Yizkor books
Yizkor books (
Most of these books are written in
Since the 1990s, many of these books, or sections of them have been translated into English, digitized, and made available online.
History
The publication of Yizkor books was one of the earliest ways in which the Holocaust was communally commemorated. A memorial book about the Jewish community of Łódź was produced in New York City in 1943. It was the first of more than 900 of this type that were subsequently published. More of these books began to appear in the mid to late 1940s and were usually published privately rather than by publishing companies.[1][2]
Voluntary societies and welfare services of the various European Jewish communities, called landsmanshaften, usually took the lead in publishing them for their members who shared a common regional origin, history and culture.[2][3]
The first Yizkor books were published in the United States, mainly in
In total, about three-quarters of all the Yizkor books were ultimately published in Israel, and more than 60% of the total are in Hebrew.[2]
Collections and translations
Most Yizkor books were published in very limited quantities, and are therefore usually difficult to find and expensive to purchase. However, there have been a number of projects to collect and preserve these publications, digitize their contents and translate them into English, and make them available online:
Large collections of Yizkor books are housed at
The Jewish
See also
References
- ISBN 978-1-135-96950-9.
- ^ a b c d Tydor-Baumel, Judith (1995). "׳לזכרון עולם׳: הנצחת השואה בידי הפרט והקהילה במדינת ישראל" ['Everlasting Memory': Commemoration of the Holocaust by the individual and the community in the State of Israel] (PDF). עיונים בתקומת ישראל (in Hebrew). 5: 364–387.
- ^ "Yizkor Books". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
- ^ "Yizkor Books in the YIVO Library". YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. New York, NY. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
- ^ "LibGuides: Yizkor Books". New York Public Library. 2018-08-29. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
- ^ "Yizkor Books". Yiddish Book Center. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
- ^ "Yizkor books". JewishGen. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
External links
- Yizkor Books at New York Public Library
- Yizkor Book Project (English translations) at JewishGen
- Yizkor Books at Yiddish Book Center