Library and archival resources for Shoah research in Hungary, and the USC Shoah Founda-tion‘s Visual History Archive in the Electronic Information Service National Programme (EISZ)

Abstract

The article summarizes the library-related resources for Shoah research. Shoah is one of the greatest turning points in the history of the 20th century, and therefore, is a well-researched topic, providing an overwhelming number of resources for researchers. The paper attempts to collect the most important resources, including library and archival collections (both off- and online), and describes the flagship institutions of Shoah research in Hungary and worldwide. The library of, and the databases and research carried out by the Holocaust Memorial Centre of Hungary is reviewed in detail.

The paper describes the Shoah project of the Electronic Information Service National Programme (EISZ) that provides the database of the USC Shoah Foundation‘s Visual History Archive freely available for 40 Hungarian institutions. The database contains 54,000 video testimonies of survivors and witnesses of the genocide, thousands of them are connected to Hungary. The article gives a deep insight into the database structure, and the possible applications of resources. Authors also describe other, free-to-use oral history databases, both from Hungary and other countries.