The Encyclopaedia of the Holocaust was published in 1990, in tandem Hebrew and English editions, by Yad Vashem, the Israeli Holocaust Memorial Authority. This article is about the year. ... Hebrew (עִבְרִית or עברית, ‘Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Jewish communities around the world. ... English is the dominant language of the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and a number of other countries. ... Yad Vashem memorial sculpture Yad Vashem (יד ושם) is Israels official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust established in 1953 through the Memorial Law passed by the Knesset, Israels parliament. ... Concentration camp inmates during the Holocaust The Holocaust was Nazi Germanys systematic genocide (ethnic cleansing) of various ethnic, religious, national, and secular groups during World War II. Early elements include the Kristallnacht pogrom and the T-4 Euthanasia Program established by Hitler that killed some 200,000 people. ...

Included in the Encyclopaedia: hundreds of entries, with illustrations, maps, and bibliographic references for further reading. Both editions have a Glossary of Terms. The Index of the Hebrew edition (vol. 6) includes bilingual lists of names of persons, organizations, and places.

International Editorial Board

• Yitzhak Arad, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
• Yehuda Bauer, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Randolph L. Braham, City University of New York
• Martin Broszat (1926 - 1989), University of Munich
• Christopher R. Browning, Pacific Lutheran University
• Richard I. (Yerachmiel) Cohen, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Henry L. Feingold, City University of New York
• Saul Friedlander, Tel Aviv University
• Martin Gilbert, London University
• Israel Gutman, Yad Vashem; Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Andreas Hillgruber (1925 - 1989), University of Cologne
• Eberhard Jäckel, University of Stuttgart
• Steven Katz, Boston University, USA
• Shmuel Krakowski, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
• Otto Dov Kulka, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Dov Levin, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Czesław Madajczyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
• Michael Marrus, University of Toronto
• György Rank, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
• Jehuda Reinharz, Brandeis University, USA
• Shmuel Spector, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
• Jerzy Tomaszewski, University of Warsaw
• Aharon Weiss, Yad Vashem; University of Haifa
• Leni Yahil, University of Haifa

Editor of the English edition: Geoffrey Wigoder Yitzhak Arad is a renowned Israeli historian. ... Jerusalem (Hebrew: , Yerushaláyim or Yerushalaim; Arabic: , al-Quds; official Arabic in Israel: أورشليم القدس, Urshalim-Al-Quds) is Israels capital, most populous, [1] and largest city, with a population of 724,000 (as of May 24, 2006 [2]) contained in 123 km². An ancient Middle Eastern city on the watershed... Yehuda Bauer Yehuda Bauer (born 1926) is an historian and scholar of the Holocaust. ... האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is one of Israels oldest, largest and most important institutes of higher learning and research. ... The City University of New York (CUNY; acronym pronounced kyoo-nee), is the public university system of New York City. ... Martin Broszat (August 14, 1926 – October 14, 1989) was a left-wing West German historian. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... With approximately 48,000 students, the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (German: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München or LMU) is one of the largest universities in Germany. ... Christopher R. Browning (1944- ) is an American historian of the Holocaust. ... The University is located near Tacoma. ... Richard I. (Yerachmiel) Cohen is a professor of history, presently holding the Paulette and Claude Kelman Chair in French Jewry Studies in the Department of Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. ... The City University of New York (CUNY; acronym pronounced kyoo-nee), is the public university system of New York City. ... Saul Friedländer (born 1932) is a French-Israeli historian. ... Central Library from a lawn Tel-Aviv University (TAU, אוניברסיטת תל-אביב) is one of Israels major universities. ... Sir Martin Gilbert (born October 25, 1936 in London) is a British historian and biographer and author of over seventy books on a range of historical subjects. ... Senate House, designed by Charles Holden home to the universitys central administration offices and its library The University of London, founded in 1836, is a federation of colleges which together constitute one of the worlds largest universities. ... Andreas Fritz Hillgruber (January 18, 1925-May 8, 1989) was a conservative West German historian. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The University of Cologne (German Universität zu Köln) is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Europe and, with over 43,000 students, the second largest university in Germany. ... Eberhard Jäckel (June 29, 1929-) is a Social Democratic German historian, noted for his studies of Adolf Hitlers role in German history. ... The Universität Stuttgart is the University of Stuttgart. ... Steven T. Katz is a Jewish Philospher. ... For the unrelated Jesuit university in Chestnut Hill, see Boston College. ... Categories: PAN | PAU | Scientific societies | Polish scientific societies | Stub | Education in Poland | Polish institutions | National academies ... Warsaw (Polish: , (?), in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto StoÅ‚eczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ... Michael Robert Marrus (born February 3, 1941) is a Canadian historian of France, the Holocaust and Jewish history. ... The University of Toronto (U of T) is a non-denominational, provincially-supported, coeducational public research university located in Toronto, Ontario. ... The Hungarian Academy of Sciences (in short: HAS, in Hungarian: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia) was founded in 1825, when Count István Széchenyi offered one years income of his estate for the purposes of a Learned Society at a district session of the Diet in Bratislava (seat... For other uses, see Budapest (disambiguation). ... Jehuda Reinharz (born 1944) is the president of Brandeis University, where he earned his doctorate in modern Jewish history in 1972. ... Brandeis University is a private university in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. ... Warsaw University (Polish Uniwersytet Warszawski) - the biggest and one of the most prestigious universities in Poland. ... The University of Haifa (אוניברסיטת חיפה) is a university in Haifa, Israel. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

References

• The Encyclopaedia of the Holocaust, Israel Gutman, editor-in-chief. New York: Macmillan, 1990. 4 volumes. ISBN 0-02-896090-4.
• Ha-Entsiklopedya shel ha-Shoah (Hebrew: האנציקלופדיה של השואה), Israel Gutman, editor-in-chief. Jerusalem: Yad Vashem; Tel Aviv: Sifriat Poalim Publishing House, 1990. 6 volumes. ISBN 965-04-2085-1