From The Galitzianer, Vol. 1, No.2 - Winter 1994

 YIZKOR BOOKS FOR GALICIA

 There are many yizkor books for Galician towns. For those who are unfamiliar with yizkor books, they are books written by individual or groups of Holocaust survivors about the towns or regions that they came from. Almost all of the books have been published in Israel and are written entirely in Hebrew or Yiddish or a combination of the two. A very few also include English language sections. Most were written within 20 years of the end of the war, but, surprisingly, new yizkor books have been published within the past few years.

They are variable in quality and style, though they generally include photos of places and people, hand drawn maps of the town, personal memories of what it was like to live in the community, and a list of those who had been killed in the Holocaust. Some books include information about community residents who survived and went to Israel, the United States, South or Central America or who stayed in Europe. Most include surname and topic indices, though even when they don't, they are an important source of information.

In the United States and Canada, large collections of these books are in major Jewish libraries and a small number of public and university libraries. YIVO in New York City probably has the most complete set of yizkor books outside of Yad Vashem in Israel, with the Library of Congress close behind. Over the years, Zachary Baker, Chief Librarian at YIVO, has attempted to compile and maintain an exhaustive listing of yizkor books. The following is taken from his original 1979/80 listing published in TOLEDOT (no longer being published) and his 1985 supplement.

Many of the books include some mention of or even articles about surrounding villages and towns. There are two books that were written about Galicia in general. There is also a multi-volume series: Arim ve'Imahot be'Yisrael that discusses a number of communities.
 

Andrychow (see Wadowice) Baranow, 1964 Biecz, 1960 Bobrka, 1964 Bolechow, 1957 Borszczow, 1960 Boryslaw (see Drohobycz) Brody (see Arim ve'Imahot be'Yisrael, v.6) Brzezany, 1978 Buczacz, 1956 Budzanow, 1968 Bukowsko (see Sanok) Bursztyn, 1960 Busk, 1965 Chorostkow, 1968 Chrzanow, 1948 Cieszanow, 1970 Czortkow, 1967 Debica, 1960 Dobromil, 1964 Drohobycz, 1959 Felsztyn, 1937 Galicia, 1964 Galicia, 1945 Gliniany (1950, 307 pages) Gliniany (1945, 52 pages) Gorlice, 1962 Horodenka, 1963 Husiatyn, 1976 Istrik (see Lesko) Janow near Trembowla (see Budzanow) Jaroslaw, 1987

Jaworow, 1950 Jaworow, 1979 Jezierna, 1971 Jezierany, ? Kolbuszowa, 1971 Kolomyya, 1957 Kolmyya, 1972 Korczyna, 1967 Kosow, 1964 Krakow, 1959 (see also Arim ve'Imahot be'Yisrael, v.2) Krakowiec, see Jaworow: Matsevet zikkaron le’kehilat Jaworow Kuty, 1958 Lancut, 1963 Lesko, 1965 Lezajsk, 1970 Lutowiska (see Lesko) Lwow, 1956 (see also Arim ve'Imahot be'Yisrael v.1) Medenice (see Drohobycz) Mikolajow, see Radziechow Mansterzyska, 1974 Mosty Wielkie, 1975-77 Nadworna, 1975 Narajow (see Brzezany) Nowy Sacz, 1970 Nowy Zagorz (see Sanok) Oswiecim, 1977 Podhajce, 1972 Przemysl, 1964 Radomysl Wielki, 1965 Radziechow, 1976

Rawa Ruska, 1973 Rohatyn, 1962 Rozniatow, 1974 Rozwadow, 1968 Rudki, 1978 Rzeszow, 1967 Sanok, 1970 Skala, 1978 Skalat, 1971 Skole (see Galicia: Gedenkbukhalicia) Sokal, 1968 Stanislawczyk (see Radziechow) Stanislowow (see Arim ve'Imahot be’Yisrael v.5) Stryy, 1962 Strzyzow, 1969 (there is also a recent English translation) Swaryczow (see Rozniatow) Tarnobrzeg, 1973 Tarnopol, 1955 Tarnow, Vol. 1, 1954; Vol. 2, 1968 Tlumacz, 1976 Tluste, 1965 Trzebina, 1969 Turka, ? Tysmenica, 1974 Ukraine Ustrzyki Dolne (see Lesko) Wadowice, 1967 Witkow Nowy (see Radziechow) Wisniowa, 1972