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18th- and 19th-century Jewish communal registers (pinkasim in Hebrew) obtained by special agreement with the Russian State Library.

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Details of four yizkor books and one communal history featured in Project Zikaron. See the "About" tab for details.

Documents associated with Rabbi Shimen Eisenberg, whose 2nd volume of memoirs was transcribed for Project Zikaron. See the "About" tab for details.

The manuscript of volume three of Avraham Shlomo Melamed's memoirs, which is included in Project Zikaron. See the "About" tab for details.

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Bechhofen, Germany (5)

49°09' N,10°33' E

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A World Passed By: Scenes and Memories of Jewish Civilization in Europe and North Africa (1938) ( Communal Histories )
Lowenthal, Marvin
In labirintn fun tkufes (1955) ( Communal Histories )
אין לאבירינטן פון תקופות
Bernstein, Mordechai Wolf
Nisht derbrente shaytn (1956) ( Communal Histories )
נישט דערברענטע שייטן
Bernstein, Mordechai Wolf
Steinerne Zeugnisse jüdischen Lebens in Bayern: eine Dokumentation [Stone testimonies of Jewish life in Bavaria: A Documentary] (1988) ( Cemeteries, Communal Histories )
Schwierz, Israel
The Diaries of Rabbi Ha'im Yosef David Azulai: Ma'agal Tov—The Good Journey: Parts I and II [Translated by Benjamin Cymerman] (1997) ( Communal Histories )
Azulai, Ḥayim Yosef David (Ha-Rav) (aka Ḥida) (1724-1806)

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