The testimonies now available are drawn from a major oral history programme - The Living Memory of the Jewish Community - which between 1987 and 2000 gathered 186 audio life story interviews with Jewish survivors of the Holocaust and their children.
It was initiated by National Life Stories based in the BL's oral history section and funded by a number of organizations including the Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation, the John S Cohen Foundation and the Porjes Charitable Trust.