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"We are a crowdsourced community-based  public history organization. We  collaboratively document lived histories with you, while promoting healing through storytelling. Through free oral history workshops, we empower you to document, preserve and share oral histories of Partition and World War II witnesses and survivors in your community. Following World War II, the British empire rapidly declined and the year 1947 saw the end of British colonial rule in South Asia. The formation of modern India, Pakistan and Bangladesh (as East Pakistan in 1947) followed, via the Partition of Punjab and Bengal. Partition unfolded chaotically, leading to one of the largest mass refugee crises of the last century, sending ripple effects across the globe. Explore the untold history of Partition through collections you have helped build and preserve. Learn More…"

"Embark on a journey through time and experience the poignant narratives of lives forever altered by the 1947 Partition and the Second World War. Millions fled at a moment’s notice, losing everything that they had ever known, and millions lost their lives in the unprecedented communal violence that unfolded."

"Based on the first and the largest pan-South Asian oral history survey ever conducted, 10,000 Memories tells the story of Partition, World War II and Independence in the mid-20th century Indian subcontinent through hundreds of individual experiences."

"The 1947 Partition Archive records life stories shaped by Partition. Witnesses are waiting right now to share their incredible and historic memories. As a monthly  donor, receive update s about the stories your donation preserved."

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