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News from the Library
Library Receives Fackenheim Publications
By Dr. Robert Rozett
Microfilm from
the Slovak National Library
Recently, the Yad Vashem Library was
privileged to choose publications from the literary estate of the
late Professor Emil Fackenheim, owing to a kind offer made by
Professor Michael Morgan, the estate executor. Fackenheim z"l—a
seminal Jewish philosopher who struggled with the implications of
the Holocaust—passed away last year. He was probably best known
for his formulation of the “614th commandment:” after
the Holocaust Jews should remain faithful, continue to live as
Jews and thus avoid giving Hitler a posthumous victory.
Among Fackenheim’s most important
works are: God's Presence in History: Jewish Affirmations and
Philosophical Reflections; The Jewish Return into History:
Reflections in the Age of Auschwitz and a New Jerusalem;
and To Mend the World: Foundations of Post-Holocaust Jewish
Thought. In addition to his writings, the library acquired
other works from his personal collection. Placing publications
from Fackenheim’s literary estate in the Yad Vashem Library is a
fitting memorial to such an important Jewish thinker.
Microfilm from the Slovak National Library
As part of an exchange agreement with
the Slovak National Library, the Yad Vashem Library has received
microfilm of newspapers relevant to the history of the Holocaust
in Slovakia. The collection comprises 23 Jewish and non-Jewish
newspapers on 121 microfilm reels. The exchange is part of an
ongoing relationship between the two libraries, through which Yad
Vashem has provided the Slovaks with essential material about the
Holocaust.
The author is Director of the Library
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