By Researching Hungarian Jewish Community History Books

The latest EHRI Document Blogpost, written by former EHRI fellow and Oxford Doctoral Candidate Barnabas Balint, identifies a specific genre of local history source – Hungarian Jewish community history books. These books are similar to Yizkor books, that are Hebrew and Yiddish language memorial books that document the Jewish communities destroyed in the Holocaust.

In this blogpost, Barnabas Balint explores the contribution of these Jewish community books to our understanding of the Holocaust, including the history of Orthodox Jews and provincial areas of Hungary.

The example of the book of Ujpest showcases how this source can elaborate on the under-studied aspects of Hungarian Jewish history, provides insight into Jewish and non-Jewish spaces, and opens new opportunities for further research.

Read the EHRI Document Blog

Other blogposts by Barnabas Balint:

Identifying the author of an anonymous diary from the Holocaust in Hungary

Recognising the 'Anonymous' Resistors: Everyday Heroes in Occupied Hungary