Holocaust historical data goes online
Dar
2011/01/26 22:55:45
TEL AVIV, Israel – The world's largest collection of Holocaust documents is going online.
Israel's Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem, is teaming up with Google to make its photographs and documents available and searchable on the Internet. The first 130,000 photos hit the web Wednesday.
Viewers can also contribute to the project by adding their own stories and documents about family members who appear in the online archives.
Google says it is using experimental optical character recognition technology to make documents searchable and easier to navigate. The new feature upgrades Yad Vashem's already formidable website.
The launch comes a day before the U.N. marks its annual Holocaust remembrance day.
Yad Vashem Photo Archive
Israel's Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem, is teaming up with Google to make its photographs and documents available and searchable on the Internet. The first 130,000 photos hit the web Wednesday.
Viewers can also contribute to the project by adding their own stories and documents about family members who appear in the online archives.
Google says it is using experimental optical character recognition technology to make documents searchable and easier to navigate. The new feature upgrades Yad Vashem's already formidable website.
The launch comes a day before the U.N. marks its annual Holocaust remembrance day.
Yad Vashem Photo Archive
Top Opinion
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Bozette 2011/01/26 23:18:39
As the generation affected by this horror is dying off .. we need to make sure there is a TRUE Record of their LIFE, their EXPERIENCES so that those who follow us in the future will have this resource (and potentially not make the same mistake down the road of 'ethnic cleansing' (murderous regimes))