Research Guides: GERM 440 German Diary Cultures: Finding Diaries

Collections Containing German Language Diaries

Center for Jewish History
Home for five partner organizations: American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
Leo Baeck Institute
Primary source materials and scholarship covering history and culture of German-speaking Jews over the past five centuries.
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More than 12,000 archival collections, 5,000 memoirs and manuscripts, 25,000 photographs, 800 interviews, 80,000 books, 1,600 periodicals, and 8,000 artworks and objects
Nationalfonds der Republik Österreich für Opfer des Nationalsozialismus
Autobiographical accounts from Holocaust survivors. In German
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Diaries
Many digitized diaries and papers, most in German.

JSTOR
Look for the Advanced Search and the German language filter. JSTOR contains lots of primary sources
Alexander Street Collection
Searches ALL of the Alexander Street databases.

Testifying to the Truth
Over 1,000 accounts from eyewitnesses to Nazi persecution and genocide.
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The project was led by the Wiener Library's Head of Research Eva Reichmann. Between 1954 and 1960 she led an international search for witnesses and documentary evidence, creating a collection of unparalleled depth.
Gathering the Voices
Audio and video testimonies from Holocaust refugees who have connections with Scotland

The Diary Index
Open access digitized diaries from countries worldwide. Project by Dr. Desirée Henderson, Department of English, University of Texas Arlington