Welcome to information about Portland State University Library's Yizkor (Holocaust memorial) book collection
The role of Yizkor books in research and the curriculum
Sokolievka-Justingrad: an example of a Yizkor book
A list of Portland State's Yizkor books in the library catalog
Online Yizkor books from the New York Public Library's Dorot Division
Visualizing the Yizkor book collection with Google Earth
The Library has prepared two "layers" of mapping information related to the Yizkor Book collection, accessible through Google Earth. To access the Yizkor Book layers in Google Earth:
- Download and install Google Earth
- Download the "Yizkor Book Places" and "Supplemental Info" files
- In Google Earth, go to File: Open; use Browse to find and open the downloaded layer files
- The layer will show up in the Places menu in Google Earth
- Zoom into the communities marked by gold Stars of David to see photos, read town histories, and jump to other websites (including translations of Yizkor Books). Blue Stars of David mark communities represented by books in the Yizkor collection but do not link to expanded information.
Additional items of interest:
A Yiddish World Remembered - The Emmy Award Winning PBS Documentary dirested by Andrew Goldberg and narrated by Elliot Gould.
(Requires Portland State login or on-campus access)
Elie Wiesel: Dead Stars, Dead Eyes - Narrated by William Hurt, a documentary on the life and remembrances of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel.
(Requires Portland State login or on-campus access)
The Luboml Yizkor Book Online - Made available online with the permission of the Liboviner - Voliner Benevolent Society and Aaron Ziegelman, the Luboml Yizkor Book has recently been made available through the New York Public Library’s Dorot Division.
Associated items in the Library's collection:
The "Survivor's Haggadah" 1945. Hebrew and Yiddish text by Yosef Dov Sheinzon and woodcuts by Miklos Adler.
Kugelmass, Jack, and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 1998. From a Ruined Garden: the Memorial Books of Polish Jewry. 2nd ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Jones, Faith, and Gretta Siegel. 2006. Yizkor Books as Holocaust Grey Literature. Publishing Research Quarterly 22, no. 1 (Spring 2006): 52-62.
