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==== YIVO Institute ==== | ==== YIVO Institute ==== | ||
The [https://yivo.org/ YIVO Institute] was established to preserve East European Jewish heritage and is currently the world’s leading research center for East European Jewish studies. Among its holdings are the world’s largest collection of Yiddish books and materials relating to the history and culture of Eastern European Jewry. They also have extensive resources to aid in the genealogical research of Eastern Europe including encyclopedias, gazetteers, yizkor books (Holocaust town memorial books), reference books on the geographical distribution of Jewish family names, biographical directories, and Landsmanshaft records. For an address see the Center for Jewish History. Translations of selected Yizkor books can be found online at: [https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/database.html JewishGen]. | The [https://yivo.org/ YIVO Institute] was established to preserve East European Jewish heritage and is currently the world’s leading research center for East European Jewish studies. Among its holdings are the world’s largest collection of Yiddish books and materials relating to the history and culture of Eastern European Jewry. They also have extensive resources to aid in the genealogical research of Eastern Europe including encyclopedias, gazetteers, yizkor books (Holocaust town memorial books), reference books on the geographical distribution of Jewish family names, biographical directories, and Landsmanshaft records. For an address see the Center for Jewish History. Translations of selected Yizkor books can be found online at: [https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/database.html JewishGen]. Also see: [https://www.nypl.org/collections/nypl-recommendations/guides/yizkorbooks New York Public Library: Yizkor Books]. | ||
=== Holocaust Memorial Museums === | === Holocaust Memorial Museums === | ||