This unique project was accomplished by Lee Potasinski, an Auschwitz survivor and volunteer researcher at the Holocaust Resource Center. He completed this tedious job in less than 10 years by scanning microfilmed daily issues and selecting items dealing with the persecution of the Jews in Germany since the rise of Hitler, including anti-Semitic acts around the world. The collection also covers the postwar period including liberation of the death camps, the opening of Displaced Persons camps and the survivors’ struggle for a new life, the establishment of the State of Israel and the Nuremberg Trials.

He mounted the clippings in large-sized binders (17” x 24”) containing 673 pages. Altogether these article are enclosed in 31 binders and there is only two sets available in the United States. One set is in the collection of the Holocaust Resource Center and Archives at Queensborough Community College and the second set is in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.


THE YIZKOR BOOKS
Yizkor (Memorial) Books are some of the best sources for learning about Jewish communities in Eastern and Central Europe. Groups of former residents, or landsmanshaftn, have published these books as a tribute to their former homes and the people who were murdered during the Holocaust. The majority of these books were written in Hebrew or Yiddish. The Holocaust Center’s Yizkor books are open to the public during the hours the Center is open.