Memorial books as a remembrance of collective trauma

The most characteristic and unique phenomenon in the literature springing from the Holocaust are Jewish memorial (yizker) books. The survivors feared that the fate of the annihilated communities would be forgotten. The memorial books devoted to Jewish communities in cities and towns wiped out were compiled after the war on the initiative of individuals, fraternal associations, and institutions in Israel and the Diaspora. Memorial books are a type of monument giving some idea of the wealth of Jewish life before the Holocaust