Finding
Information on the Holocaust
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| Holocaust
(general works) |
Holocaust,
Jewish (1939-1945) |
D804.3 |
| Specific
county |
Holocaust,
Jewish (1939-1945)--<Country> ; or Jews--<Country> |
DS
135 (alphabetic by county) |
| Personal
narratives, memoirs (individual) |
If
the person is associated with a particular place, search
under Jews in that place, e.g. Jews--Poland--Warsaw--Personal
narratives or Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--<place>--Personal
narratives |
There
is not a specific call number. Most books will be shelved
with books about Jews in a specific place in DS 135 Memoirs/biographies
of people not associated with a particular place
will be in D 804.196 |
| Personal
narratives, memoirs (group, collections) |
If
the person is associated with a particular place, search
under Jews in that place, e.g. Jews--Poland--Warsaw--Biography
or Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--<place>--Biography |
D 804.195 or D 811.5 |
Yizkor
books
Memorial books |
Holocaust,
Jewish (1939-1945) --<Country>--<City> ; or
Jews--<Country>--<City>--<History> |
DS
135 (alphabetic by county) |
| Concentrations
camps |
Concentration
camps--<place> or by name of camp, e.g. Auschwitz
(Concentration camp) |
General
works D 805 A1-A2
By region or country D 805 A3-Z
Individual camps or prisons D 805.5 A-Z (by name) |
| Ghettos |
There
is no specific subject heading for ghettos. Search under
the City(country) or Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--<country>--<city> |
DS
135 (alphabetic by county) |
| Survivors |
Holocaust
survivors |
There
is not a specific call number. Most books will be shelved
with books about Jews in a specific place in DS 135. Memoirs/biographies
of people not associated with a particular place
will be in D 804.196 or D 811.5 |
| Other
victim groups |
<group
name>--Nazi persecution ; or <group name>--Abuse
of ; or <group name>--Germany
Group names include: Gays ; Romanies ; Handicapped |
D
804.5 (in alphabetic order by group, e.g. G3.8 (Gays) ;
H3.5 (Handicapped)) |
| Holocaust
denial |
Holocaust
denial |
D
804.35 |
| Rescue
efforts, Righteous gentiles |
Righteous
gentiles in the Holocaust ; World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. |
D
804.6-804.66 |
|
Jewish theological views and responses to the Holocaust |
Holocaust
(Jewish theology) |
BM
645 H6 |
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Selected
Websites
Center
for Holocaust & Humanity Education
http://www.huc.edu/libraries/exhibits/Holocaust/index.htm
"...pedagogic resource center for educators."
Holocaust
page, Academic Guide to Jewish History
http://link.library.utoronto.ca/jewishhistory/getItems.cfm/majorCatID=9#8
Annotated lists and links to resources
Holocaust
Timeline
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/timeline.html
Jewish
Partisan Educational Foundation
http://www.jewishpartisans.org/
Kindertransport
Association
http://www.kindertransport.org/
Nizkor
Project
http://www.nizkor.org/
Designed to refute Holocaust denial, this site has a biographical
dictionary and research guides.
Remember.org,
a Cybrary of the Holocaust
http://www.remember.org/
Online articles, educational materials, and discussion forums.
Simon
Wiesenthal Center
http://www.wiesenthal.com/
United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum
http://www.ushmm.org
Includes articles, photographs, teaching resources, exhibits,
Holocaust encyclopedia, and personal histories.
Yad
Vashem,The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority
http://www.yadvashem.org/
If
you have any further questions about finding information on
this, or any other topic, ask your local HUC-JIR librarian or
email us using the form on the homepage.
Background
map from: Atlas [Hebrew] / ed. by Z. Zhabotinski & S. Perlman.
London, 1925.
