Why diaries matter
A diary records what a writer knew, believed and felt at a particular moment, before the outcome was known.
Different settings
Important diaries come from ghettos, hiding places, camps and occupied cities.
Examples
Anne Frank, Dawid Sierakowiak, Abraham Lewin, Adam Czerniaków, Janusz Korczak and Yitzhak Rudashevski belong to distinct historical settings.
Limits
Diaries are personal sources, not complete community censuses; surviving fragments and postwar editing must be documented.
Digital library
The site can link facsimiles, archival references, translations and contextual essays without reproducing long copyrighted passages.
Sources
This page draws on the institutional sources listed below.