Stories of War, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization on a mission to honor the individual stories of those impacted by the multi-faceted legacy of war. Through educational and inspiring documentary films we provide investigation, insight, and perspective into history while promoting the qualities of empathy and tolerance - and above all, honoring the past to bring hope to the future.
Stories of War founder Erin Faith Allen shares her own story of war, and the inspiration behind her mission.
current projects
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Gisela's Suitcase
Through the letters, photographs, and clues in Gisela’s suitcase, Erin explores and investigates her life in Berlin as facism rose and fell around her - and brought about the realities of war for women.
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Ben Lesser, Survivor
Ben survived four concentration camps and was liberated from Dachau. Erin spent time with Ben at his home recently and a documentary about his story is in production.
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The Rainbow Division in WWII
Since 2018 Erin has followed in the footsteps of a company of men who served in the Rainbow Division in WWII. Their compelling stories will be detailed in documentary film shorts.
The Rainbow Division in WWII
Since 2018 Stories of War founder Erin Faith Allen has followed in the footsteps
of a company of men who served in the Rainbow Division in WWII.
Their stories will be detailed in documentary film shorts.
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Your contribution brings their story into the world.
our founder
Erin Faith Allen is the founder of Stories of War and is a multi-media artist and writer, the proud daughter of a Vietnam veteran, and granddaughter of three veterans of WWII with multiple other ancestors having served during times of conflict.
She understands on a deeply personal level the profound hunger for information that exists in families who have been affected by war, the quest to find answers, and the inexplicable understanding that results from those answers.
With a lifelong interest in the full spectrum experience of war, Erin’s passion for investigative research has guided her extensive travel through over a dozen countries and their concentration camps, battlefields, and massacre sites while studying and absorbing the individual perspectives of those who lived through it all. She has traveled thousands and thousands of miles to interview survivors, veterans, and their families, and through her persistent quest for primary sources, has amassed an archive that has multiple hundreds of thousands of documents, historical photographs and letters, and personal accounts.
To date, her work with veterans, survivors, and others impacted by war has directly impacted three hundred families and counting.
A member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and American Legion Auxiliary, Erin was made an honorary citizen of Schweighouse-sur-Moder, France for her dedication to preserving the legacy of the town’s liberation from Nazi rule.
She writes articles for the Rainbow Reveille, the 42nd Infantry Division’s newspaper since 1917, and is a published author and editor of books.
A fourth generation ‘shutterbug’, Erin is devoted to travel, culture, documentation, storytelling, and how individual stories of triumph and tragedy impact generations. She creates artwork from the intersection of meticulous research and her love of gathering vintage fabrics and photographs, artifacts, and documents from the various places she travels.
Erin’s films, writing, artwork, and research reflect her insights into human behavior and her devotion to honoring history with unfaltering curiosity and empathy. A selection of Erin’s artwork can be found at www.erinfaithallen.com.
“You must grow strong enough to love the world,
Yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with its worst horrors.”