Lithuania’s Lost Jewish Archives Come to Life Online
Invaluable heritage of Vilnius Jews now open to public free of charge
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (YIVO) and Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, the Lithuanian Central State Archive and The Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences completed the Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections Project (EBYVOC), a historic 7-year, $7 million international initiative to process, conserve and digitize YIVO’s divided prewar library and archival collections, comprising approximately 4.1 million pages of archival documents and books.
These materials, divided by World War II and located in New York and Vilnius, Lithuania, have now been digitally reunited for the first time.
The completion of the EBYVOC Project is an epic milestone in the preservation of Eastern European Jewish history and culture. It was completed on schedule and within budget, providing a global audience access to these treasures through a dedicated web portal free-of-charge. We invite you to explore this remarkable collection at https://vilnacollections.yivo.org/.
Please also refer to the media release and quotes about the significance of the project.
