The library’s inventories

Documents, books, newspapers, periodicals, books of remembrance, testimonies, books in French, in Hebrew, in Yiddish, in German: all the inventories of the library of the Centre for Contemporary Jewish Documentation are offered to the public for download. Prepare your visit.

The library at the documentation center of the Shoah Memorial provides readers in the reading room with various inventories:

  • Newspapers and periodicals available on site
  • Books of Remembrance for the disappeared communities / Yizker Bikher (יזכר ביכער) available on site
  • Recent acquisitions
  • Press reviews and press cuttings available on site
  • Inventory catalogues of digitized newspapers
  • An inventory of testimonies and war stories (1940s)
  • An inventory of reprints
  • An inventory catalogue of the EEIF periodicals
  • And on specific request: books in Hebrew and Yiddish (which can be made available to readers within ten days)

Provision of readers

The library of the Shoah Memorial makes available to readers in the reading room and on the internet the following inventories:

Inventory of press reviews and press clipping reviews

These press reviews were developed for and by the Shoah Memorial around the various cultural events of the Shoah Memorial.
The press clippings are largely made up of the library of the Shoah Memorial and concern various subjects.

INVENTORY OF PRESS REVIEWS

This inventory is also available by thematic classification:

THEMATIC INDEX OF PRESS REVIEWS

Inventory of newspapers and periodicals in the German language

The library of the Shoah Memorial has also made an inventory of various newspapers and periodicals in German. This non-exhaustive inventory of the collections of the Shoah Memorial includes a brief description of the orientation of these newspapers and periodicals.

INVENTORY OF GERMAN PERIODICALS

Inventory of Books of Remembrance for the disappeared communities (Yizker Bikher)

These books are in various languages, with an abundant iconography and are available immediately in the reading room.

INVENTORY OF BOOKS OF REMEMBRANCE

Inventory of documents and books in Hebrew and Yiddish

These works are accessible to the reader upon prior reservation. See conditions of consultation.

INVENTORY OF BOOKS IN HEBREW AND YIDDISH

Inventory of newspapers and periodicals carried out by SUDOC

This inventory was developed by SUDOC (Système universitaire de documentation). The records were made from data provided by the library of the Shoah Memorial. It does not cover the exhaustiveness of the library fund.

INVENTORY CARRIED OUT BY SUDOC

Inventory of testimonies and war stories: 1940s-1950s

The library of the Shoah Memorial has digitized a series of war stories and testimonies in French published between 1940 and 1950. These digitized books are available and can be consulted on a computer in the reading room only.

INVENTORY OF WAR NARRATIVES AND TESTIMONIES

inventory of offprints

The library of the Shoah Memorial has a set of off-prints that can be consulted on request in the reading room, indicating the reference (call number).

INVENTORY OF OFFPRINTS

Inventory catalogue and presentation of digitised newspapers in French available for consultation in the reading room of the Documentation Centre

The library of the Shoah Memorial makes available to the public in reading rooms on computers digitised newspapers from its collections. Download here the inventory catalogues of:

IN THE PILLORY

I AM EVERYWHERE

PARIS-SOIR

PARIS-SOIR (OCCUPIED ZONE)

PARIS-MIDI

IN THE MORNING

THE YELLOW NOTEBOOK

REVIVE

Inventory catalogue of university work

The library of the Shoah Memorial makes academic works available to the public. They are available on request in the reading room.

INVENTORY OF ACADEMIC WORK

Catalogue inventory of EEIF periodicals – Library

Since 2021, the Bibliothèque du Mémorial de la Shoah has been processing a collection of the Eclaireurs israélites de France (monographs and periodicals).

INVENTORY OF CATALOGUED PERIODICALS IN THE EEIF FUND

STATUS OF THE CATALOGUED COLLECTIONS OF THE EEIF PERIODICALS

This fund will be open for consultation during 2023. The monographs are indicated via the documentary portal.

This project received the support of the Rothschild Foundation in London (Great Britain).

How can I consult the documents indicated in these inventories?

Online inventories

For any document order, please address your request to bibliotheque@memorialdelashoah.org, specifying the type of document you are looking for:

  • Press reviews or newspaper clippings:
    Title of the press review or press cuttings, box number, inventory number.
  • German-language periodicals:
    Title of periodical, Date and/or Number of periodical.
  • Yizker Bikher / Books of Remembrance:
    Name of the place, Reference of the Book of Remembrance (or Yizker Bukh)
  • Inventory of periodicals carried out by SUDOC:
    Title of periodical, Date and/or Number of periodical.
  • The digitized newspapers in French can be consulted in the reading room, on a computer

Ordering works in Hebrew and Yiddish:

  • You can order them by writing to bibliotheque@memorialdelashoah.org or to salledelecture@memorialdelashoah.org specifying the author, title, edition of the desired document as well as (essential) the reference of the series and the document number.
  • You can order them on site in the reading room, specifying the author, title, and edition of the desired document, as well as (essential) the serial reference and the document number.
  • Time to make available: 10 days

The procedure for consulting documents is indicated in each inventory on the internet according to its specificity.