Yaffa Eliach

Yaffa Eliach
Yaffa Eliach
Yaffa Eliach
Born
Yaffa Sonenzon

(1937-05-31)May 31, 1937[a]
Ejszyszki, Second Polish Republic (now Eišiškės, Lithuania)
DiedNovember 8, 2016(2016-11-08) (aged 81)
Manhattan, New York, United States
EducationBrooklyn College, City University of New York
OccupationHistorian
Known forFounding Director of the Center for Holocaust Studies, Documentation and Research

Yaffa Eliach (May 31, 1935[a] – November 8, 2016[2]) was an American historian, author, and scholar of Judaic studies and the Holocaust. In 1974, she founded the Center for Holocaust Studies, Documentation and Research in Brooklyn, New York,[3][4] which collected over 2,700 audio interviews of Holocaust survivors as well as thousands of physical artifacts. Eliach created the "Tower of Faces" made up by 1,500 photographs for permanent display at the US Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.

  1. ^ Yaffa Eliach, Holocaust survivor who revived a lost town in photographs, dies, Emily Langer, 10 November 2016
  2. ^ Berger, Joseph (2016-11-09). "Yaffa Eliach, Historian Who Captured Faces of the Holocaust, Dies at 79". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  3. ^ "Yaffa Eliach's Historic Contributions to the Museum of Jewish Heritage". Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  4. ^ "Yaffa Eliach, the Voice of Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust". Tablet Magazine. 2016-11-15. Retrieved 2020-03-16.


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