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Discover how how Yitskhok Rudashevski’s diary survived the Holocaust and became one of the most powerful firsthand accounts of the Vilna Ghetto.

"[The app] includes a map of the world that people can scroll across to find 130 geolocated testimonials from survivors. Zoom in on Poland and there are 14 such testimonials, with 10 relating to Auschwitz." ow.ly/3Zxb50VN39R

Jascha Nemtsov discusses his new book, "From St. Petersburg to Vienna: The New Jewish School in Music (1908-1938) As Part of the Jewish Cultural Renaissance," in which he brings to life a lost era of Jewish musical innovation. yivo.org/New-Jewish-Sch…

Jeffrey Shandler examines some of YIVO’s undertakings during the immediate postwar years, as its leaders forged a new sense of purpose in response to their radically altered circumstances. Part of the 2025 Yiddish Civilization Lecture Series.

"YIVO’s extensive materials on everything from labor to theater to food ... not only helped to preserve Yiddish culture from Europe, but also helped us better understand the evolution and diversity of the Jewish American experience." ow.ly/h8t950VRcTX

The inside cover of a Yiddish Translation of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Published by Grohar un Stodolski, ca. 1927. #fromtheyivolibrary #treasureisland #yiddishtranslations #booksintranslation

Joshua Price provides an overview of the poetry of Chaim Grade, who, although known for his prose writing, published ten volumes of poetry which deal with the most pressing issues of his life and times. Delivered in Yiddish. Part of the 2025 Yiddish Civilization Lecture Series.

“We named it the ‘violin of hope’ because if someone ends up in a difficult situation, having a task or a challenge helps them get through a lot of things...I think this helped the maker of this instrument to survive the concentration camp.” ow.ly/3g5J50VKMvI

This unique panel explores how YIVO’s early 20th-century scholars turned ordinary Jewish voices into extraordinary archives of Yiddish culture and identity that continues to inspire new research initiatives today.

Jeffrey Veidlinger explores how elderly Yiddish speakers described their memories of Jewish life in Soviet Ukraine and of survival during the Holocaust. Part of the 2025 Yiddish Civilization Lecture Series.

From Vilna to New York, trace YIVO’s extraordinary transformation into a leading force in Yiddish scholarship and Jewish historical memory at this milestone conference.

“Oskar and Emilie Schindler are proof that one person can make a difference ... Everybody said there was nothing I could do. And that’s a lie because there is always something you can do.” apnews.com/article/czech-…

Watch YIVO Senior Academic Advisor & Director of Exhibitions Eddy Portnoy discuss an early issue of the "Forverts" from 1897.

"The discovery follows the declassification earlier this month by the Argentine government of more than 1,800 files on Nazi escape via “rat-lines” to South America." ow.ly/eCAW50VS85f

Deena Ecker explores the intertwined lives of prostitutes with the larger Jewish immigrant community on the Lower East Side in the early-twentieth century.

Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich POLIN's "1945. Not the End, Not the Beginning" explores what survival meant for the few Polish Jews who emerged from the Holocaust to find their homes gone, their communities erased, and their future uncertain.

Explore the breadth and depth of Yiddish civilization in Eastern Europe, New York, and around the world with some of the field’s leading scholars. summerprogram.yivo.org/LectureSeries

.The YIVO Institute celebrates its centennial preserving and sharing the history of the Jewish diaspora. Explore their free online educational series with courses from folklore to Yiddish theater. yivo.org

“For decades I have felt that the YIVO was a kind of anchor ... I can’t imagine how I would have written anything without the YIVO Archives. The YIVO is our precious link to a world that was destroyed but whose spirit and values live on in all of us.” ow.ly/EzKj50VRe5o

Children performing at a Shvues (Shavuot) celebration in the Leipheim Displaced Persons Camp in Germany. #fromtheyivoarchives