LibGuides: Hiatt Holocaust Collection & Resources: Research Databases & More

Research Databases & More

General Primary Sources

Testaments to the Holocaust This link opens in a new window
Contains rare historical material from the Weiner Library in London, which is the oldest institution in the world established to document the Nazi regime and its crimes against the Jewish people. Provides access to primary source materials about the Holocaust and Nazi Germany. Includes eyewitness accounts, photographs, books, and Nazi propaganda publications.

National Archives
Nuremberg Trials Project - Harvard Law School
The Harvard Law School Library has approximately one million pages of documents relating to the trial of military and political leaders of Nazi Germany before the International Military Tribunal (IMT) and to the twelve trials of other accused war criminals before the United States Nuremberg Military Tribunals
The Avalon Project - Yale University
The International Military Tribunal for Germany
Contents of the Nuremberg Trials Collection
Records of the Holocaust (Ancestry.com)
Search records such as passenger lists, registers of Jewish individuals living in Germany, and more at no cost.. Collaboration between Ancestry.com, Arolsen Archives and USC Shoah Foundation.

Newspaper Archives

New York Times Historical This link opens in a new window
Date(s):1851-2020
Articles from the New York Times, including all pictures and advertisements.
London Times Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
Date(s):1785-2019
Articles from the London Times, including all pictures and advertisements.

Government & Military Resources

Indexes

RAMBI: Index of Articles on Jewish Studies
Use to find a specific article by title or author. Use Advanced Search.

Article Databases

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Journal articles, magazines, and news in almost every subject area.
JSTOR Arts & Sciences This link opens in a new window
Journal articles in almost every subject area, including some historical articles back to the 17th century.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Journal articles in almost every subject area.

Encyclopaedia Judaica This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedia of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple Period to the State of Israel.

U.S. Holocaust Museum
Includes the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies.
Yad Vashem
Established in 1953 as the world center for documentation, research, education and commemoration of the Holocaust.
USC Shoah Foundation Institute
The USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, with an archive of nearly 52,000 videotaped testimonies from Holocaust survivors and other witnesses, is part of the College of Letters, Arts & Sciences at the University of Southern California.
Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
The Museum features artifacts related to Jewish history and modern Jewish life. The materials displayed online are highlights from a collection of nearly 25,000 objects
Anne Frank Museum
Includes virtual display of photos from the life of Anne Frank.