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 What is a Yizkor Book?
After World War II, many survivors of the Holocaust published
books in memory of destroyed Jewish communities in Europe. These books contain
photos, maps, memoirs, testimonies, histories and lists of Jews who were killed
in the Holocaust. For a detailed article about yizkor books, see
Yigal
Rechtman’s web site.
Related Information Links
The Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum of
Tolerance - Online Multimedia Learning Center has articles from Encyclopaedia
Judaica and the Encyclopedia of the Holocaust. We have provided a link to their
site. After clicking on that link, click on the icon for the first letter of the
community. Either scroll down to find the name, or for a faster search, click on
the icon of the second letter of the town. Then click on the name of the town to
bring up the article in the encyclopedia. The first spelling in our list is the
preferred spelling. For those towns that have changed name, we have listed the
word you should use in your search. To perform a new search for a town, you must
be at the home page. To get there from any page, click on the red "i"
icon at the top left of the screen.
If the book has been translated, even partially, we have included a link to
JewishGen’s translation web site. We have also provided links to additional
information on the web about these communities. Another source of information is
JewishGen Family Finder
(JGFF), a computer-indexed compilation of surnames
and towns currently being researched by over 25,000 Jewish genealogists
worldwide.
Procedures for Use
The yizkor books are shelved in closed stacks and will be retrieved upon
request. Please tell the librarian the book number. A librarian will sign the
book out to you for use at one of the three tables closest to the reference
desk. There is a limit of one yizkor book per patron at a time.
A photo ID is required to sign out a book. Books may not leave this floor.
Photocopying is allowed but please limit your copies to 10 at a time if others
are waiting to use the copy machine. Use the special "book" copier to
make copies as this protects the spine of the book.
Do not leave the book unattended. When finished, return the book immediately
to a librarian.
There are Yiddish and Hebrew translators in the community who are willing to
help our patrons translate these books. Ask a librarian for more information.
Other Jewish Genealogical Research Holdings
Special Collections also has
resources on Jewish
genealogical research that are held in open stacks.
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