The Yad Vashem collections form the world's most extensive archival repository on the subject of the Holocaust. At a time when the survivor generation is dwindling, Yad Vashem seeks to keep the memory of the Shoah alive by giving voice to the many and varied items in its collections. There is a story behind every photograph, every work of art, every letter, every object: the story of an individual, a family, a community. We invite you to explore Yad Vashem's collections and discover the wealth of personal stories they tell.
![1920's. Standing: Hinda-Feiga (née Falkovich) and Nehemia Burgin. In the middle is their eldest daughter Bluma and another boy. Seated: Feiga or Nehemia's parents – Yehiel Burgin's grandparents 1920's. Standing: Hinda-Feiga (née Falkovich) and Nehemia Burgin. In the middle is their eldest daughter Bluma and another boy. Seated: Feiga or Nehemia's parents – Yehiel Burgin's grandparents](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/Img4936b.jpg?itok=4Ah5i2me)
Duet in the Vilna Ghetto: Yehiel and Zlata Burgin
![Architecture of Murder. The Auschwitz-Birkenau Blueprints Architecture of Murder. The Auschwitz-Birkenau Blueprints](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/plan1.jpg?itok=2-IP_Vug)
Architecture of Murder. The Auschwitz-Birkenau Blueprints
![Hannah Szenes (Senesh) Hannah Szenes (Senesh)](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/01_786.jpg?itok=b1rnwmmk)
Hannah Szenes: Zionist, Paratrooper and Poet
![Escaping Deportation from Rivesaltes: the Story of the Krieser Sisters Escaping Deportation from Rivesaltes: the Story of the Krieser Sisters](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/02_568.jpg?itok=MzjU-x30)
Escaping Deportation from Rivesaltes: the Story of the Krieser Sisters
![Yechiel Scheinboim, commander of "Yechiel's Struggle Group", one of the underground groups in the ghetto Yechiel Scheinboim, commander of "Yechiel's Struggle Group", one of the underground groups in the ghetto](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/2921_130.jpg?itok=OFwgutCB)
Yechiel's Struggle Group in the Vilna Ghetto
![Pierre Wolkowicz, late 1930s Pierre Wolkowicz, late 1930s](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/15718_1_2_D.jpg?itok=8ydx0i3W)
Pierre Wolkowicz's Violin and Last Letter
![Photo taken by the 60 Photo-Reconnaissance Squadron of the South African Air Force operating from southern Italy on 31 May 1944 for bombing intelligence purposes. Photo taken by the 60 Photo-Reconnaissance Squadron of the South African Air Force operating from southern Italy on 31 May 1944 for bombing intelligence purposes.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/964_3.jpg?itok=scwVIkYP)
Aerial Photographs of Auschwitz
![Shabtai-Shepsel Bleicher Shabtai-Shepsel Bleicher](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/4068_50.jpg?itok=gJFwRg7l)
Shabtai Bleicher, a Theater Actor in the Vilna Ghetto, 1906-1944
![Toy boat sent from the Pithiviers camp to Jean Pojzman in Boulogne-Billancourt, France Toy boat sent from the Pithiviers camp to Jean Pojzman in Boulogne-Billancourt, France](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/01_631.jpg?itok=E7So6njD)
Toy Boat from Pithiviers
![Rare Color Footage Depicting Jewish Life in the Shtetl before the Holocaust Rare Color Footage Depicting Jewish Life in the Shtetl before the Holocaust](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/screenshot_3.jpg?itok=R49vF0Yh)
Rare Color Footage Depicting Jewish Life in the Shtetl before the Holocaust
![The Pitel Family The Pitel Family](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/pitel_family.jpg?itok=veTYDuUW)
The Pitel Family
![Brooch in the shape of a puppy that Anna Nussbaum received as a parting gift from her father when she left Vienna on a Kindertransport Brooch in the shape of a puppy that Anna Nussbaum received as a parting gift from her father when she left Vienna on a Kindertransport](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/1-16077_A.jpg?itok=SMPJnpTA)
Brooch in the shape of a puppy that Anna Nussbaum received as a parting gift from her father
![A German plane flying over the Plaszow camp A German plane flying over the Plaszow camp](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/15AO4__1.jpg?itok=OjZm32yF)
Aerial Evidence for Schindler’s List
![Meine Liebe Frau Pels Meine Liebe Frau Pels](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/mayer01.jpg?itok=NCskrVkW)
Meine Liebe Frau Pels
![Child Survivors at the Liberation of Auschwitz – 27 January 1945 Child Survivors at the Liberation of Auschwitz – 27 January 1945](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/photo_new_0.jpg?itok=Oa7VnSG1)
Child Survivors at the Liberation of Auschwitz – 27 January 1945
![German policemen humiliating Rabbi Moshe Yitzhak Hagermann on "Bloody Wednesday" in Olkusz, Poland, 31/07/1940 German policemen humiliating Rabbi Moshe Yitzhak Hagermann on "Bloody Wednesday" in Olkusz, Poland, 31/07/1940](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/1_113.jpg?itok=PGk_nxMo)
German Police Activity in Olkusz, 31/7/1940
![Kurt Gerber, born on 17/07/1915 Kurt Gerber, born on 17/07/1915](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/6756_162.jpg?itok=KsB5rgd2)
Album of Passport Photographs of Slovak Jews
![Hanukkah menorah belonging to the Posner family from Kiel Hanukkah menorah belonging to the Posner family from Kiel](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/hanukkah-posner.jpg?itok=1S7sBVII)
Prewar Hanukkah Menorah owned by the Posner family in Kiel, Germany
(1932)
"Death to Judah"
So the flag says
"Judah will live forever"
So the light answersThe date of 1932, inscribed on the back, most likely refers to the date the picture was developed.Rabbi Dr. Akiva Posner, Doctor of Philosophy from Halle-Wittenberg...