Sefer
Zikaron Le-Kedoshe Shumsk was published by former residents of Shumsk in Israel in 1968. Written in Hebrew and Yiddish, it includes
extraordinary descriptions of the history and daily life of Shumsk, as
well as detailed accounts of the destruction of the town's Jewish community during World War II.
Please visit the Shumsk
Yizkor Book project at
JewishGen, coordinated by Rachel Karni and Lynne Tolman. Thanks to Rachel, Lynne, and
dedicated volunteers, a great deal of the Yizkor Book has now been
translated into English, with additional translations in process.
The original book can be viewed here in its
entirety thanks to the New York Public Library.
For Hebrew readers: The entire Yiddish portion of the Shumsk yizkor book has been translated into Hebrew by Esther Winschelbaum. The link to the pdf may be found at the bottom of this page ( בעברית )
A facsimile edition of the Shumsk
Yizkor Book may be purchased from the
Yiddish Book Center by clicking here.