Sefer Zikaron Le-Kedoshe Shumsk was published by former residents of Shumsk in Israel in 1968.  The book is in Hebrew and Yiddish, and includes extraordinary descriptions of the history and daily life of Shumsk, as well as detailed accounts of its destruction.

Please visit the Shumsk Yizkor Book project at Jewishgen, coordinated by Rachel Karni.  Thanks to Rachel and dedicated volunteers, a great deal of the Yizkor Book has now been translated into English, with additional translations in process.

View several images from the Shumsk Yizkor Book.

You can click here to purchase a facsimile of the yizkor book from the National Yiddish Book Center.