Collection of Jewish Musical Folklore, UNESCO Memory of the World Register, National Library of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2016
In the National Library of Ukraine in Kyiv we discovered a collection of Jewish Musical Folklore from 1912 to 1947. It contained written music and recordings, some recorded on wax cylinders, of a culture that was largely killed and erased from memory during WWII. The collection was part of UNESCO's memory of the World Programme which is meant to preserve valuable archival material throughout the world against collective amnesia, neglect, the ravages of time and climatic conditions, and willful and deliberate destruction. The voices in this archive had been stilled, but the memory continues. This program is truly a memory of the world.