This file includes information about libraries and archives that have substantial collections of Yizkor books (that is, more than 25). Libraries marked with an asterisk (*) have their Yizkor book collections included in the Yizkor Book Database.
| Location | Institution & Library / Archive | Postal Address | Contact | Chief Librarian / Archivist | No. of Books |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Jewish Holocaust Museum & Research Center | 13 Selwyn Street, Elsternwick, Victoria 3185, Australia | Tel 61-3-95281985 Fax 61-3-95283758 | Ursula Flicker | About 90 |
| Canada | Jewish Public Library | 1 Cummings Square 5151 Cote St. Catherine Road Montreal, Quebec H3W 1M6 | reference@jplmontreal.org jewishpubliclibrary.org Tel (514) 345-2627 Fax (514) 345-6477 | Eddie Paul (#3004) Archivist: Shannon Hodge (#3015) | 600+ |
| Canada | University of Toronto, John P. Robarts Research Library | 130 St. George Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A5 | nadav.sharon@utoronto.ca library.utoronto.ca Tel (416) 978-4319 Fax (416) 978-8227 | Dr. Barry Walfish, Judaica Specialist | 500+ |
| France | Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine | 17, rue Geoffroy l'asnier 75004 Paris, France | bibliotheque@memorial-cdjc.org memorialdelashoah.org Tel 33142774472 Fax 33148871250 | Sara Halperyn Marcel Meslati | About 200 |
| Great Britain | British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections | 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB England | Tel 020-771-412-7332 Fax 020-771-412-7268 | 110+ | |
| Great Britain | Cambridge University Library | West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR England | reference@lib.cam.ac.uk lib.cam.ac.uk Tel 44-1223-333016 Fax 44-1223-333160 | Peter Fox | |
| Great Britain | Finchley Synagogue, *Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain | Kinloss Gardens, Finchley London N3 2SY England | jgsgb@ort.org jgsgb.org.uk | About 65 | |
| Great Britain | Institute of Jewish Studies, London School of Jewish Studies (Jews' College Library) | Schaller House, 44a Albert Road London, NW4 2SJ England | Tel 020-881-203-6427 Fax 020-881-203-6420 | ||
| Great Britain | Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, *Leopold Muller Memorial Library | Yarnton Manor, Yarnton, Oxfordshire OX5 1PY England | muller.library@ochjs.ac.uk bodleian.ox.ac.uk Tel 018650377946 Fax 01865-375079 | Dr. Piet W. van Boxel | 350 |
| Great Britain | University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) | Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG England | Tel 020-7-323-6098 Fax 020-7-636-2834 | ||
| Great Britain | Wiener Library | 29 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DP, England | info@wienerlibrary.co.uk khubschmann@wienerlibrary.co.uk wienerlibrary.co.uk Tel 020-7-636-7247 | Katharina Hübschmann | About 60 |
| Israel | *Ahad Haam Library in “Shar Zion Public Library - Beit Ariela” | 25 Shderot Shaul Ha'Melech, Tel Aviv, Israel | Tel 972-3-6910141 ext. 247 Fax 972-3-6919024 | Jochanan Arnon, Director Dani Nadav | About 500 |
| Israel | *Bar-Ilan University Central Library, Hebrew Classification and Cataloging Dept. | Ramat-Gan, Israel 52900 | wilkda@mail.biu.ac.il lib.biu.ac.il Tel 972-3-5318165 Fax 972-3-5349233 | Yaakov Aronson Eliza Bar-Magen | About 420 |
| Israel | Beit Lohamei Haghetaot | Ghetto Fighters' House, D.N Western Galilee, Israel 25220 | dgy@gfh.org.il gfh.org.il Tel 972-4-995-8080 Fax 972-4-995-8007 | Main Librarian - Dalia Assistant - Mikah | About 500 |
| Israel | *Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Zalman Aranne Central Library | P. O. Box 653, 84105 Beer Sheva, Israel | avner@bgumail.bgu.ac.il in.bgu.ac.il Tel 972-8-6461413 972-8-6461411 Fax 972-8-6472940 | Avner Shmuelevitz | 300+ |
| Israel | *Haifa University, Haifa University Library | Mount Carmel, 31 905 Haifa, Israel | hill@lib.haifa.ac.il hope@lib.haifa.ac.il lib.haifa.ac.il Tel 972-04-8240529 972-04-8240285 Fax 972-04-8249146 972-04-8257753 | Ms. Humi Rekem | 450+ |
| Israel | Hebrew University, Givat Ram Campus, Jewish National and University Library | P.O.B. 34165, Jerusalem, 91341 Israel | sjaphet@vms.huji.ac.il en-science.huji.ac.il Tel 972-2-6585004 Fax 972-2-6511771 | Prof. Sara Japhet, Director Elizabeth Friedman | |
| Israel | Hitachdut Yotzei Polin | 158 Dizengoff Street, Tel Aviv, 63461, Israel | Tel 972-3-5225078 Fax 972-3-5236684 | 200+ | |
| Israel | Moadon Ha'Bund-Brith Avoda, The Kurski Library | 48 Kaliszer St. Tel Aviv, Israel | Tel 972-3-517-6764 | Dina and Mendel Schein | 100+ |
| Israel | Tel Aviv University, Sourasky Central Library | P.O. Box 39038, Tel-Aviv 61390, Israel | csimcha@taulib.tau.ac.il cenlib.tau.ac.il Tel 972-3-6408747 Fax 972-3-6409598 | Simcha Zaharur | About 40 |
| Israel | Yad LeZehava Institute for Holocaust Research (YZI) | PO Box 513 Kedumim, Israel 44856 | a.bendov@yahoo.com Tel 972-52-5666240 | Meir Shilloh Avigdor Ben-Dov | 150+ |
| Israel | Yad Vashem Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority, Yad Vashem Library | Har Hazikaron P. O. Box 3477 Jerusalem, 91034 Israel | library@yadvashem.org.il yadvashem.org Tel 972-2-6443531 Fax 972-2-6443443 | Dr. Robert Rozett | 1040 |
| US, California | *Hebrew Union College-JIR, Frances-Henry Library | 3077 University Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90007-3796 | hhorowitz@huc.edu huc.edu Tel (213) 749-3424 Fax (213) 749-1937 | Harvey P. Horowitz | 450+ |
| US, California | Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust | 100 The Grove Dr Los Angeles, CA 90036 | info@lamoth.org lamoth.info Tel (323) 651-3704 Fax (323) 843-9518 | ||
| US, California | *JFCS Holocaust Center | 2245 Post Street San Francisco, CA 94115 | holocaustcenter.jfcs.org Tel (415) 449-3717 | ||
| US, California | *Simon Wiesenthal Center, Library & Archives | 1399 S. Roxbury Drive Los Angeles, CA 90035-4709 | library@wiesenthal.net wiesenthal.com Tel (310) 772-7605 Fax (310) 277-6568 | Adaire J. Klein | 300 |
| US, California | Stanford University, Green Library | Stanford, CA 94305-6004 | zbaker@stanford.edu library.stanford.edu Tel (650) 725-1054 Fax (650) 725-1068 | Zachary M. Baker, Reinhard Family Curator of Judaica and Hebraica Collections | |
| US, California | *UCLA, University Research Library | P.O. Box 95175 Los Angeles, CA 90095 | ecz5hir@mvs.oac.ucla.edu dhirsch@library.ucla.edu library.ucla.edu Tel (310) 825-2930 Fax (310) 206-4974 | David G. Hirsch, Middle East Bibliographer | |
| US, California | *American Jewish University, Jack M. & Bell Ostrow Library | 15600 Mulholland Drive Los Angeles, CA 90077 | Tel (310) 476-9777 Fax (310) 476-5423 | Richard Burke | |
| US, California | University of Southern California Doheny Library 101-D | Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182 | lsipe@usc.edu Tel (213) 740-2929 Fax (213) 740-9962 | Lynn Sipe (Mr.), Associate Dean for Collections | 140+ |
| US, Connecticut | Yale University Library, Judaica Collection | Sterling Memorial Library 120 High Street New Haven, CT 06520 | nanette.stahl@yale.edu library.yale.edu Tel (203) 432-7207 Fax (203) 432-7231 | Bruce Kirschner | |
| US, District of Columbia | Jewish War Veterans, National Museum of American Jewish Military History | 1811 “R” Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009 | Tel (202) 265-6280 Fax (202) 462-3192 | Sandor Cohen | |
| US, District of Columbia | Library of Congress, The African and Middle Eastern Division | 101 Independence Ave. SE Thomas Jefferson Building, Room 220 Washington, D.C. 20540-4660 | Finding aid (loc.gov) Tel (202) 707-5422 Fax (202) 707-1724 | Michael W. Grunberger | |
| US, District of Columbia | U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum | 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Washington, D.C. 20024-2162 | collections.ushmm.org Tel (202) 479-9717 Fax (202) 479-9726 | Mark Ziomek, Director of the Library | 460 |
| US, Florida | *Florida Atlantic University, S.E. Wimberly Library Fraiberg Judaica Collections | 777 Glades Road Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991 | LYSCA@fau.edu library.fau.edu Tel (561) 297-3787 Fax (561) 297-2189 | Ellen Randolph, Rare Books Librarian | 450+ |
| US, Florida | *University of Florida, Price Library of Judaica | 1504 Norman Hall PO Box 117051 Gainesville, FL 32611 | judaica@mail.uflib.ufl.edu uflib.ufl.edu Tel (352) 392-0308 Fax (352) 392-4789 | Robert Singerman, Jewish Studies Bibliographer | 450+ |
| US, Illinois | Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, Brill Family Resource Center | 9603 Woods Dr. Skokie, IL 60077 | library@ilhmec.org ilholocaustmuseum.org Tel (847) 967-4800 (847) 967-4805 (direct) Fax (847) 967-4804 | Lillian Polus Gerstner | About 43 |
| US, Illinois | Hebrew Theological College, Saul Silber Memorial Library | 7135 N. Carpenter Road Skokie, IL 60077 | ssmlhtc@nslsilus.org ssmlhtc@htcnet.edu htc.edu Tel (847) 982-2500 Fax (847) 674-6381 | About 350 | |
| US, Illinois | Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, Asher Library (includes Chicago Jewish Archives) | 618 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605 | asherlib@spertus.edu spertus.edu Tel (312) 322-1749 Fax (312) 922-0455 | Glenn Ferdman, Director; Joy Kingsolver, Archivist | |
| US, Indiana | *Allen County Public Library | Post Office Box 2270 Fort Wayne, IN 46801 | Genealogy@ACPL.Info acpl.lib.in.us Tel 260-421-1225 | Curt B. Witcher | 200+ |
| US, Maryland | *Baltimore Hebrew University, Joseph Meyerhoff Library | 5800 Park Heights Ave. Baltimore, MD 21215 | bhulib@clark.net Tel (410) 578-6936 | Elaine Mael and Barbara Salit-Mischel | |
| US, Maryland | Jewish Museum of Maryland | 15 Lloyd Street Baltimore, MD 21202 | jewishmuseummd.org Tel (410) 732-6400 Fax (410) 732-6451 | Robin Waldman | |
| US, Massachusetts | *Boston Public Library | 700 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02117 | bpl.org Tel (617) 536-5400 | ||
| US, Massachusetts | *Brandeis University, Goldfarb Library | P.O. Box 9110 Waltham, MA 02254-9110 | cutter@binah.cc.brandeis.edu brandeis.edu Tel (617) 736-4685 Fax (617) 736-4719 | Charles Cutter, Head, Judaica & Special Collection Department | About 500 |
| US, Massachusetts | Center for Holocaust Studies / Clark University, Goddard Library | 950 Main Street Worcester, MA 01610-1477 | chs@clarku.edu clarku.edu Tel 508-793-8897 Fax 508-793-8827 | Gwen Arthur / Mott Linn | 40 |
| US, Massachusetts | *Harvard University, Widener Library | Harvard Yard Cambridge, MA 02138 | library.harvard.edu Tel (617) 495-2411 | ||
| US, Michigan | Holocaust Memorial Center, Zekelman Family Campus | 28123 Orchard Lake Road Farmington Hills, MI 48334 | info@holocaustcenter.org feiga.weiss@holocaustcenter.org holocaustcenter.org Tel (248) 553-2400 ext 16 (248) 553-2834 Fax (248) 553-2433 | Feiga Weiss | 1400+ (on site, non-circulating) |
| US, Missouri | St. Louis County Library, Special Collections Department | 1640 South Lindbergh, St. Louis, MO 63131 | jloving@slcl.org slcl.org Tel (314) 994-3300 ext 208 Fax (314) 994-9411 ext 279 | Joyce Loving, Manager, Special Collections | |
| US, New York | Columbia University Libraries, Butler Library | 535 W. 114th Street, New York, NY 10027 | unlandhe@columbia.edu library.columbia.edu Tel (212) 854-3995 Fax (212) 854-3834 | Frank H. Unlandherm, Jewish Studies Librarian | |
| US, New York | *Cornell University, Olin Library | 504 Olin Library Ithaca, NY 14853 | ybs1@cornell.edu Tel (607) 255-6086 Fax (607) 255-9346 | Yoram Szekely | 450 |
| US, New York | *Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion, Klau Library | 1 W. 4th Street, New York, NY 10012-1186 | Tel (212) 674-5300, Ext. 258 (for questions about holdings) Fax (212) 533-0129 Attn: Library | Philip E. Miller, Chief Librarian | |
| US, New York | *Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Library | 3080 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 | marabinowitz@jtsa.edu Tel (212) 678-8075 Fax (212) 678-8998 | Dr. Mayer E. Rabinowitz | |
| US, New York | Leo Baeck Institute | 129 E. 73rd Street, New York, NY 10021 | Tel (212) 744-6400 Fax (212) 988-1305 | Julia Bock - Library Frank Mecklenburg - Archives | |
| US, New York | Museum of Jewish Heritage, A Living Memorial to the Holocaust | 343 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10173 | Tel (212) 687-9141 Fax (212) 473-9847 | Esther Brumberg and Bonnie Gurewitsch | About 170 |
| US, New York | *New York Public Library, Jewish Division | 42nd Street & Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10018-2788 | freidus@nypl.org nypl.org (Yizkor guide) Tel (212) 930-0971 Fax (212) 642-0141 | Michael Terry | +650 |
| US, New York | *Yeshiva University, Mendel Gottesman Library | 500 W. 185th Street, New York, NY 10033 | Tel (212) 960-5382 Fax (212) 960-0066 | ||
| US, New York | *YIVO Institute for Jewish Research | 15 W 16th St, New York, NY 10011 | archives@yivo.cjh.org yivo.org Tel (212) 246-6080 Fax (212) 292-1892 | Lyudmila Sholokhova, Chief Librarian/Archivist | |
| US, Ohio | Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion, Klau Library | 3101 Clifton Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45220-2488 | Tel (513) 221-1875 Fax (513) 221-0519 | Dr. David J. Gilner | |
| US, Ohio | Ohio State University Libraries | 308 Main Library 1858 Neil Ave. Columbus, OH 43210 | galron.1@Osu.edu library.osu.edu Tel (614) 292-3362 Fax (614) 292-1918 | Joseph Galron-Goldschlager, Hebraica & Jewish Studies Librarian | 700+ |
| US, Oregon | *Congregation Neveh Shalom, Feldstein Library | 2900 SW Peaceful Lane, Portland, OR 97201 | nevehshalom.org Tel 503-246-8831 Fax 503-246-7553 | Hilde Jacob | 120+ |
| US, Pennsylvania | Gratz College, Tuttleman Library | Old York Road & Melrose Avenue, Melrose Park, PA 19126 | Tel (215) 635-7300 Fax (215) 635-7320 | Rebecca Landau, Director, Tuttleman Library | |
| US, Pennsylvania | Reconstruction Rabbinical College, Library | Church Road & Greenwood Ave., Wyndmoor, PA 19095 | Tel (215) 576-0800 Fax (215) 576-6143 | Elie Wise, Director of Library Services | |
| US, Pennsylvania | University of Pennsylvania, Center for Judaic Studies Library | 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 | ruthrin@pobox.upenn.edu library.upenn.edu Tel (215) 573-4167 Fax (215) 898-0559 Attn: Ruth Rin | Ruth A. Rin, Hebraica Cataloger & Bibliographer | About 175 |
| US, Tennessee | Jewish Federation of Nashville, Middle Tennessee Library & Archives | 801 Percy Warner Blvd. Nashville, TN 37205 | Tel (615) 356-3242, Ext. 255 Fax (615) 352-0056 | Mrs. Lee Haas | |
| US, Texas | University of Texas at Austin, Perry-Castaneda Library | P. O. Box P Austin, TX 78713 | nahman@mail.utexas.edu Tel (512) 495-4250 Fax (512) 495-4296 | Nathan Snyder | About 250 |
| US, Texas | Laurie and Milton Boniuk Library of Holocaust Museum Houston | 5401 Caroline Houston, Texas 77004 | library@hmh.org hmh.org Tel (713) 527-1610 Fax (713) 527-1652 | Joel Bangilan, Librarian | 200 |
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Compiled by the JewishGen Yizkor Book Project. Originally compiled by Harriet Brown.
Web page maintained by Lance Ackerfeld. Updated 23 Nov 2024.