach founded the Center for Holocaust Studies, Documentation and Research in Brooklyn, New York, which collected over 2,700 audio interviews of Holocaust survivors as well as thousands of physical artifacts. In 1990, after nearly two decades of leading The Center for Holocaust Studies, Yaffa Eliach decided she would be merging with [The Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in Lower Manhattan](https://portal.ehri-project.eu/institutions/us-005548, where its oral history collection, objects, and institutional archives are now housed.
name: Center for Holocaust Studies, Research, and Documentation, Flatbush
type: Institution