| To Find books on ... | Look in the Catalog under ... | Look on the shelf here ... |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
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/
While the Library thinks that these sites are useful, their content is not under our control and may express views that are not shared by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
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 campus library homepage.