Page of Testimony

A Page of Testimony (Hebrew: דף עד) is a form issued by Yad Vashem (יד ושם) that asks for information about a Jewish victim of the Holocaust. Over 4.3 million Pages of Testimony have been submitted to Yad Vashem,[1] beginning in the 1950s.[2] Most of these, as well as other forms of documentation of Holocaust victims, are searchable and viewable online through Yad Vashem's Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names.[3]

Pages of Testimony can be submitted online,[4] or downloaded,[5] printed, and mailed to Yad Vashem. Downloadable forms are available in English, Hebrew, Russian, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Hungarian, and Dutch. Though many Pages of Testimony are submitted by relatives of the victims, anyone can submit a Page of Testimony about any victim.

Through its Names Recovery Project, Yad Vashem actively solicits help collecting new Pages of Testimony, and provides resources for community outreach.[6]

Details provided on Pages of Testimony vary, but can include genealogical, residential, occupational, and wartime information about the victims. Submitters are named and their relationships to the victims, contact information (on the date of submission), and wartime status are sometimes recorded.

  1. ^ "About the Yad Vashem Archives - Yad Vashem Archives". Yad Vashem. 16 February 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Hall of Names - The Holocaust History Museum". Yad Vashem. 16 February 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  3. ^ "The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names". Db.yadvashem.org. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  4. ^ "The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names". Yadvashem.org. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Let No Holocaust Victim Be Forgotten" (PDF). Yadvashem.org. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Remembrance". Yadvashem.org. Retrieved 28 February 2015.