The long Jewish history for most Galician towns tragically ended with the Holocaust, or Shoah. These research sources are often quite different from other sources.

• Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum - A searchable database in English.
• Austrian Victims of the Holocaust: Registration by Name - Searchable database of information concerning the fates of more than 62,000 Austrian Jews who fell victim to the Holocaust. Names, dates of birth, the destination and date of deportation transports and - as far as known - dates and places of death can be found.
• Belzec: Prototype of the Final Solution; Hitler's Answer to the Jewish Question by Robin O'Neil. "What follows is the background of how this policy of genocide was conceived, put into operation and staffed, and how the ordinary men involved were caught up in one of the blackest moments in human history." The complete 16 chapter book, with extensive notes, is on the JewishGen Yizkor Book Project web site.
• Displaced Persons Card Index for two Berlin DP Transit Camps 1945-1949 - Online alphabetical listing of 11,139 Jewish displaced persons from Central and Eastern Europe after the war, including many Galitzianers. Each is listed with a surname, first name, birth date, birthplace, and card number. See sample card showing photo and other details. The Jewish Community of Berlin (JCB) maintained several transit camps in the early postwar years. In 1992, the JCB transferred the Berlin-Wittenau Transit Camp Cards #1–5342 and the Iranische Street Transit Camp Cards #5343–11,139 to the Heidelberg Central Archives for the Study of the History of the Jews in Germany. Preface in German.
• Gedenkbuch 1933 - 1945 (Second edition, published by the German National Archives, 2006) – Searchable database of Jewish victims from all places that were within Germany's 1937 borders, including towns that later became part of East Germany, Poland, and Russia. Searchable by surname, first name, birth name, place of birth, place of residence, and place of deportation. In German.
• Holocaust Survivors from Poland
• International Tracing Service (ITS) at Bad Arolsen serves victims of Nazi persecutions and their families by documenting their fate through the archives it manages. The ITS preserves these historic records and makes them available for research.
• Mémorial de la Shoah - Searchable database of victims and members of the French Resistance. Includes Jews from many countries, including Poland, who were deported from France. In French.
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) - Located in Washington, D.C.
• List of Jews Deported from France - Searchable database in English.
• Yad Vashem - Located in Jerusalem, this is the Jewish people's memorial to the murdered Six Million. It contains the world's largest repository of information on the Holocaust, or Shoah. A leader in Shoah education, commemoration, research, and documentation.
  • The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names - Search for names of victims, submit unrecorded names and information on Pages of Testimony (special forms containing biographical details of individual victims), send photos of victims, learn about the Shoah.
  • Searching for Submitters of Pages of Testimony to Yad Vashem from Israel - The Israel Genealogical Society has set up a process whereby you can send your queries to find submitters of Pages of Testimony or their descendants. Queries are posted on the Society's website, which is publicized around Israel so that others will see if they know anyone or can help you in your search.
• Yizkor books - Memorial books for towns written by Holocaust survivors and people from the town who emigrated before the war.