Boniuk Library is dedicated to serving the research needs of those studying the Holocaust, human rights and genocide.
For reference questions, reading recommendations, assistance for educators, or additional questions we can be reached at library@hmh.org.
Explore the library’s research guides below for information on some of our most commonly requested research topics.
RESEARCH GUIDES
Use the Boniuk Library’s specialized research guides to get started. Each guide has citations for books, websites, and other media centered on an aspect of the Holocaust. There are many more perspectives beyond these. Please call 713-527-1610 or write to library@hmh.org for reference assistance.
Holocaust
Anti-Jewish Legislation
Genealogy
Holocaust Denial
Human Rights
Jewish Resistance
Kindertransport
Liberators
Minority Victims of the Holocaust
Online Resources
Propaganda
Righteous Gentiles and Rescuers
Youth Diaries
Hispanic and Latino American Veterans of WWII and the Holocaust
Women Who Code
Genocide
The systematic murder of a race, ethnicity, religion, even political views is not unique to Germany. The lives and freedoms of people all over the world have been attacked periodically through human history. These guides have a few examples organized by geopolitical areas.
Genocide Studies
Genocide in Armenia
Genocide of Indigenous Peoples
Rwandan Genocide
Syrian Refugees
Genocide in Darfur
Genocide in Bosnia
Genocide in Cambodia
Genocide in Guatemala
RESEARCH DATABASES
Boniuk Library Catalog
Search the print and digital holdings of the library. Visitors may browse the collection while visiting the library in person. Only Holocaust Museum Houston members may borrow materials to take home. Register a phone number to use the digital collection on Libby for free.
World Cat
Search the catalogs of libraries around the world. Use your public library’s interlibrary loan services to borrow these materials.
Academia.edu
Academia is a platform for sharing academic research. Academics have uploaded 36 million papers, and 102 million academics, professionals, and students read papers on Academia every month.
Encyclopedia.com
At Encyclopedia.com, you get free access to over 300,000 reference entries from sources you can cite. Plus, more than 50,000 topic summaries feature related pictures, videos, topic summaries, and newspaper and magazine articles from around the world. Encyclopedia.com takes great care in constantly updating our content with the latest from our partners.
JStor
JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. We help you explore a wide range of scholarly content through a powerful research and teaching platform. We collaborate with the academic community to help libraries connect students and faculty to vital content while lowering costs and increasing shelf space, provide independent researchers with free and low-cost access to scholarship, and help publishers reach new audiences and preserve their content for future generations. JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization that also includes Artstor, Ithaka S+R, and Portico.
Archives Unbound
Testaments to the Holocaust
Documents and Rare Printed Materials from the Wiener Library, London
Testaments to the Holocaust is the online publication of the archives of the Wiener Library, London, the first archive to collect evidence of the Holocaust and the antisemitic activities of the German Nazi Party. It contains documentary evidence collected in several different programs: the eyewitness accounts which were collected before, during and after the Second World War, from people fleeing the Nazi oppression, a large collection of photographs of pre-war Jewish life, the activities of the Nazis, and the ghettoes and camps, a collection of postcards of synagogues in Germany and eastern Europe, most since destroyed, a unique collection of Nazi propaganda publications including a large collection of “educational” children’s’ books, and the card index of biographical details of prominent figures in Nazi Germany, many with portrait photographs. Pamphlets, bulletins and journals published by the Wiener Library to record and disseminate the research of the Institute are also included. 75 percent of the content is written in German.
Safehaven Reports on Nazi Looting of Occupied Countries and Assets in Neutral Countries
It was within the context of evidence collection that the War Crimes Branch received copies of documents known as “SAFEHAVEN Reports.” SAFEHAVEN was the code name of a project of the Foreign Economic Administration, in cooperation with the State Department and the military services, to block the flow of German capital across neutral boundaries and to identify and observe all German overseas investments. In order to coordinate research and intelligence-sharing regarding SAFEHAVEN-related topics, the War Crimes Branch received SAFEHAVEN reports from various agencies of the U.S. Government, as well as SAFEHAVEN-related military attaché reports, regarding the clandestine transfer of German assets outside of Germany that could be used to rebuild the German war machine or the Nazi party after the war, as well as art looting and other acts that elicited the interest of Allied intelligence agencies during the war. Another aspect of the SAFEHAVEN project was the restoration of looted art treasures to their rightful owners.
U.S. Relations with the Vatican and the Holocaust, 1940-1950
Much has been published chronicling the role of Pope Pius XII regarding refugees, the Holocaust and relations with America during the war years and the immediate post-war period. This publication provides a wealth of unique correspondence, reports, and analyses, memos of conversations, and personal interviews exploring such themes U.S.-Vatican relations, Vatican’s role in World War II, Jewish refugees, Italian anti-Jewish laws during the papacy of Pius XII, and the pope’s personal knowledge of the treatment of European Jews.
Destroyed Communities Interactive Learning Center
Six million Jews perished, and 20,000 Jewish communities also were destroyed. Holocaust Museum Houston ‘s Destroyed Communities Project serves as a permanent memorial to some of those places including the home communities of Houston-area survivors.
Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
The Fortunoff Archive currently holds more than 4,400 testimonies, which are comprised of over 12,000 recorded hours of videotape. Testimonies were produced in cooperation with thirty-six affiliated projects across North America, South America, Europe, and Israel. The Fortunoff Archive and its affiliates recorded the testimonies of willing individuals with first-hand experience of the Nazi persecutions, including those who were in hiding, survivors, bystanders, resistants, and liberators. Testimonies were recorded in whatever language the witness preferred, and range in length from 30 minutes to over 40 hours (recorded over several sessions).
Hein Online
HeinOnline is a premier online research platform that provides more than 200 million pages of multidisciplinary periodicals, essential government documents, international resources, case law, and much more. Composed of fully searchable image-based PDFs and available at an affordable price, the wealth of material allows academic institutions, government agencies, law firms, court systems, corporations, and other organizations access to authoritative, true-to-print digital material without the hassle or cost of using multiple research databases.
Every document across HeinOnline’s 100+ databases is an exact facsimile of its print counterpart, providing access to original, authoritative sources as well as the ease and speed that accompanies online searching. To improve the discoverability of relevant content, we’ve also incorporated unique artificial intelligence tools and research aids throughout our various databases.
SpringerOpen
SpringerOpen, launched in June 2010, includes Springer’s portfolio of 200+ peer-reviewed fully open access journals across all areas of science.
In August 2012, due to the growing demand for open access and the success of our SpringerOpen journals, we expanded our offering to open access books. Published under the SpringerOpen brand they complement our established open access journal portfolio.
SpringerOpen journals and books are made freely and permanently available online immediately upon publication. They are subject to high-level peer review, author and production services ensuring quality and reliability of the work. Authors publishing with SpringerOpen retain the copyright to their work, licensing it under a Creative Commons license. To cover the cost of the publication process, all SpringerOpen journals and books charge an open access fee.
Publishing with SpringerOpen enables authors to widen their readership, comply with open access mandates, retain copyright, and benefit from Springer’s trusted brand!
