# Yizkor Books: Narratives of Memory and Resilience of a Lost Jewish World

Yizkor Books: Narratives of Memory and Resilience of a Lost Jewish World at Queensborough Community College - City University of New York, Wednesday 18 November 2026, 14:15.

- Venue: Queensborough Community College - City University of New York, 56th Avenue 222-05, 11364 Bayside
- Go to page: https://www.qcc.cuny.edu/calendar/events/2026-11-18-yizkor-books-narratives-of-memory.html

A lecture on yizkor books, the memorial volumes written primarily by Holocaust survivors for the Jewish towns of Eastern Europe known as shtetls, documenting both their day-to-day culture and their destruction during World War II. Author Jane Ziegelman, who wrote Once There Was a Town: The Memory Books of a Lost Jewish World, discusses the history and substance of these books as testaments to remembrance and resilience. The event is part of the 2026-27 Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center and National Endowment for the Humanities Colloquium 'Storytelling in/as Resistance' and is held both in person and on Zoom.

## Dates

- Wednesday 18 November 14:15 — Queensborough Community College - City University of New York

Written by a model, sources: [qcc.cuny.edu](https://www.qcc.cuny.edu/calendar/events/2026-11-18-yizkor-books-narratives-of-memory.html)

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