Documenting Families or Communities Lost in the Holocaust by Bullets

Ellen Kowitt
Dec 9, 2021
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About this webinar

English speakers can now learn details about what happened to relatives or a community in the Holocaust by Bullets. Review documentation from this important era including access to Russian Extraordinary Commission files; German Einsatzgruppen Reports; Yahad-In Unum eyewitness video; USC Shoah Foundation and other recorded survivor testimonies; Yizkor Books; Yad Vashem; USHMM; Center for Holocaust Studies in Ukraine; National Library of Israel; local community resources; and more.

About the speaker

Ellen is JewishGen USA Research Division Director and is a former Director-at-Large of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies. She currently serves as Daughters of the American...
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    Doris Miller
    4 years ago

    Tremendous presentation in general, but outstanding for what some consider depressing. A beautiful weaving of sources with her own journey. I was pleased that she played video of an eyewitness - I might not have gone back to listen for myself.

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    Susan Stark
    4 years ago

    Superb talk, I have been working on finding family for a while and this exceeded my expectations.

  3. RM
    Rochelle Males
    4 years ago

    Simply heartbreaking and fantastic all at once. Very well put together and I can not wait to watch again (this next time, I'm taking more notes...I got lost in just listening this time and apparently stopped my note-taking at some point)! Thank you so much.

  4. AK
    Alaine M Kier
    4 years ago

    Beautifully presented, even though the subject is so sad. We need more webinars on tracing Jewish genealogy; I know I am not the only one having a challenging time.

  5. CR
    Carolyn Rutherford
    4 years ago

    Came late and still found a lot to learn.

  6. LR
    Larry Rosensweig
    4 years ago

    Lots of great resources to expand my research. Interesting presentation using Ms. Kowitt's family and their hometown at various times and contexts.

  7. MB
    Marie Birkbeck
    4 years ago

    very interesting. Although I have no Jewish background, I have been reading a lot of historical novels - and some true stories- of the horrors of the Holocaust. This presentation added another facet to my learning curve

  8. FU
    Fran Ussery
    4 years ago

    Excellent Presentation!

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