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Posters from Displaced Persons Camps Digitized
Rare posters from Displaced Persons Camps digitized.
Research on Nazi Appointees in Death Camps
What roles did Nazi-appointed Jews play in the death camps?
YIVO Mourns the Passing of Hinda Jacobs
YIVO mourns the passing of Hinda Jacobs on December 28, 2015. Hinda was a volunteer in the YIVO Archives for over 10 years at its 15 West 16th Street, NY location, where she wrote at least 50 finding aids.
Importance of the Czernowitz Conference to Jewish History
This episode was originally broadcast on January 21, 1968. Yudel Mark, the editor of the journal Yidishe shprakh (Yiddish Language) discusses the importance to Jewish history of the 1908 Czernowitz Conference, the first international conference devoted to Yiddish. 1968 marked the 60th anniversary of the event. From 1963-1976, YIVO had its ...
The Artifact as World Traveler
An American trade journal travels back and forth across the Atlantic.
A Look at the Educational Alliance Collection (1968)
A look at the Educational Alliance records in the YIVO Archives.
Work in Progress at the Lithuanian Central State Archives
Samples of some of the documents our archivist is working on in Vilnius.
Acclaimed Musician Judith Berkson Premieres New Work Based on Rare Sound Recordings
Judith Berkson presents arrangements of cantorial music from YIVO’s sound archives, including unreleased and rare recordings. Frank London (trumpet), Cleek Schrey (Hardanger d'amore fiddle), and Lana Cencic (with Berkson on, Farfisa and Viscount vintage analog organs, vocals and effects) are the ensemble.