Memorbuch
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Memorbuch. A Memorbuch ( , ) is a book listing localities or countries in which Jews have been persecuted, together with the names of the martyrs, and necrologies.
Memorbuch.]] A Memorbuch ( , ) is a book listing localities or countries in which Jews have been persecuted, together with the names of the martyrs, and necrologies. ==Name== The memorbuch was originally called either sefer zikkaron ('Book of Remembrance') or sefer ha-zikhronot ('Book of Commemorations'). The later title, sefer hazkarat neshamot ('Memorial Book of Souls'), was soon superseded by the general name Memorbuch, derived from the . The names pinḳes ('book,' from the Greek πίναξ), Selbuch, and Totenbuch occur but seldom. The word "memorbuch" is derived from the Latin memoria. ==See also== Yizkor books ==References==
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