With related reference works. A collection of circa 53 volumes

A collection of Memorial Volumes devoted to the lives and sudden deaths of entire Jewish Communities in pre-War Central and Eastern Europe. Yizkor books contain unparalleled historical detail, elsewhere unavailable, pertaining to the religious, social and economic life in numerous smaller and larger towns, as well as the local upheaval brought about following the invasion by the German hordes. “The Memorial book will also serve as a substitute grave. Whenever we pick up the book we feel we are standing next to their grave because even that the murderers denied them.” (Introduction, From a Ruined Garden, p. 11, n. 25). For further bibliographic information, see Z.M. Baker, Bibliography of Eastern European Memorial Books, in: J. Kugelmass & J. Boyarin, From a Ruined Garden. The Memorial Books of Polish Jewry (1983)