Specific digital collections
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SEARCH TERMS: "Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)" (subject heading)When searching for primary sources, sometimes you need to use different search terms. Try some of the terms in this list from the Library of Congress.
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Digital CollectionsResources that document the fate of victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others. The collection contains millions of documents, artifacts, photos, films, books, and testimonies.
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Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust TestimoniesThe Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies is a collection of over 4,400 videotaped interviews with witnesses and survivors of the Holocaust. **NOTE THAT YOU MUST REGISTER IN ORDER TO ACCESS SOME OF THE DIGITAL CONTENT**
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YIVO Institute for Jewish Research: Library and ArchivesThe YIVO Archives contain some 23 million items, including sound and music collections, theater and art collections, communal and personal records, photographs and films, manuscripts, diaries, memoirs, personal correspondence, and much more. Its holdings span Jewish civilization from the 15th to 21st centuries, with an emphasis on the Jews of Eastern Europe and their descendants. There is a special focus on Yiddish language and culture, Jewish life in Europe, the Holocaust and its aftermath, and Jewish life in the United States.
Government & IGO documents
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Nuremberg Trials Project [Harvard Law School]Trial transcripts, briefs, document books, evidence files, and other papers from the trials of military and political leaders of Nazi Germany.
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Readex AllSearch(Searches through citations and the full text)
Search across all of Carleton's Readex collections at once. Includes historical newspapers, government documents, books, ephemera, and the like. -
Digital National Security Archive(Searches through citations and the full text)
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ProQuest History Vault(Searches through citations and the full text)
Fully searchable, digitized archival collections having to do with American history. Carleton has access to 13 collections available through this tool, including: Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files 1960-1969: Europe and Latin America, Africa and the Middle East; Office of Strategic Services (OSS)-State Department Intelligence and Research Reports, 1941-1961 (including Part 04: Germany and Its Occupied Territories During World War II); U.S. Diplomatic Post Records, 1914-1945.
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Carleton physical Gov Doc collection - "Holocaust"Includes reports and hearings related to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council; Swiss banks and assets of Holocaust survivors and heirs; the Holocaust in US textbooks; and some reports from ca. 2007 around changes to the Bonn Treaty.
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United Nations (UN) Digital Library [new interface]Contains full text of all UN documents from 1993-present; plus some older digitized documents from 1946-1993. Some older items are metadata only.
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UN Official Documents SystemOfficial repository from the UN. Dates: 1993 forward. The database also includes scanned documents published between 1946 and 1993, including all resolutions of the principal organs, all documents of the Security Council and the General Assembly Official Records.
Newspapers
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Jerusalem Post (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)Call Number: Online1932 - 2008. Formerly published as Palestine Post.
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers(Searches through citations and the full text)
Full-text and full-image articles for major newspapers from the United States (including Historical Black Newspapers); plus Le Monde, the Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post (1903-2001) and the Times of India. Each paper is available from its first issue through about 2013 (depending on the paper). Earliest papers start in 1851. -
Readex AllSearch(Searches through citations and the full text)
Search across all of Carleton's Readex collections at once. Includes historical newspapers, government documents, books, ephemera, and the like.
Searching Catalyst
There are many specific Subject Headings that the library uses to catalog books. These subject headings can help you find things you wouldn't have thought to search for. These are a few examples of Subject Headings:
- Subject (is exact) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) . Also look for the related subjects....
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), art
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) In Literature
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Personal Narratives
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Historiography
- Subject (is exact) Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945 AND Physical Resources [oldest first]
- Subject (is exact) Germany -- History -- 1933-1945
- Subject (is exact) Gays -- Nazi persecution
- Subject (is exact) Anti-Nazi movement -- Germany AND Language = English
- Author (is exact) Hitler, Adolf AND Books [oldest first]
