Nolan Altman, JewishGen’s Holocaust Coordinator on Holocaust Research

Nolan Altman was bitten by the “genealogy bug” when he was inspired to write his family history in 1996 in memory of his mother. After making use of the valuable information on JewishGen, he volunteered to do data entry on various projects. In time, he was asked to become the Coordinator for JewishGen’s Holocaust Database and subsequently the Coordinator for the JOWBR (JewishGen’s Online Worldwide Burial Registry) project. Nolan  currently holds the position of JewishGen’s Director for Data Acquisition and focuses on growing the JOWBR , Holocaust and Memorial Plaques databases.

In 2021, Nolan was recognized by the IAJGS with their Lifetime Achievement Award. In addition, the organization’s volunteer award was renamed in his honor, the Nolan Altman IAJGS Volunteer of the Year Award.

He is in conversation with Steven S. Turner, President of Gesher Galicia.

A handout for the podcast can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PdytPYk3iMn9fvn-8_IoTsAkH26tb3qPv_wsyy2s_cM/edit?usp=sharing