Zachor: Yizkor Books as Collective Memory of a Lost World

Yizkor (Memorial) Books document and memorialize hundreds of Jewish communities destroyed by the Nazis. Compiled from memory by groups of former residents of each town in the immediate decades after the Holocaust, Yizkor Books are some of the best sources for learning about pre-war Jewish life in Eastern and Central Europe. Of the more than … Continue reading Zachor: Yizkor Books as Collective Memory of a Lost World