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A Compendium of Online Resources for Holocaust Research

A Compendium of Online Resources for Holocaust Research The Hall of Names at Yad Vashem . (Public Domain) Every writer has the responsibility of understanding what it is they are writing about. Biographers and memoirists are tasked with corroborating the personal narrative of their subjects with verified facts, documentation, and external perspectives. An author of historical must have a good sense of the time period their book inhabits: everything from global phenomena to the details of daily life has some bearing on who the novel’s characters are, how they behave (and why), what the world around them looks like. And if you’re telling the story of your own relatives, ancestors, or personal acquaintances, you’ve probably already discovered that memories and family lore will only get you so far. As always, revisiting your articulated motives for writing about the Holocaust will help you assess what kind of research is needed and determine which resources wi

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