The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names is now online.

The Names Database is an international undertaking led by Yad Vashem, from Jerusalem. It is the attempt to reconstruct the names and life stories of all the Jews who perished in the Shoah. It is the final sign of respect we can show them. We estimate that the number of Jews commemorated in the database to date is close to three million. The database is comprised of Pages of Testimony, historical documentation and other sources.

Millions of names that appear in historical documents have not yet been identified nor recorded in the database; many additional names still linger in the memories of survivors or in the lore of their families. Building the database is a work in progress. For further information on the various sources of names in the Database click here.
With the Database online, we are  urging Jewish families around the world to check the database for the names of Shoah victims that they know, and to submit unrecorded names via the site. This is a race against time – we must redeem as many names as possible before the generation that remembers them is no longer with us.
 

Join us and help ensure that every victim of the Shoah has a place in our collective memory.

For more information about the Central Database, click here.