Israel releases Eichmann trial records for Holocaust Remembrance Day The public has been given online access to 380,000 pages related to the 1961 trial of the Nazi war criminal. Jan. 27, 2025
Jonathan Sacks archive dedicated in Jerusalem The National Library of Israel now houses the late U.K. chief rabbi's personal archives. Judy Lash Balint Nov. 24, 2024
Seattle grant brings Sephardi treasures to light in Jerusalem’s National Library Priceless artifacts had been languishing in boxes in the basement of the old library building for decades. Judy Lash Balint April 1, 2024
The secret archive of the Iraqi Jews The documents were rescued during the Iraq War and are now in Washington. The Baghdad regime wants them back. Shimon Sherman Aug. 31, 2023
Stanford University digitizes thousands of pages of Nuremberg trial documents Funds from Taube Philanthropies makes the archive free to the public. March 30, 2023
Jewish genealogy website helps Lviv digitalize records amid war JewishGen donated a planetary scanner to help the Central State Historical Archives in the Ukrainian city preserve vulnerable materials. Sept. 21, 2022
$15 million gift to help US Holocaust museum digitize and expand collections The Rubenstein National Institute for Holocaust Documentation supports scholarship, exhibitions, publications, films and more. May 24, 2022
Yad Vashem partners with genealogy database to boost access to Holocaust records The partnership allows researchers to access Yad Vashem’s Pages of Testimony data when doing a search on the JewishGen website, which includes nearly 3.8 million Holocaust records. Jan. 12, 2022
Russia returns archives of Greek Jewish communities looted by Nazis The majority of materials were taken in July 1942 from Thessaloniki, which once had a thriving Jewish community. Dec. 10, 2021