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There are a number of websites associated with museums, libraries, oral history projects, research centers, and film archives that specialize in the Holocaust and Jewish identity. |
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| Holocaust Museums and Research Centers United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington D.C. Includes international on-line directory of organizations in Holocaust education, remembrance and research. Yad Vashem The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Museum and Research Institute in Jerusalem The Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Museum of Tolerance Dedicated to fighting anti-semitism and bigotry around the world. The Library and Archives, with 30,000 holdings, is a fully-staffed information resource center on the Holocaust, Twentieth-century genocides, anti-Semitism, racism, and related issues. A Cybrary of the Holocaust Uses art, discussion groups, photos, poems, and a wealth of facts to preserve powerful memories and to educate scholars and newcomers alike about the Holocaust. A project of the Alliance for a Better Earth (ABE), in Augusta, Georgia. H-Holocaust, a member of the H-NET Humanities & Social Sciences On-Line Initiative Exists so interdisciplinary scholars of the Holocaust can communicate with each other and makes available diverse bibliographical, research and teaching aids using new technology,. H-HOLOCAUST's editorial board and discussion list editors serve a broad intellectual community. Extensive links listed here. |
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| Holocaust Oral History Projects and Film Archives The Israel Film Archive and Jerusalem Cinematheque 19,000 Jewish and Holocaust subject film prints and videos from around the world. National Center for Jewish Film at Brandeis University 12,000 reels of film including features, documentaries, shorts, news reels, home movies, and restored Yiddish-language features. Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University A collection of over 3,800 videotaped interviews with witnesses and survivors of the Holocaust. Part of Manuscripts and Archives, at Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University. Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation Founded in 1994 by Steven Spielberg to chronicle the firsthand accounts of Holocaust survivors and eye witnesses, liberators and rescuers. 50,000 testimonies have been recorded, totaling 100,000 hours of digitized testimony. |
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| Genealogical Research JewishGen®, Inc. The primary internet source connecting researchers of Jewish genealogy worldwide. Its most popular components are the JewishGen Discussion Group, the JewishGen Family Finder (a database of over 100,000 surnames and towns), the comprehensive directory of InfoFiles, and a variety of databases like the ShtetlSeeker. JewishGen¨, Inc. was created to assist those researching their Jewish ancestry and based on the concept of sharing information. The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Dedicated to the study and preservation of the Eastern European Jewish heritage, the YIVO Institute features an extensive archive of photographs and books rescued from Eastern Europe. Since its founding in 1925, YIVO has become the world's preeminent research institute and academic center for Eastern European Jewish Studies. Family Tree Maker Comprehensive resources and tools for researching your family tree, including a genealogy book shop and directory of rare books available on-line. Genealogy Site Finder A comprehensive directory of genealogy sites on the internet, featuring over 56,000 cross-indexed links. Avotaynu, Inc. Publisher of books on Jewish Genealogy. |
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