Avotaynu has published a book on how to locate documentation concerning individuals caught up in the Holocaust.
Because we receive so many inquiries from family of Holocaust victims, we decided to place on the Internet the essential
portions of the book for people to use as a basis for locating these records. Start with "The Basics" chapter of the book.
Illustrations ix
Foreword by Benjamin Meed xi
Preface xiii
How To Do Holocaust Research
The Basics 3
Checklist for Holocaust Research 8
Yizkor Books 11
Pages of Testimony 17
International Tracing Service 20
Locating Survivors 25
Landsmanshaftn Societies 36
Oral Testimonies 37
Case Study: The Mokotowskis of Otwock, Poland 39
Facilities with Collections of Holocaust Materials
Yad Vashem 47
Library Holdings 50
Archives Record Groups 56
U.S. Holocaust Research Institute 65
Library Holdings 68
Archives Record Groups 72
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research 79
Library Holdings 79
Archives Record Groups 83
Leo Baeck Institute 87
Library Holdings 87
Archives Record Groups 88
Additional U.S. Facilities 91
Simon Wiesenthal Center 91
U.S. National Archives 94
U.S. Library of Congress 96
Facilities Outside the United States 103
Archives of the Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw, Poland 103
Organization of Former Residents of Lodz in Israel 105
Concentration Camps with Archives That Respond to Inquiries 105
Persons Deported from France 106
Appendixes
Appendix A: Towns with Published Yizkor Books 109
Appendix B: Towns Referenced in the Guide to Unpublished Materials of the Holocaust Period 119
Appendix C: Towns Described in the Extraordinary State Commission to
Investigate German-Fascist Crimes Committed on Soviet Territory 149
Appendix D: Libraries with Large Collections of Yizkor Books 165
Appendix E: Holocaust Resource Centers Throughout the World 168
Appendix F: Jewish Genealogical Societies and Special Interest Groups 175
Appendix G: Statistics of the Holocaust 179
Appendix H: Memorial to the Members of the Mokotow Family Murdered in the Holocaust 181
Selected Bibliography 190
Index 192
