Our Map Collections
​Each collection features dozens of Story Maps, all inspired by the powerful oral testimonies of survivors. These stories are curated from the archives and institutions that preserve these invaluable histories. Explore the collections and delve into the individual stories within.
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The MCHE/Fortunoff Collection
This collection traces the stories of forty-one Holocaust survivors who settled in the Kansas City area. Using oral history testimony collected by the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education and located in the Fortunoff Archives, Amber Nickell, Hollie Marquess, and Sarah Keiss have mapped these survivors' trajectories and experiences.
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Each map tells the story of one Holocaust survivor, tracing their steps from their hometowns in Central and Eastern Europe, through the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps and in hiding, to their new lives in Kansas and Missouri.
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The MCHE Collection
This collection explores the stories of Holocaust survivors who made their home in the Kansas City area and draws on oral history testimonies gathered by the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education and available on their website, https://mchekc.org/survivors/ .
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Hollie Marquess and Amber Nickell are currently mapping the journeys and experiences of these survivors. Individual maps will be added to the collection as they are completed.
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This is a companion collection for the MCHE/Fortunoff Collection