Search Functionality
Testaments to the Holocaust offers researchers full-text search capabilities on the text of the facsimile pages as well as on the captions and catalog records. Precise searches of key primary source materials will yield a great understanding of the nature of life, suffering and death before, during and after the Nazi regime.
Basic Search
Users may search the entire
database for the presence of any word or words within the full text of
works. Users may also limit their search
by section:
- Eyewitness accounts
- Photographs
- Propaganda material
- Weiner Library publications
- Biographical Index cards
Advanced Search
Conduct a search
using a variety of criteria and retrieve very specific results. Users may
search on a word or words occurring within the full text and the key fields of
documents, including:
- Author
- Description
- Document number or type
- Language
- Photographic subject or location
- Publisher
- Titles and headings
Users may limit their search on the values of the following fields of information:
- Date range
- Section
Browse Indexes
When users click on an item
within any of the following four alphabetic lists, a results list of all
documents containing that name or synagogue will appear. Choose up to 20 items
from any one index on which to search.
- Authors of eyewitness accounts
- Authors of propaganda material
- Biographical index cards
- Directory of synagogues
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