Jewish Source Holocaust-Related Manuscript Collections in the ...

Within the Judaica Collections, the manuscript holdings on “Holocaust and
Resistance” include such important documents as the “Archives of the Central
British Fund for Jewish Relief, 1933-1960” and the “Holocaust-Era Records of
the Jewish Labor Committee,” as well as personal papers and testimonies. The
Andrei Sakharov Archives at Brandeis house the Grossman collection, which
comprises the personal materials, manuscripts, letters, etc. of Vasilii Grossman, a
Soviet Jew who co-authored The Black Book, a documentation of Nazi crimes
against Jews on Soviet territory. The Helmut Hirsch Collection and the Sikorski
Collection also contain pertinent material. Copies of the Displaced Persons
periodicals of the YIVO Institute are available, as well as the Living History
Collection, which consists of taped interviews with Holocaust survivors. Finally,
there is a collection of about 500 yizkor books.
Boston Public Library
http://www.bpl.org/
Contact Information
Address:
700 Boylston Street
Copley Square, Boston, MA 02116
Telephone: (617) 536-5400
The Boston Public Library holds a number of yizkor books.
Boston University
http://www.bu.edu/speccol/
Contact Information
Address:
Special Collections
771 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
Telephone: (617) 353-3696
Fax: (617) 353-2838
E-Mail: speccol@bu.edu
The Department of Special Collections houses the Elie Wiesel Collection and the
collection of Jack Kuper, a Canadian filmmaker whose correspondents include
Elie Wiesel and Jerzy N. Kosinski. The collection of Holocaust survivor Jan G.
Wiener also contains pertinent material.
Clark University
http://www2.clarku.edu/offices/library/
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