Director – Joel Alpert
JewishGen Press (formerly the Yizkor-Books-in-Print Project) is now the publishing division of JewishGen.org, and provides a venue for the publication of books pertaining to Jewish genealogy, history, culture, and heritage.
About the JewishGen Yizkor Book Project:
Yizkor Books (Memorial Books) were traditionally written to memorialize the names of departed family and martyrs during holiday services in the synagogue (a practice that still exists in many synagogues today).
Over the centuries, as a result of countless persecutions and horrific atrocities committed against the Jews, Yizkor Books (Sefer Zikaron in Hebrew) were expanded to include more historical information, such as biographical sketches of famous personalities and descriptions of daily town life.
Following the Holocaust, the idea of remembrance and learning took on an urgent and crucial importance. Survivors of the Holocaust sought out other surviving residents of their former towns to memorialize and document the names and way of life of those who were ruthlessly murdered by the Nazis. These remembrances were documented in Yizkor Books, hundreds of which were published in the first decades after the Holocaust.
Most of these books were published privately, or through landsmanshaftn (social organizations comprised of members originating from the same European town or region) that still existed, and were often distributed free of charge. Sadly, the languages used to document these crucial histories and links to our past, Yiddish and Hebrew, are no longer commonly understood by a significant percentage of Jews today. As a result, JewishGen has undertaken the sacred responsibility of translating these books into English so that the culture and way of life of these communities will be preserved and transmitted to future generations.
In 1986, a group of farsighted JewishGenners started a project to pool their efforts together in groups based upon their ancestors from each town and donate money to get the Yizkor books of their ancestral towns translated into English. As the translated material became available, it was made accessible for free at https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/. Hardcover copies can be purchased below.
It is our hope that the translation of these books into English (and other languages) will assist the countless Jewish family researchers who are so desperately seeking to forge a connection with their heritage.
Director of JewishGen Yizkor Book Project: Lance Ackerfeld
Director of JewishGen Press: Joel Alpert
Editorial Board Manager: Jessica Feinstein
Publications Manager: Susan Rosin
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| Antopol, Belarus | |||||||
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Shards of Memory: Messages from the Lost Shtetl of Antopol, Belarus
Edited by Alicia Esther Goldberg Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $39.00 |
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| Augustów, Poland | |||||||
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Memorial Book of the Community of Augustow and Vicinity
Hard Cover, 8.5” by 11”, 576 pages with original photographs. Click here to the corrected Index as of 8/23/21. Book owners of the first edition published before 8/23/21, can print it out and place into your Augustow Yizkor Book. Available from for $40.00 |
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| Bełchatów, Poland | |||||||
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Belchatow Yizkor Book
Original Yizkor Book Published by Available from for $41.00 |
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| Bender, Moldova | |||||||
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Yizkor Book of Our Birth Place: Bendery
Translation of Kehilat Bendery; Sefer Zikaron Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $47.00 |
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Berezhany, Ukraine  |
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Brzezany Memorial Book
Translation of Brzezany, Narajow ve-ha-seviva; toldot kehilot she-nehrevu Available from for $43.00 |
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| Biała Podlaska, Poland | |||||||
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Book of Biala Podlaska
Translation of Sefer Biala Podlaska Available from for $46.00 |
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| Biłgoraj, Poland | |||||||
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Destruction of Bilgoraj
Translation of Khurban Bilgoraj Available from for $33.00 |
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| Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyy, Ukraine | |||||||
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Akkerman and the Towns of its District; Memorial Book
Translation of Akkerman ve-ayarot ha-mehoz; sefer edut ve-zikaron Available from for $39.00 |
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| Bolekhiv, Ukraine | |||||||
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Memorial Book of Bolekhov
Translation of Sefer ha-zikaron le-kedoshei Bolechow Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $36.00 |
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| Brańsk, Poland | |||||||
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Bransk, Book of Memories
Translation of Bransk, sefer hazikaron Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Click here to view recent corrections and additions to the book. Available from for $41.00 |
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| Braslav, Belarus |
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Darkness and Desolation
Translation of Emesh Shoah
Original Memorial Book Edited by Ariel Machnes and Rina Klinov, published in Israel in 1986 Available from for $42.00 |
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| Brest, Belarus | |||||||
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Brest-Litovsk - Volume II Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora
Translation of Brisk de-Lita: Encycolpedia Shel Galuyot Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $40.00 |
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| Briceni, Moldova | |||||||
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Memorial Book of Brichany, Moldova: Its Jewry in the First Half of Our Century
Translation of Britshan: Britsheni ha-yehudit be-mahatsitha-mea ha-aharona Hard Cover, 11” by 8.5”, 366 pages with all illustrations. Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $39.00 |
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| Brody, Ukraine | |||||||
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An Eternal Light: Brody, in Memoriam
Translation of Ner Tamid: Yizkor leBrody Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $46.00 |
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| Brzeziny, Poland | |||||||
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Brzezin Memorial Book
Original Book Edited by A. Alperin and N. Summer Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $41.00 |
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| Buchach, Ukraine | |||||||
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Memorial (Yizkor) Book of the Jewish Community of Buczacz, Galicia
Original written in Hebrew Available from for $38.00 |
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| Burshtyn, Ukraine | |||||||
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Book of Bursztyn
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: S. Kanc Available from for $33.00 |
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| Chełm, Poland | |||||||
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Commemoration Book Chelm
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: M. Bakalczuk Available from for $42.00 |
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| Chişinău, Moldova | |||||||
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The Jews of Kishinev
Original Yizkor Book by Yitzchak Koren in Hebrew - 264 pages Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $36.00 |
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| Chorzele, Poland | |||||||
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Memorial Book of the Community of Chorzel
Editors: L. Losh, Association of Former Residents of Chorzele Published in Tel Aviv, 1967 Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $36.00 |
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| Ciechanow, Poland | |||||||
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Memorial (Yizkor) Book for the Jewish Community of Ciechanow
Original written in Hebrew and Yiddish Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $41.00 |
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| Cieszanów, Poland | |||||||
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The Cieszanow Memorial Book
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: Dr. David Ravid (Shmukler) Available from for $34.00 |
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| Częstochowa, Poland | |||||||
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The Destruction of Częstochowa
Original Book Edited by S. Waga Available from for $31.00 Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. |
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Resistance and Death in the Czenstochower Ghetto
Original Yizkor Book Editor: Liber Brener Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $37.00 |
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The Jews of Czestochowa
Original Book Edited by Dr. Raphael Mahler Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $44.00 |
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| Czyżew-Osada, Poland | |||||||
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Sefer Zikaron Czyzewo The Scroll of Life and Destruction
Published in Tel Aviv 1961 Available from for $40.00 |
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| Dębica, Poland | |||||||
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The Book of Dembitz
Translation of Sefer Dembitz Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $37.00 |
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| Dieveniškės, Lithuania | |||||||
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Devenishki Book: Memorial for a Village
Translation of Sefer Divenishok; yad vashem le-ayara yehudit Available from for $41.00 |
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| Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine | |||||||
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Yekaterinoslav-Dnepropetrovsk Memorial Book
Translation of Sefer Yekaterinoslav-Dnepropetrovsk Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $38.00 |
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| Dokshytsy, Belarus | |||||||
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Dokshitz-Parafianov Memorial (Yizkor) Book
Translation of Sefer Dokshitz-Parafianov Available from for $38.00 Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. |
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| Drahichyn, Belarus | |||||||
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Drohitchin Memorial (Yizkor) Book 500 years of Jewish Life
Translation of Drohitchin – finf hundert yor yidish lebn Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $47.00 |
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| Drohobych, Ukraine & Boryslav, Ukraine | |||||||
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Memorial book of Drohobycz, Borysław and Surroundings
Translation of Sefer zikaron le-Drohobycz, Boryslaw ve-ha-seviva Available from for $35.00 |
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| Dubăsari, Moldova | |||||||
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Dubossary Memorial Book
Translation Project Coordinator: Sarah Faerman Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $36.00 |
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| Dubno, Ukraine | |||||||
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Dubno: Memorial Book
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: Y. Adini Available from for $44.00 |
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| Dusetos, Lithuania | |||||||
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There Was A Shtetl In Lithuania: Dusiat Reflected In Reminiscences
Compiled by Sara Weiss-Slep Available from for $50.00 |
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| Działoszyce, Poland | |||||||
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Yizkor Book of the Jewish Community in Dzialoszyce and Surroundings
Original book Published by the Dzialoszyce Society in Israel Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $37.00 |
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| Dzyatlava, Belarus | |||||||
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A Memorial to the Jewish Community of Zhetl
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: Baruch Kaplinski Available from for $50.00 |
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| Edineţ, Moldova | |||||||
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Yad l'Yedinitz; memorial book for the Jewish community of Yedintzi, Bessarabia
Editors of Original Yizkor Book: Mordechai Reicher and Yosef Magen-Shitz Available from for $47.00 |
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| Eišiškes, Lithuania | |||||||
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Ejszyszki, its History and Destruction
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: Sh. Barkeli Available from for $30.00 |
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| Gąbin, Poland | |||||||
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Gombin: The Life and Destruction of a Jewish Town in Poland
Translation of Gombin: Dos Lebn un Umkum fun a Yiddish Shtetl in Poylin Available from for $36.00 |
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| Galicia | |||||||
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Memorial Book of 13 Shtetls of Galicia
The Jewish Communities of Dziedzilow, Winniki, Barszczowice, Pidelisek, Pidbaritz, Kukizov, Old Jarczow,
Written by William Leibner Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $32.00 |
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| Gol'shany, Belarus | |||||||
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The Life and Destruction of Olshan
Translation of Lebn un umkum fun Olshan Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $36.00 |
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| Golub-Dobrzyń, Poland | |||||||
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Memorial Book of the Communities Dobrzyn-Gollob, Poland
Original book Ayarati; sefer zikaron le-ayarot Dobrzynń-Golub Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $44.00 |
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| Goniądz, Poland | |||||||
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Memorial Book of Goniadz Poland
Translation of Sefer Yizkor Goniadz Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $42.00 |
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| Gostynin, Poland | |||||||
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Book of Gostynin, Poland
Translation of Pinkas Gostynin
Hard Cover, 11” by 8.5”, 438 pages with all illustrations of the original Yizkor book. Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $40.00 |
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| Grajewo, Poland | |||||||
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Grayewo Memorial (Yizkor) Book
Translation of Grayeve yisker-bukh (Grayewo Memorial Book) Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book.
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| Hlybokaye, Belarus | |||||||
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The Destruction of Glubokie
Edited by: M. and Z. Rajak, Available from for $37.00 |
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| Horodenka, Ukraine | |||||||
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Yizkor (Memorial) Book of Horodenka, Ukraine
Original Yizkor Book Edited by: Shimon Meltzer Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $42.00 |
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| Hrubieszów, Poland | |||||||
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Memorial Book of Hrubieshov
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: B. Kaplinsky Available from for $49.00 |
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| Jarosław, Poland | |||||||
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Jaroslaw Book: a Memorial to Our Town…
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: Yitzhak Alperowitz Available from for $31.00 |
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| Jasło, Poland | |||||||
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Yizkor (Memorial) Book of the Jewish Community of Jaslo, Poland
Original written in Hebrew Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $38.00 |
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| Jonava, Lithuania | |||||||
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Jonava On the Banks of the Vylia; In memory of the destroyed Jewish community of Jonava, Lithuania
Original Yizkor Book Edited by: Shimon Noy, Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $49.00 |
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| Jurbarkas (Yurburg), Lithuania | |||||||
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Memorial Book for the Jewish Community of Yurburg, Lithuania
Original in Hebrew Edited by Zevulun Poran Available from for $48.00 |
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| Kalisz, Poland | |||||||
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The Kalish Book
Originally published by the Israel-American Book Committee; Tel Aviv 1968 Available from for $37.00 |
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| Kamyanyets, Belarus | |||||||
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Memorial Book of Kamenets, Litovsk, Zastavye, and Colonies
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: Prof. Shmuel Eisendstadt and Mordechai Gelbart Available from for $38.00 |
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| Kamyanets Podilskyy, Ukraine |
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Kamenets-Podolsk and its Surroundings
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: Available from for $33.00 |
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| Karelichy, Belarus | |||||||
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Korelitz: The Life and Destruction of a Jewish Community
Editor of the original Yizkor Book: Michael Walzer-Fass Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $42.00 |
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| Kielce, Poland |
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Book of Kielce History of the Community of Kielce From Its Founding Until Its Destruction
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: Pinchas Cytron Available from for $36.00 |
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| Kłobuck, Poland | |||||||
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The Book of Klobucko; In Memory of a Martyred Community Translation Project Coordinators: Allan D. Mantel and Ruth Wilnai (emerita)
Originally Published in Yiddish in Tel Aviv, 1960 Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $37.00 |
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| Kolomyya, Ukraine | |||||||
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Memorial Book of Kolomey
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: Shlomo Bickel Available from for $35.00 |
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| Kobryn, Belarus | |||||||
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Book of Kobrin – The Scroll of Life and Destruction
Original Yizkor Book Edited by: Betzalel Shwartz, Israel Chaim Bil(e)tzki
Published in Tel Aviv 1951 Available from for $36.00 |
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| Korczyna, Poland | |||||||
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Korczyna Memorial Book
Project Coordinator and Translator: William Leibner Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $35.00 |
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| Kovel, Ukraine | |||||||
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Kowel; Testimony and Memorial Book of Our Destroyed Community
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: Eliezer Leoni-Zopperfin Available from for $36.00 |
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| Kozienice, Poland | |||||||
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Memorial Book of Kozienice
Original Yizkor Book Edited by: Baruch Kaplinski, Zelig Berman, Mordekhai Donnerstein, Ratze Wasserman, Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $50.00 |
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| Krasnobród, Poland | |||||||
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Krasnobrod; a Memorial to the Jewish Community
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: M. Kushnir Available from for $35.00 |
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| Kremenets, Ukraine | |||||||
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Memorial Book of Kremenets
Original Yizkor Book Edited by: Abraham Samuel Stein Available from for $39.00 |
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| Krosno, Poland | |||||||
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Krosno by the Wislok River Memorial Book of Jewish Community of Krosno, Poland
Coordinator: William Leibner Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from or $42.00 |
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| Krynki, Poland | |||||||
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Memorial Book of Krynki
Original Yizkor Book Edited by: D. Rabin Available from for $37.00 |
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| Kurenets, Belarus | |||||||
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The Scroll of Kurzeniac
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: Aharon Meirovitch Available from for $40.00 |
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| Kuty, Ukraine | |||||||
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Kittever Memorial Book
By: Eisig Husen Available from for $32.00 |
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| Lyubcha & Delyatichi, Belarus | |||||||
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Yizkor (Memorial) Book of Lyubcha and Delyatichi
Originally in Yiddish and Hebrew Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $40.00 |
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| Miechów, Poland | |||||||
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Miechov Memorial Book, Charsznica and Ksiaz
Original Book Editors: N. Blumenthal, A. Ben-Azar (Broshy) Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $37.00 |
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| Maków Mazowiecki, Poland | |||||||
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Memorial Book of the Community of Maków-Mazowiecki
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: J. Brat Available from for $38.00 |
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| Mizoch, Ukraine |
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Memorial Book of Mizocz
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: A. Ben-Oni Available from for $36.00 |
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| Mlyniv & Muravytsi, Ukraine | |||||||
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Mlynov-Muravica Memorial Book
Original Yizkor Book Edited by: J. Sigelman Available from for $40.00 |
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| Molchad, Belarus | |||||||
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Memorial Book of the Molchad (Maytchet) Jewish Community
Translation of Sefer zikaron le-kehilat Meytshet Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $46.00 |
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| Narach (Kobylnik), Belarus | |||||||
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Memorial Book of Kobylnik
Translation of Sefer Kobylnik Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $39.00 |
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| Navahrudak, Belarus | |||||||
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Memorial (Yizkor) Book of the Jewish Community of Novogrudok, Poland
Editors of the original Yizkor Book: Eliezer Yerushalm and David Cohen Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $49.00 |
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| Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki | |||||||
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Memorial Book of Nowy-Dwor
Original Book Edited by Aryeh Shamri and Dov Berish First
11” by 8.5”, 928 pages Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $52.00 |
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| Nowy Żmigród, Poland | |||||||
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Memorial Book of Nowy Zmigrod - Galicia, Poland
Compiled by William Leibner Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $35.00 |
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| Orhei, Moldova | |||||||
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Orheyev Alive and Destroyed; Memorial Book of the Jewish Community of Orhei, Moldova
Original in Hebrew Edited by Y. Spivak Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $40.00 |
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| Ostrów Mazowiecka, Poland | |||||||
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Memorial (Yizkor) Book of the Jewish Community of Ostrow Mazowiecka, Poland
Original written in Hebrew and Yiddish Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $50.00 |
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Yizkor Book of Ostrow Mazowiecka, Poland #2
Translator and Editor: Gary S. Schiff, Ph.D. Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $39.00 |
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| Ozerna, Ukraine | |||||||
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Memorial book of Jezierna
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: Y. Sigelman Available from for $32.00 |
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| Pidhaytsi, Ukraine | |||||||
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The Memorial (Yizkor) Book of Podhajce, Ukraine
Originally written in Yiddish Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $42.00 |
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| Przedecz, Poland | |||||||
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Memorial Book to the Holocaust Victims of the City of Pshaytsh
Editors of Original Yizkor Book: Moshe Bilavsky, Reuven Yamnik, and Moshe Mokotov Available from for $35.00 |
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| Radom, Poland | |||||||
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The Book of Radom The Story of a Jewish Community in Poland Destroyed by the Nazis
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: Y. Perlow; [English section]: Alfred Lipson Available from for $50.00 |
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| Radyvyliv, Ukraine | |||||||
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Memorial Book of Radzivilov
Originally in Hebrew and Yiddish Edited by Ya'acov Adini
Hard Cover, 11” by 8.5”, Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $35.00 |
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| Radzyń Podlaski, Poland | |||||||
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Radzyn Memorial Book (Poland)
Originally in Yiddish, Hebrew and English
Translators: Nachman Goldwasser, Temy Goldwasser and Yaakov Goldwasser Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $41.00 |
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| Rafalivka, Ukraine | |||||||
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Memorial book for the towns of Old Rafalowka, New Rafalowka, Olizarka, Zoludzk and vicinity Edited by: Pinhas and Malkah Hagin Published in Tel Aviv, 1996 Project Coordinator: Mark J. Schwartz Layout and Name Indexing: Jonathan Wind Cover Design: Rachel Kolokoff Hoper Hard Cover, 8.5” by 11”, 488 pages with original photographs and illustrations Available from for $38.00 |
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| Ratno, Ukraine | |||||||
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Ratno Yizkor Book The Story of the Destroyed Jewish Community Dedicated To the Memory of a Vanished Jewish Town In Ukraine Original Yizkor Book Published by The Former Residents of Ratno In Israel Tel-Aviv 1983 Translation Project Coordinator: Lynne Siegel Editors: Nachman Tamir Layout: Jonathan Wind Cover Design: Nina Schwartz Name Indexing: Jonathan Wind Hard Cover, 11” by 8.5”, 590 pages with all original illustrations and photographs Available from for $41.00 |
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| Rietavas, Lithuania | |||||||
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Memorial Book of the Ritavas Community A Tribute to the Memory of our Town
Original Book Edited by Alter Levite Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $34.00 |
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Rowno, a Memorial to the Jewish Community of Rowno, Volyn
Original Yizkor Book Edited by: A. Avitachi Available from for $57.00 |
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Memorial Book of Rokiskis A Tribute to the Memory of our Town
Original Yizkor Book Edited by: M. Bakalczuk-Felin, Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $50.00 |
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Rokitno-Wolyn and Surroundings; Memorial Book and Testimony (Ukraine)
Original Yizkor Book Edited by: Eliezer Leoni Available from for $44.00 Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. |
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The Jewish Community of Roman
by Pincu Pascal Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $30.00 |
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Trilogy of Three Romanian Jewish Communities: Bacau, Iasi and Podu
Iloaiei By I. Kara
(Itsik Cara Schwartz 1906 - 2001) Available from for $41.00 |
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| Rozhnyativ, Ukraine | |||||||
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Rozniatow Memorial Book
Original written in Hebrew, Yiddish and English Available from for $42.00 |
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Rozana: a Memorial to the Ruzhinoy Jewish Community
Original written in Hebrew and Yiddish Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $39.00 |
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The Memorial Book of Serock
Translation of Sefer Serotsk – The Memorial Book of Serock (Serock, Poland) Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $41.00 |
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| Siedlce, Poland | |||||||
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The Jews in Siedlce – 1850–1945
Translation of Żydzi w Siedlcach 1850-1945 Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $40.00 |
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On the Ruins of My Home; The Destruction of Siedlce
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: Melech Fainzilber Available from for $31.00 |
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Memorial Book of the Community of Siedlce
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: A.Wolf Yassni (Jasny) Available from for $39.00 |
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| Sierpc, Poland | |||||||
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The Community of Sierpc - Memorial Book
Translation of Kehilat Sierpc; Sefer Zikaron Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $50.00 |
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| Skala-Podilska, Ukraine | |||||||
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Skala on the River Zbrucz
Translation of Sefer Skala |
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| Skalat, Ukraine | |||||||
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Book of Skalat The Skalat Memorial Book is comprised of three separate items:
Available from for $36.00 |
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Smorgonie, District Vilna; Memorial Book and Testimony
Editors: Abba Gordin and Honoch Levin Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $43.00 |
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| Sochaczew, Poland | |||||||
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Memorial Book of Sochaczew
Edited by: A. Sh. Sztejn, G. Wejszman Available from for $42.00 |
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Staszów Memorial Book
Original Yizkor Book Edited by: Elchanan Erlich
English edition edited by: Jean-Pierre Stroweis, Leonard Levin, and Dobrochna Fire Available from for $46.00 |
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| Stavyshche, Ukraine | |||||||
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Stavisht
Translation of Stavisht Available from for $30.00 |
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| Stawiski, Poland | |||||||
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Stawiski Memorial Book (Poland)
Translation of Stawiski; sefer yizkor Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $37.00 |
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| Stepan, Ukraine |
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Our Town Stepan
Translation of Ayaratenu Stepan Available from for $35.00 |
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| Stryj, Ukraine | |||||||
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Book of Stryj
Translation of Sefer Stryj Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $47.00 |
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| Strzyżów, Poland | |||||||
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The Book of Strzyzow and Vicinity
Original Yizkor Book Edited by: Itzhok Berglass and Shlomo Yahalomi-Diamond Available from for $39.00 |
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Memorial Book of Suwalk
Original Yizkor Book Published by Available from for $46.00 |
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| Švenčionys, Lithuania | |||||||
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Memorial Book of the Sventzian Region Part I - Life, Part II - Shoah
Original Yizkor Book
Translation Project Coordinator: Anita Gabbay Part I: Available from for $43.00 Part II: Available from for $46.00 The set of both volumes (Part I and Part II) is available at a reduced price from for $80.00
Part I - More book details and where to order |
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| Svir, Belarus |
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Our Townlet Swir
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: Dr. Chanoch Swironi (Drutz) Available from for $32.00 |
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| Svislach, Belarus |
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The Community of Swislocz, Grodno District
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: H. Rabin Available from for $32.00 |
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Memorial Book of Shebreshin
Original Yizkor Book Edited by: Dov Shuval Available from for $38.00 |
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| Tarnogród, Poland | |||||||
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Book of Tarnogrod; in Memory of the Destroyed Jewish Community
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: S. Kanc Available from for $39.00 |
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| Tarnów, Poland | |||||||
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Tarnow; The Life and Destruction of a Jewish City, Volume II
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: Dr. Avraham Chomet Available from for $39.00 |
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Telekhan
Edited by: Sh. Sokoler, Published in Los Angeles, 1963 Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $32.00 |
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| Ternopil, Ukraine | |||||||
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Tarnopol Volume
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: Dr. Ph. Korngruen Available from for $35.00 |
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Memorial Book of Tluste
Original Yizkor Book edited by: Gavriel Lindenberg Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $39.00 |
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| Turka, Ukraine | |||||||
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Memorial Book of the Community of Turka on the Stryj and Vicinity
Translation of Sefer Sikaron le-Kehilat Turka al Nehar Stryj ve-ha-Seviva Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $41.00 |
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Memorial Book of the Jewish Community of Turobin, Poland
Translation of Sefer Turobin: Pinkas Zikaron Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $43.00 |
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| Tyszowce, Poland | |||||||
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Pinkas Tishevits
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: Y. Zipper Available from for $33.00 |
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The Growth and Destruction of the Community of Uscilug
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: Aryeh Avinadav Available from for $33.00 |
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| Valozhyn, Belarus |
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Volozhin; the Book of the City and of the Etz Chaim Yeshiva
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: E. Leoni
Volume I is available from for $42.00 |
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Memorial Book of Vishnevets
Published by Organization of Vishnevets Immigrants Available from for $36.00 |
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Voronova: Memorial Book to the Martyrs of Voronova
Original Yizkor Book Published by Voronova Societies of Israel and the United States: 1971 Israel Available from for $39.00 |
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Wierzbnik, Poland
Wierzbnik-Starachowitz; a memorial book Available from for $41.00 |
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| Wołomin, Poland | |||||||
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Volomin; a Memorial to the Jewish Community of Volomin
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: Shimon Kanc Available from for $35.00 |
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Wysokie-Mazowieckie; Memorial Book
Original Book Edited by: I. Rubin – Wysokie-Mazowieckie Society Available from for $31.00 |
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Wyszków Memorial Book
Original Yizkor Book edited by: D. Shtokfish Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $43.00 |
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| Yampol, Ukraine | |||||||
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Yampol Memorial Book 186 pages with Illustrations.
Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. |
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| Zabolotiv, Ukraine | |||||||
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A City and the Dead; Zablotow Alive and Destroyed - Memorial Book of Zabolotov
Translation of Ir u-metim; Zablotow ha-melea ve-ha-hareva Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $31.00 |
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| Zabrze, Poland | |||||||
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Zabrze (Hindenburg) Yizkor Book
By William Leibner Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $34.00 |
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| Żarki, Poland | |||||||
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Żarki Jewish Community Memorial Book
Translation of Ḳehilat Z'arḳi: ayarah be-ḥayeha uvi-khilyonah Available from for $32.00 |
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| Zbarazh, Ukraine | |||||||
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The Zbaraz Memorial Book
Original Yizkor Book Editor: Moshe Sommerstein Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $33.00 |
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The Book of Zgierz- An Eternal Memorial for a Jewish Community in Poland
Original Book Edited by David Shtockfish, Sh Kanc, Z. Fisher If you plan to order the Zgierz Yizkor book, please click here to download and print the INDEX for the book and then insert into the back of your book when you receive it. Available from for $44.00 |
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The Book of Zgierz, Volume II
Editors of original book: David Shtockfish (Sztokfisz), Sh Kanc, Z. Fisher Available from for $32.00 |
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| Zinkiv, Ukraine | |||||||
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Zinkov Memorial Book
Translation of Pinkas Zinkov: Gedenkbukh Available from for $32.00 |
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| Zolochiv, Ukraine | |||||||
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The City of Zloczow
Translation of Sefer kehilat Zloczow Available from for $38.00 |
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Zychlin Memorial Book
Translation of Sefer Zychlin Available from for $36.00 |
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Memoirs |
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A Jewish Life Under the Tsars The Autobiography of Chaim Aronson 1825-1888
Author: Chaim Aronson Available from for $33.00 |
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And That Was the Last Time I Saw My Family A Memoir in Essays
Author: Ina Teich Available from for $29.00 |
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Blood Stained Feathers The story of a Shoah survivor By Mordechai Lustig from Nowy Sącz, Poland
Translated and Edited by William Leibner Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $40.00 More book details and where to order Other sources: Nowy Sącz, Poland |
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Deliverance – The Diary of Michael Maik
In Memory of the Destroyed Jewish Community of Sokoly, Poland Available from for $35.00 More book details and where to order Other sources: Sokoły, Poland |
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Destruction of Bialystok
Author: Srolke Kot Available from for $25.00 |
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Dukor A Memoir
By: Daniel Charney Available from for $31.00 |
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Flight to Survival
[a companion to the Czestochowa book] Available from for $30.00 More book details and where to order Other sources: Częstochowa, Poland |
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God's Sabbatical Years The Story of Alan Weiler
By Peter Harris Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $32.00 |
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I Am a Tear of Joy and Sorrow
The book is based on Masha Wolfsthal's story as told to Nava Gibori Available from or $31.00 |
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| Krynki, Poland | |||||||
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Krynki in Ruins
Author of the Yiddish Book: A. Soifer
Available from for $32.00 |
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| Krynki, Poland | |||||||
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As It Happened Yesterday
Author: Yosl Cohen Available from for $32.00 |
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Memoirs of a Woman From Bialystok
Author: Rachel Anna Kositza Available from for $30.00 |
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My Journey to Freedom: Kybartai to Haifa
By Josef Rosin z”l A true story of resourcefulness, courage, cleverness, and love Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $35.00 |
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My Three Successful Escapes
By: Antonín Moťovič Available from for $31.00 |
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My Thoughts Were on America: The Immigration of Isadore Flaschner
6”x9” Softcover 66 pages Available from for $19.00 |
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The First Part of My Life
Written by Fannie Brenner Available from for $21.00 |
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The Maple Tree Behind The Barbed Wire (A Story of Survival from the Czestochowa Ghetto) Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $36.00 More book details and where to order Other sources: Częstochowa, Poland |
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The Will to Tell Memoirs of a Gombiner Survivor
Author: Yitzhak Weizman Available from for $28.00 More book details and where to order Other sources: Gąbin, Poland |
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Testimonies of Tragedy and Resistance in the Minsk Ghetto 1941 - 1943
Author: Leonid Tsyrinskiy and Anna Machiz Available from for $20.00 More book details and where to order Other sources: Minsk, Belarus |
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To Tell Our Stories: Holocaust Survivors of Southern Arizona
Translations by Richard Fenwick and Raisa Moroz List Price: Available on Amazon for $18 |
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We Remember Lest the World Forget
Produced by Memories of the Minsk Ghetto
Translated by
Hard Cover, 10” by 7”,
The original book in Russian was published by MINSK I.P. LOGVINOV PUBLISHERS 2012 Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $33.00 More book details and where to order Other sources: Minsk, Belarus |
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What Savta Told Me… Written by Daniela Livni Available from for $39.00 |
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Research and Holocaust |
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An American Tale The Real Moskovitch Family Journey From Russia to America 1850–1950 and Beyond By: Howard I. Schwartz, PhD
Cover Design: Rachel Kolokoff Hopper Available from for $32.00 |
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A Tribute to Maier The Power of a Promise to Survive and the Burden of a Survivor's Remorse Author: Leah Sherry
536 pages 8.5”x11” Hard cover, with many color photos Available from for $52.00 |
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Belzec - Stepping Stone to Genocide
Written by Robin O'Neil Available from for $37.00 |
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Brichah or בריחה (Hebrew for Escape or Flight)
By William Leibner Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $35.00 |
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Broken Memories Remains from the Jewish cemetery in Kutno Kutno, Poland
Project Coordinator: Yosef Kutner Available from for $30.00 More book details and where to order Other sources: Kutno, Poland |
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Destruction of Jewish Kovno Kaunas, Lithuania
Editor of Original Book: Joseph Gar Available from for $33.00 More book details and where to order Other sources: Kaunas, Lithuania |
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Jewish Farmers in Russian Fields Kherson Region, Ukraine
Editor of Original Yizkor Book: Tzvi Livneh-Lieberman Available from for $38.00 Click here to view the table of contents. |
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Jews of Kaiserstrasse The Jews who lived on Mainz's Park Avenue
By Michael Stowell Phillips Available from for $23.00 More book details and where to order Other sources: Mainz, Germany |
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Kraków Sources of Information for Jewish Genealogy and History
Written by Geoffrey Weisgard
Available from
in a hard cover for $30.00 More book details and where to order Other sources: Kraków, Poland |
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Kraków, The Jewish Community and Women Five Centuries of Change
Author: Geoffrey M. Weisgard
Available from
in a hard cover for $31.00 More book details and where to order Other sources: Kraków, Poland |
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Lotty's Bench: The Persecution of the Jews of Amsterdam Remembered
Written by Gerben Post This is the perfect guide book for anyone visiting Amsterdam who wants to understand what happened to the Jews of Amsterdam during the Shoah. Highly recommended by Joel Alpert, Coordinator of the JewishGen Press project. This book is based upon tours that Gerben gives. List Price: Available on Amazon for around $29.95 |
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Pan Kapitan of Jordanow
Complied by William Leibner Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $32.00 |
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Pure Soldiers Or Sinister Legion The Ukrainian 14th Waffen-SS Division
Written by Sol Littman Available from for $26.00 |
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Preserving Our Litvak Heritage – Volume I (A History of 31 Jewish Communities in Lithuania)
Written by Josef Rosin z”l Available from for $40.00 |
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Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume II (A History of 21 Jewish Communities in Lithuania)
Written by Josef Rosin z”l Available from for $32.00 |
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Protecting Our Litvak Heritage (A History of 50 Jewish Communities in Lithuania)
Written by Josef Rosin z”l Available from for $36.00 |
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Remembering Dvinsk
Hard Cover, 11” by 8.5”, 320 pages with all illustrations. Available from for $35.00 Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. More book details and where to order Other sources: Daugavpils, Latvia |
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The 51st Brigade
The History of the Jewish Partisan Group from the Slonim Ghetto Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $37.00 More book details and where to order Other sources: Slonim, Belarus |
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The Demb Family Journey from Mlynov to Baltimore
Written by Howard I. Schwartz, PhD Available from for $32.00 |
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The Interconnected Jewish Families Of Ottawa, Canada
Author: Jerrold Landau Available from for $32.00 |
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The Jews of Galicia: A Genealogy Handbook
Author: Suzan Wynne Available from for $23.00 Click here to view the table of contents. |
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The Mahler Family
Written by Robin O'Neil |
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The Real Oskar Schindler and his List
Written by Robin O'Neil
Available from
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The Unlikely Hero of Sobrance by William Leibner and Larry Price Edited by Ingrid Rockberger Hard Cover, 11” by 8.5”, 210 pages with illustrations Click here to see the index containing the family names in this book. If you already have purchased the book, please print out and insert into the back of the book. Available from for $32.00 More book details and where to order Other sources: Sobrance, Slovakia |
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The Westreich Family Tree
Putting the Puzzle Pieces Together Using Traditional and Genetic Genealogy
Editor: Allan H. Westreich, Ph.D. Available from for $38.00 |
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Town of Bar: Jewish Pages Through The Prism Of Time
Original Book in Ukrainian:
Hard Cover, 8.5” by 11”, 292 pages with original photographs. Available from for $31.00 More book details and where to order Other sources: Bar, Ukraine |
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War Criminal on Trial
Written by Sol Littman Available from for $26.00 |
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What Kind of Past - The Story of a Balkan Sephardic Family
Written by Joe Youcha Available from for $24.00 |
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Those Who Remained By Zsuzsa F. Várkonyi Available from in a hard cover for $25.00 Available from in a soft cover for $19.00 Available from in a soft cover in Hebrew for $19.00 |
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What's in a Name A Young Person's Jewish Genealogy Workbook
Authors: Stephen M. Cohen and Caryn Alter Available from for $25.00 |
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| “This review is from: Yizkor (Memorial) Book of Horodenka, Ukraine - Translation of Sefer Horodenka (Hardcover) This history of my family's home 'shtetl' contains information that was never discussed by my grandparents living here in the United States. I highly recommend this Yizkor book to everyone who has searched for information on Horodenka--and I know there are several perhaps cousins? engaged in the hunt on the Jewish Genealogy website. I'm so happy to see the translation from the original Yiddish (and German) that makes this important and valuable information accessible to everyone. Thanks for the hard work and care that went into making this Yizkor Book of Horodenka possible.” | |
| S. Ulanoff | |
| “Although I have already had a digital glimpse inside this book, I am again very surprised at how vividly the reading material is presented! The large, easy-to-read font, outlines and paragraphs lighten up such sad and harrowing reading material; you don't want to put the book down. I would never have thought what a big difference it makes to have something you've only read digitally now in book form in your hand. By the way, the book feels good and I like the high quality paper.” | |
| Beate Schützmann-Krebs Translator and Coordinator of “Krinki In Ruins”. |
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How we print the books:
The project uses the “Print on Demand” model, which utilizes the latest technology for being able to print even single books on demand and ship to individual buyers, without requiring runs of hundreds of books. Hence here is no minimum requirement of number of books to be ordered, nor is there a storage problem, nor an unsold books problem. It is ideal for our situation with a limited specalized audience. Book interiors are in black and white, whereas the covers are in color and often are replicas of the covers of the original Hebrew and Yiddish Yizkor Books or contain some artwork from the books or displays a significant historic photo.
Message to Coordinators of Yizkor Books for Prospective Printing:
We print only fully translated books for which we have permission from the copyright holder of the original Yiddish or Hebrew book to print the translation. If you are interested in getting your book in the queue for processing to be printed and published, first you must make sure that the Yizkor Book Project either already has that permission to publish or that you can get it - for clarifications on these issues, please contact Lance Ackerfeld . Desirable, but not necessary are higher resolution scans (300 dpi or preferably 600 dpi) of the images from the book than were used for the on-line version (72 dpi). When you have satisfied these requirements, then please contact Joel Alpert, Project Coordinator.
Looking for Volunteers:
In order to accomplish this task, we are looking for talented people who are willing to volunteer to make this effort happen. Below we list the people and talents we are looking for. We want to create a team of several people with each of the talents. We would assign one of each of the volunteer categories below to a book, with the exception of the Document Coordinator, Cover Editor and Publicity Specialist - one or two each for the whole project. We list the tasks with the highest needs at the top. If you can help, we'd appreciate your efforts in the task.
Book Coordinators:
Most likely the project coordinator of the Yizkor book website for that community. If necessary, obtain permissions necessary to publish the book from the organization or person holding the copyright on the original Hebrew/Yiddish Yizkor book. Create a new Preface and Acknowledgements, Credits etc. appropriate to the publishing of the book in English.
Image Processors:
We need volunteers who can process the PDF files (600 dpi resolution) to extract the images of the photos and maps and illustrations to create individual JPEG files so that they can then be inserted into the text of the books in the proper place. Volunteers will need to have the Photoshop or similar software to accomplish the task. This will enable us to produce high quality images for the books.
Layout Editors:
Take files from the Yizkor Book website and copy into MS WORD files for each book chapter. Not necessary to proof read the material. We are printing the books as they appear on the Yizkor Books Project pages. Format the files according to a template supplied changing headings, image captions, etc into a standard format. Imbed the images from the Image Coordinator in the proper place in the text. Edit the material so that the layout has images in a place near the reference to the image. Re-editing and proof reading of material not expected.
Cover Editors for the whole project:
Create the cover using Photo Shop of some other software likely using a scan of the original Yizkor Book cover and modifying it by inserting English, laying it out on a provided template; or possibly creating a totally new cover. One or several people to do this for the whole project.
Publicity Specialist for the whole project:
Deal with publicity for books. Send out announcements to all researchers signed up for each community covered in the book to be published. Develop list of libraries, university libraries with Judaic collections, Holocaust Memorials, temple libraries, etc. that would likely be interested in purchasing copies of the “JewishGen Press.” Send off periodic announcements to these institutions about new Yizkor books now available. One person or several people to do this for the whole project.
If you feel that you are able to take on one of these tasks, please contact the “JewishGen Press” Coordinator – Joel Alpert
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