Books in the Shefayim Archives

Information from the holdings of the Association of Latvian and Estonian Jews at Kibbutz Shefayim is made available by kind permission of the Association and its Archivist, Shlomo Kurlandchik.


Hebrew and Yiddish

Author Name of book No. pages Place and year Archive no. Language Comments
Yiddishe Kinstler Farein in Lettland 10 Riga, 1929 437 Yiddish
Ovzinski, Yona History of Jewish Settlement in Courland 170 Pietrkov, 1908 263 Hebrew
Almanach Kalendar Gewizmet Dem Yidisshn Kibbutz in Rezekne 94 Rezekne, 1939 180 Yiddish
Kibbutz in Rezeze ofen yahr 1939/40 Yiddish
What Happened to Us: Lists from Ghetto Riga 68 1975 63 Hebrew
Avraham, Etti & Neishtadt, Mordechai Curriculae Vita of the Netzach Movement in Latvia 296 Tel Aviv, 1972 30 Yiddish
Bobe, Mendel Yidden in Lettland 368 Tel Aviv, 1972 339, 512 Hebrew
Bobe, Mendel Chapters in the History of the Latvian Jews 215 Tel Aviv, 1965 24, 25 Hebrew (1651-1918)
Bloch, Alexander Tzvelf 31 Riga, 1927 131 Yiddish
Berman, L. In Loif Fun Yohrn 370 New York, 1945 294 Yiddish "Bund" in Dvinsk
Breitberg, Moshe A Book of Grammar for the Student 125 Riga, 1935 327, 328 Hebrew
Bar Kochba 23 Riga, 1925 527
Barnoi, Sarah Trip to The Alleys of My Youth 134 Natanya, 1998 563 Hebrew Memoires & Estonia
Gordin, Z. Klepike Krankeiten 32 Dvinsk, 1929 42 Yiddish
Gertz, M. 25 Yahr Yiddishe Fresse in Lettland 66 Riga, 1933 508 Yiddish
Getz, M.P. The Hebrew Education is in Danger 43 Riga, 1931 526 Hebrew
Dabrushin, Y. Michaols der Aktier 123 Riga, 1940 136 Yiddish
Dubinow, Shimon Yiddisher Geshichte 152 Riga, 1934 17 Yiddish
Dvorzetski, M. Jewish Camps in Estonia: 1942-44 402 Jerusalem, 1970 55 Hebrew
Dvorzetski, M. Weise Necht un Swarze Teg (Yidn lagern in Estonia) 440 Tel Aviv, 1970 295 Yiddish
Ovzinski, L. Die Geshichte fun die Yiddn in Lettland 199 Riga, 1928 262 Yiddish
Dimanstein, Aizik Meine Zichronot fun die Konzetratie Lagern - Ghetto Riga 33 Stockholm, 1948 278 Yiddish
Sermon of the Lubevitch Admor in Riga 70 Riga Hebrew
The Decade of the World Histadrut of the "Shomer Hatzair" 170 Afikim, 1941 Hebrew Latvia
Wulfson, A. Kranke Kases un die Doktoirim 78 Riga, 1928 47 Yiddish
Nerhaptig, David The Forbidden Revenge. Memoires 160 Tel Aviv, 1989 22 Hebrew Also on Beitar Latvia 1930-1938
Zecher Mordechai. Dedicated to Rabbi Nurok, M. z"l 217 Jerusalem, 1967 7 Hebrew Rabbi from Latvia
Chen, Mordechai Memoires 66 1999 570 Hebrew Also on Dvinsk
Bela Charuzi, z"l 64 253 Dvinsk
Tabak, Eli Granite 40 Riga, 1922 35 Songs
Latvian Jews, Yizkor 458 Tel Aviv, 1953 31 Hebrew Yizkor book
Yiddn un Latischen. Der Zeiloingen 205 Riga, 1938 45 Yiddish
Uris, A. S. Kemfer un Dichter 225 Riga 1931 340 Yiddish
Yanai,Ya'akov Mulka, a story of "havricha" 321 Tel Aviv, 1988 467 Hebrew Mulka Yaffe from Riga
Levenstein, Meir On the Edge - Memoires 152 Tel Aviv, 1975 58 Hebrew Ghetto Riga, Kuldiga
Lutek-Eliyahu Ber, z"l. 1911-1976. The story of his life. 180 Tel Aviv, 1979 338 Hebrew Riga
Levin, Alexander Obersturmfuhrer Fritz Shervitz 78 497 Hebrew Ghetto Riga
Levin, Dov Latvian Jews Fighting with the Partisans Typed 357 Hebrew
To the Memory of the Jews of Dvinsk 63 1974, Haifa 104
Livnat, Shulamit The Heavens Are Much Closer 183 Tel Aviv, 1989 23 Hebrew Also on Beitar Liuzon
Levin, Dov With the Back to the Wall: Jewish Fighters in Latvia Against the Nazis Hebrew
Levin, Dov Pinkas HaKehillot Latvia v'Estonia 396 Jerusalem, 1988 2 Hebrew
Liberson, Techiah Chapters of Life 143 Tel Aviv, 1970 261 Hebrew Childhood in Dvinsk
Marian, Yitzhak Lettland 128 Riga, 1929 13 Yiddish
Mark, Mendel Die Yiddishe Weltsshul in Lettland 324 New York, 1973 11 Yiddish
Jubilee Collection of Leadership of the Cultural Autonomy for the Jews of Estonia. 49 Talon, 1926 251 Hebrew
Mazor, Norbert A Jew Converses With Himmler 32 1985 290 Hebrew
Michelson, Klara Die Yiddishe Neshema Kaman 62 Riga, 1937 126 Yiddish
"Malbish 'Arumim" - 1915-1930, Latvia 107 Riga, 1930 10 With Portraits.
Makor v'Derech - National Jubilee Kibbutz "HaShomer Hazair" 171 1985 311 Hebrew Also on Latvia
Melamed, Hirsch Die Revolutionair fun Yisroel 143 Riga, 1930 39 Yiddish
Marlender, Chava Life's Story. 1916-1997 32 1997 565 Hebrew Windau
Nurok, Mordechai Zionist Committee in Minsk. 1902 85 Jerusalem, 1963 123 Hebrew
Nechemia Argov 203 1959 264 Dvinsk
Neishtadt, Mordechai The History of the "Netzach" [Victory] Movement in Latvia 296 Tel Aviv, 1972 308 Hebrew
Ewer, Rabbi Yitzchak Zvi The Rabbi of Lewenberg 552 Kurland, 1939 4 Hebrew Born in Poltn
Erlich, H. Dankere. Tipen un Epizodn fun Shtetl: In Lettland mit 60 yaar Zuruk 64 Johannesburg, 1956 38 Yiddish Dankere
A City and Her Name is Libau 36 427 Hebrew Libau
Sambatien Zamelbuch 136 Riga, 1922 130 Yiddish
Jewish Writers who were killed in the Shoah 750 1981 132 Hebrew Also on the Murder of Dubnow in Riga
Stoli, Levita Unser Shprach 336 Riga, 1937 9 Yiddish
The Book of Beitar: History and Sources, Volumes I and II 484; 527 Jerusalem 1967; 1976 363-365 Hebrew Also Beitar Latvia
The Will of the Grand Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Zelig 16 Koenigsberg, 1849 267 Hebrew Also, daughters TALSON
Paul, Sh.Z., Skotelsky, Sh. Dvarei Yamei Ha'amim 147 Riga, 1938 282 Hebrew
Pollak, Misha Yes, I Loved Dita 325 Ramat Gan, 1987 298 Hebrew Ghetto Riga
Fein, Esther On the Road to the Storm 264 Tel Aviv, 1992 423 Hebrew Memoirs of the Latvian Divisions
Pinkas fun Riger Yiddishe Gezelsaflere un Filathropische Toiyer 95 Riga, 1934 3 Yiddish with pictures
Frankel-Zalzman, Pessie Heptling Nomr 94771 175 Montreal, 1949 57 Yiddish Ghetto Riga, Dvinsk
Fruber, Ida Circles of Life: Autobiographical novel 203 Tel Aviv, 1982 124 Hebrew The first pioneer from Estonia
The Ruth Alexandrovitch Affair 217 Ashdod, 1971 50 Hebrew On Aliyah from Riga
A collection of songs from the organisation "Beitaria" Riga 62 Riga, 1932 36 Hebrew
Kodesh, Reuven How I Was Saved 22 49 Hebrew Ghetto Riga
History of the Netiyach Movement in Latvia 88 1974 15 Hebrew
Meri Katznelson [Epstein] z"l 38 478 Hebrew Born in Aizpute
Kleinstein, Nachum Der Adress fun mein Jungent 86 Tel Aviv, 1990 318 Yiddish On Dvinsk
Rassen, Ya'akov Mir Viln Lebn 316 New York, 1949 52 Yiddish Memoires on the Shoah and on Riga
Grisha Shenkman 185 Jerusalem, 1988 475 Also Scouts in Latvia
Shpungin, Avraham Indeed, That's How it Was 202 Tel Aviv, 1994 503 Hebrew A survivor from Riga


Other Languages

Author Name of book No. pages Place and year Archive no. Language Comments
Arbusow, L. Grundrissder Geschichte Liv-Est und Kurlands 372 Riga, 1918 160 German
Bucholtz, Anton Geschichte der Juden in Riga 161 Riga, 1899 386 German
Verzeichnis Lettländischer Ortsnamen 178 Hamburg, 1963 385 German
Die Presse Lettlands 50 Riga, 1928 184 German Jüd. Presse, p. 115 is Jewish
Dohrn, Verena Baltische Reise 284 Frankfurt, 1994 539 German Riga; Aizpute
Flior, Maurice Heralds of East Wind 305 Johannesburg, 1975 557 English Jews, Latvia
Flior, Yudel Dvinsk 188 Johannesburg, 1956 189 English
Fragments of the Jewish History of Riga 31 Riga, 1991 453 English
Gluckman, Albert Gerard Brenner: A Genealogical Study of Brenner Family from Goldingen 140 1981 219 English Goldingen
Gordon, Frank Latvians and Jews Between Germany and Russia 66 Stockholm, 1990 313 English
Historical Minorities in Latvia 96 Riga, 1994 500 English
Iwens, Sidney How Dark the Heavens, 1,400 Days in the Grasp of the Nazis 291 New York, 1992 430 English Dvinsk
Kalnins, Bruno Latvijas Social-demokratijas 375 Stockholm, 1956 152 Latvian
Kaufman, Max Die Vernichtung der Juden Lettlands 542 Munich, 1947 143 German
Latvijas Adresu Gramata 196 Riga, 1936 384 Latvian
Levin, Dov Baltic Jews Under the Soviets, 1940 - 1946 393 Jerusalem, 1994 495 English
Latvijas Universitates Raksti 528 Riga, 1926 178 Latvian
Latvijas Universitates Raksti 210 Riga, 1932 179 Latvian
Latvijas Medicinas Adresu Gramata 140 Riga, 1932 170 Latvian
Lejins, J. Latvian Jews Relations 25 Canada, 1975 210 English
Levy, Arnold The Behr Tree [1683 - 1949] 130 Toulon, 1949 223 English
Latvijas Adresu Gramatas 192 Leipzig, 1923 383 English
Levinson, Isaac The Untold Story 174 Johannesburg, 1958 190 English Jews, Latvia
Monneray, Henri La Pérsecution des Juifs dans les Pays de l'est Presentée à Nürnberg 358 Paris, 1949 220 French Also Jews, Latvia
Munters, Vilhelms The Own Peoples Enemies 154 Riga, 1965 228 English Holocaust
Salaspils 280 Riga, 1962 146 Latvian
Schneider, Gertrude The Unfinished Road: Jews of Latvia Look Back 208 New York, 1991 417 English
Schneider, Gertrude Muted Voices: Jewish Surviors of Latvia Remember 276 New York, 1987 307 English
Second Conference on Baltic Studies 232 Oklahoma, 1971 174 English
Silabriedis, J., Arklans, B. Political Refugees Unmasked 224 Riga, 1965 195 English Holocaust
Suta, Roman 60 Jahre Lettischer Kunst 46 Leipzig, 1923 175 German
Uris, Leon Exodus 626 New York, 1958 147 English
Vestermanis, Margers Juden in Riga 80 Bremen, 1995 537 German
Vestermanis, Margers Der Holocaust in Lettland 29 488 German
Vater, Eva Ebreji Mediki Latvia 270 Riga, 1997 573 Latvian Encyclopaedia





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