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Digital Jewish Memorial Archive

Searchable Yizkor Books

Preserving the memory of Jewish communities destroyed in the Holocaust — digitized and made searchable

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What are Yizkor Books?
Yizkor books are memorial books commemorating Jewish communities destroyed during the Holocaust, published by former residents as remembrances of homes, people, and ways of life lost during World War II. Most are written in Yiddish or Hebrew. Since the 1990s, many have been digitized. This site combines digitization software to make their scanned pages searchable online.

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Instructions & Known Issues

How to Use

  1. Pick a Yizkor Book from the drop-down above.
  2. Enter a search term in the book's language (Hebrew or Yiddish).
  3. Click the Page number to open the original scan in a new tab.
  4. Use line and word numbers to locate your term in the scan.

Known Issues

  • Only exact and contains matches are currently supported.
  • Inconsistent line numbering due to variable page layouts.
  • Report issues on GitHub or via feedback form.