Encyclopedia of the Holocaust

Encyclopedia of the Holocaust

The Encyclopedia of the Holocaust was published in 1990, in tandem Hebrew and English editions, by Yad Vashem (יד ושם), the Israeli Holocaust Memorial Authority.

Included in the Encyclopedia: hundreds of entries, with illustrations, maps, and bibliographic references for further reading. Both editions have a Glossary of Terms. The Index of the Hebrew edition (vol. 6) includes bilingual lists of names of persons, organizations, and places.

The Encyclopedia was the winner of the 1990 American Library Association’s Dartmouth Medal.

International Editorial Board

* Yitzhak Arad, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
* Yehuda Bauer, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
* Randolph L. Braham, City University of New York
* Martin Broszat (1926 - 1989), University of Munich
* Christopher R. Browning, University of North Carolina
* Richard I. (Yerachmiel) Cohen, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
* Henry L. Feingold, City University of New York
* Saul Friedlander, Tel Aviv University
* Martin Gilbert, University of London
* Israel Gutman, Yad Vashem; Hebrew University of Jerusalem
* Andreas Hillgruber (1925 - 1989), University of Cologne
* Eberhard Jäckel, University of Stuttgart
* Steven Katz, Boston University, USA
* Shmuel Krakowski, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
* Otto Dov Kulka, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
* Dov Levin, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
* Czesław Madajczyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
* Michael Marrus, University of Toronto
* György Rank, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
* Jehuda Reinharz, Brandeis University, USA
* Shmuel Spector, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
* Jerzy Tomaszewski, University of Warsaw
* Aharon Weiss, Yad Vashem; University of Haifa
* Leni Yahil, University of HaifaEditor of the English edition: Geoffrey Wigoder

References

* "The Encyclopedia of the Holocaust", Israel Gutman, editor-in-chief. New York: Macmillan, 1990. 4 volumes. ISBN 0-02-896090-4.
* "Ha-Entsiklopedya shel ha-Shoah" (Hebrew: האנציקלופדיה של השואה), Israel Gutman, editor-in-chief. Jerusalem: Yad Vashem; Tel Aviv: Sifriat Poalim Publishing House, 1990. 6 volumes. ISBN 965-04-2085-1


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