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Subject Guide: Holocaust—Newspapers

A selection of newspapers and online resources to assist researchers looking into the pubic discourse of the Holocaust. Part of the Library of Congress HIstory Unfolded initiative.

New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia examining a copy of the Yiddish newspaper "Der Tog," D-Day, New York City, June 6, 1944. RG 120 US 139. YIVO

Titles R-Z

Socialist Review (New York)

English. American socialist monthly.

Di Sotsiyalistishe shtime (New York)

Yiddish. Ran from 1935 to 1941. We have scattered issues.​

German. Founded in 1938.

English. Founded in 1939. "Combining the Florida Jewish news and the Jewish citizen."

Ṭeaṭer (New York)

Yiddish. Founded in 1939.

Der tog-strayker (New York)

Yiddish. Started in 1941. Have scattered issues. Published by the Newspaper Guild of NY.

Untervegs (New York)

Yiddish. Founded in 1934.

Unzer stayt (New York)

Yiddish. Paper of the American Representation of the General Jewish Workers’ Union of Poland. We have scattered issues starting from 1941.

Unzer Veg (New York)

Yiddish. Have issues from 1933 and 1934. “Religious-national weekly paper.”

Ṿegṿayzer (Pennsylvania)

English and Yiddish. Founded in 1938. "The Jewish Leader."

Voici : la France de ce mois (New York)

French. Founded in 1940. Part of the Wiener Library collection of the Leo Baeck Institute.

The Washington Post

English. This periodical can be accessed on-site through a personal laptop or desktop computer via our Pro-Quest Database.

The World Over (New York)

English. Founded in 1940. "A magazine for boys and girls."

Wyoming Jewish Press (Cheyenne, WY)

English. Founded by Abe Goldstein 1930. Served Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. We have 1930-1940.

Yedies̀ fun Idishn masn-lebn in Poyln (New York)

Yiddish. Founded in 1939.

Yiddishe Velt (Cleveland, OH)

Yiddish. Cleveland’s main Yiddish-language newspaper for over 40 years. Originally called the Yiddishe Tegliche Presse. We have 1913-1952.

Yidishe shriftn (New York)

Yiddish. Founded in 1941.