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If you’re writing 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... bit.ly/2QwJQCa

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Want to learn more about your family history, but don't know where to start? These digital archives can help—even if you're looking for information from before the Holocaust: bit.ly/32jOXrV

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Hit a dead end in your family genealogy? Holocaust research might be of more use to you than you think. Check out this list of digital archives, with directions for how to use and access them: bit.ly/2QwJQCa

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Researching the Shoah, or your family history? The digital collections Yad Vashem include a wealth of documentation concerning the Holocaust in multiple languages including a database of Holocaust victims’ names, photos, documents, and films: bit.ly/2QwJQCa

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In light of President Donald J. Trump's historic recognition of Armenian history, read "Genocide," a lost poem by the man who coined the term, recovered and translated by James Loeffler and Leora Bilsky: bit.ly/3aIR8tN

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Menachem Kaiser's PLUNDER is a spellbinding, stranger-than-fiction tale filled with intrigue and ambiguity, told by a writer capable of suspending fantasy for the reality of what’s before him: bit.ly/3vv4q5T

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Researching your family history? You can submit an online form to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for personalized research assistance from the USHMM staff, as well as guides to navigating the Museum’s digital collections: bit.ly/2QwJQCa

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On average, 2 new books about the Holocaust are published every day. Get started your own #Shoah story: bit.ly/2ZERprH

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A life-size pop-up book of a wooden synagogue appears at the site of the Babi Yar Massacre, in which somewhere between 34,000 and 100,000 Jews were executed in two days, 80 years ago: bit.ly/3nxxs1d

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Casting the Shoah as sacrosanct can be a way of diminishing, or even denying, other narratives and experiences—and demanding that others similarly diminish or ignore those experiences: bit.ly/39kKZmV

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A pop-up memorial outside Kiev commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Babi Yar Massacre with a collapsible wooden synagogue. Dezeen bit.ly/3nxxs1d

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New to Kletsker? So are we. Help us deliver the best publishing insights, writing resources, and research tips by taking a brief survey on our content so far: bit.ly/2OCCnQV

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Interested in your family history? National Library of Israel provides free research consultations “to help people who are not experts in the field of genealogy to conduct research into their family roots,” as well as a detailed list of resources for further exploration: bit.ly/2QwJQCa

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Working on a story about the Holocaust? Even if the impetus seems obvious to you, exploring and understanding WHY you want to write about the Shoah is a crucial first step to your project: bit.ly/3dvW0op #amwriting

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Want to learn about your family's "alte heim"? A partner project between Yiddish Book Center and NY Public Library offers public access to an extensive collection of digitized yizkor bicher (memorial books) online: bit.ly/2QwJQCa