Research
Uncovering Facts, Disseminating Truth
With antisemitism and Holocaust distortion on the rise, scholarly engagement with Holocaust history is vital to both the future of historical research and the defense of historical truth. Yad Vashem’s International Institute for Holocaust Research stands at the forefront of this work, advancing critical inquiry, supporting emerging scholars, and fostering global academic exchanges.
Founded in 1993, the Institute operates as an autonomous academic division, at the forefront of international Holocaust research field. It initiates major research projects, organizes international academic events, supports both emerging and established scholars, maintains a network of scholars from around the world, is involved in the academia and publishes a wide variety of Holocaust-related publications.
The Institute is active in developing and coordinating international research, planning and undertaking scholarly projects, organizing international symposia and conferences, fostering cooperative projects among research institutions, supporting young and senior scholars researching the Holocaust, publishing analytical studies, conference proceedings, documents, and monographs on the Holocaust, and creating an international network of researchers. The Institute promotes collaborative projects with other research institutions worldwide, offers MA, PhD, and postdoctoral fellowships, and publishes academic research studies, documentation, conference anthologies, diaries, memoirs, and albums about the Holocaust.
The Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names
Yad Vashem, together with its partners, has collected and recorded the names and biographical details of millions of victims of systematic anti-Jewish persecution during the Holocaust (Shoah) period. Over four million nine hundred thousand of the near six million Jews murdered by the Nazis and their accomplices are commemorated here. This database includes information regarding victims of the Shoah: those who were murdered, many whose fate has yet to be determined as well as some who survived.
The names of about one million of those who were murdered remain unknown – and time is running out. It is our collective moral imperative to persist in our efforts to recover their names and restore their identities.
