Jack Voorzanger Archival Internship
The Jack Voorzanger Internship will provide a special opportunity for a student interested in hands-on experience working with the SWC archival collection, focusing primarily on the Holocaust.
Internship Dates and Hours: 250 hours to be completed within a 21 week period, between Monday, August 4, 2025 and Friday, December 26, 2025. Interns are required to work on-site at the Archive in Los Angeles 12 hours per week, with two 6-hour shifts.
Location: Simon Wiesenthal Center Archives and Reference Library, Los Angeles, CA
Stipend: $5,000
Academic credit: As determined by the student’s school
Responsibilities: Scanning archival materials, entering information into databases, providing descriptions for archival records, historical research, and other tasks as assigned by the Archivist.
Qualifications: Current enrollment in a graduate study program in Library/Information Science or a related field. Recent graduates of such programs may also apply. Knowledge and experience in archival scanning and experience processing archival collections is highly desirable.
How to apply: To apply, please send a resume and cover letter to volunteer@museumoftolerance.com no later than Friday, June 30, 2025. For consideration, applicants must also ask an academic or professional reference to provide a letter of recommendation by this deadline to volunteer@museumoftolerance.com.
Process: Qualified applicants will be contacted to participate in a Zoom interview.
About Jack Voorzanger
Jack Voorzanger was a courageous child survivor of the Holocaust, born in the Netherlands, hidden throughout the war, yet beaten and forced to convert to Catholicism by the man who saved him. 75 members of Jack's family were murdered during the Holocaust.
After the war, Jack rebuilt his life and came to the United States. When Jack retired from his successful photo lab business, he began to volunteer at the SWC Archives, assisting with archival scanning of the SWC collection as a dedicated volunteer for over 18 years.
The Voorzanger family has generously endowed the Jack Voorzanger Archival Internship in his memory.
