Title:
Title of the photo/document in the catalog if known
Synonyms YV
Literal
Last Name:
Search by a last name (use a woman's married name.)
Daitch-Mokotoff soundex
First Name:
Search by a first name, including diminutives or nicknames.
expand search to include possibly related given names
Maiden Name:
Search by a woman's family name before marriage.
Record Group:
Relevant mostly for researchers familiar with the Yad Vashem Archives and for archivists: The record group the item belongs to, e. g. O.33 (if known)
Record Sub Group:
Relevant mostly for researchers familiar with the Yad Vashem Archives and for archivists: The record sub group the item belongs to, e. g. M.1.D (if known)
File Number:
Relevant mostly for researchers familiar with the Yad Vashem Archives and for archivists: The requested file in a record group, e. g. P.16/69 (if known)
Archive of Origin:
Relevant mostly for researchers familiar with the Yad Vashem Archives and for archivists: Provenance - some of the items in the Yad Vashem Archives originate from other archives. Filling in this field will further focus your search (if relevant and known)
Original Archival Signature:
Relevant mostly for researchers familiar with the Yad Vashem Archives and for archivists: The archival signature in the archive of origin (if relevant and known)
Submitter Name:
Provenance: The name of the person or institution which submitted the materials to the Yad Vashem Archives (if known)
Anti-Jewish Legislation
Antisemitism After the War
Bnei Akiva
Confiscation of Jewish Property
Confiscation of Property
Badge of Shame
Death Marches
Deportation From the Ghettos
Deportation to the Ghettos
Desecration of Synagogues
"yetziat Europa" ("president Warfield") - Immigrant Ship
Aliya Bet
Attitude Towards the Jews - Czechoslovakia and Czech Population Jews
Assistance to Jews
Attitude Toward Jews - German Population
Attitude Towards Jews - Lithuania and the Lithuanian Population
Abuse
Antisemitism Before the War
Communist Underground
Assistance and Rescue
Deportees From Hungary
Forced Labor
Attitude Towards the Jews - Ukrainian Population
Attitude of the Local Population
Attitude of the Polish Population
Attitude of the Swiss Population
Attitude of the Ukrainian Population
Passports
Aliya
Children
Hunger
Deportation to camps
Jewish education
Evacuation
"She’erith Hapletah"
Partisans
Hiding place
Jewish children
Family relations
Rehabilitation of life after the war
DP camps
Holocaust survivors
Typhus
Information regarding relatives and friends
Testimony
Memoirs
Official documentation
Legal documentation
Names of perpetrators
Letter
Diary
Survey report
Personal documents
Article
Certification
Diaries and memoirs
Reports
Placards
Postcard
Survey
Announcement
Biography
Birth certificate
Photograph
Hebrew
Polish
German
English
Yiddish
Russian
French
Hungarian
Spanish
Czech
Dutch
Ukrainian
Romanian
Slovak
Swedish