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This is the audio version of the interview with Elizabeth Vainraub by Armin Weinberg and Sara Rozin. She discusses her memories of the Chernobyl disaster and the aftermath. She talks briefly about the personal impact of Chernobyl and the impact to the surrounding area. She also talks about her work surrounding radiation due to the Chernobyl disaster and the RadEFX website which aims to assist those impacted by radiation.

The Sara Rozin papers consists of photographs related to Sara Rozin’s work with Dr. Armin Weinberg and radiation effects and events projects in Kazakhstan and Russia. The program was organized mostly through the United Methodist Health Initiative. Three videos (VHS) related to her daughter’s wedding in 1993 were digitized and are stored in the digital collection drive (DCD). The original cassettes were returned to the donor. During the reception a rabbi sang the Chernobyl Song. A clip of it has been extracted and stored with the other video files. The material is in English, Russian, and Hebrew. Collection consists of one box equaling 0.25 cubic feet and contains 202 photographs and digital video files. Digital files are stored in the digital collection drive (DCD).

Subjects: Radiation Effects and Events

The Armin Weinberg, PhD papers contains born-digital materials and ephemeral items related to his work in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Eastern Europe. The collection also includes two View Master projectors and “Stereoscopic Atlas of the Human Anatomy” by David L. Bassett, MD, complete set of 1-213 slides, T-shirt of "International Conference on the Health Effects of Low Dose Radiation", artifacts, books, business cards, dombra (instrument), glass hedgehog figurine, camel figurine, Kazakhstan canteen, 3 traditional Kazakhstan robes and hat, and colorimeter that belonged to his father.

The collection equals 3 cubic feet (4 boxes). Majority of collection will be submitted digitally. First ZIP file was emailed on 9/7/2016. Dr. Weinberg was issued a flash drive (HRC_32_01) to submit other ZIP files at one time. All files submitted to the collection are placed in the digital control folder in the Digital Submissions directory. A user survey describing the contents of the digital collection and formats used will be available in the control folders.

Subjects: Radiation Effects and Events, Baylor College of Medicine

The Elizabeth Vainraub Oral History contains digital video files, audio files, photographs, and prepared questions of an oral history interview of Elizabeth Vainraub conducted by Armin Weinberg and Sara Rozin. Vainraub's work was related to addressing the effects of the Chernobyl accident on those in the area at the time and those who immigrated from there to other locations including the US and Israel.

This video is an interview of Elizabeth Vainraub by Armin Weinberg and Sara Rozin about her memories of the Chernobyl disaster and the aftermath. She talks briefly about the personal impact of Chernobyl and the impact to the surrounding area. She also talks about her work surrounding radiation due to the Chernobyl disaster and the RadEFX website which aims to assist those impacted by radiation.

Sara Rozin discusses her journey immigrating to Israel and then to the U.S. from the former Soviet Union. She comments on living in the Soviet Union and the effect that the Chernobyl disaster had on the social and political climate of the former Soviet Union. Rozin also recalls her subsequent visits to Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine and discusses the lasting effects of radiation on the communities there.