Megan Lewis has worked at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum since 1998, where she is currently a reference librarian. She has spoken to many genealogy groups over the years about the Museum’s rich resources.

Megan has a BA in History and a Masters in Library Science. She is currently doing post-graduate work in digital curation.

“Records About the Holocaust and the Sephardic Community” (Weds-132), 9:00-10:15 A.M.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds many records about how the Holocaust affected the Sephardic communities in Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, North Africa as well as the Netherlands, France, Spain and Romania. The records of the Sephardic community in Salonika, Greece are an excellent case study of how the Holocaust scattered records to many countries, and the Museum’s role as being a center where researchers can look at dispersed records in one place.

The Museum’s library houses the Haïm-Vidal Sephiha Judeo-Espagnol Collection which contains materials in a variety of formats about the history, culture, and language of the Sephardic community, including many rare items.

This presentation will highlight the Sephardic collections and demonstrate how researchers can search our catalog to find relevant materials.

Topics: Holocaust research, Sephardic research

“Digital Resources at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum” (Thurs-171), 9:00-10:15 A.M.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is actively digitizing original materials in its collections, and whenever possible, making them available on their website.

Personal collections of Holocaust survivors and victims are the current focus. Genealogically relevant information fill these personal collections, which include letters, photographs, official documents such as passports, diplomas and much more.

This presentation will highlight some of the collections available and demonstrate how researchers can find them.

Topics: Holocaust research, Repositories