Yad Vashem (YV)

max mor

Will find any entry containing "max" and "mor".

max OR mor

Will find any entry containing "max" or "mor".

(max OR mor) AND (moritz OR else)

Will find any entry containing both either "max" or "mor", and either "moritz" or "else".

max*

Will find any entry starting with "max".

mor*z

Will find entries like "moritz", "mormanz", "morz", etc.

max -mor

Will find any entry containing "max", excluding those containing "mor"

"max mor"

Will find any entry containing exact phrase "max mor"

"otto normalverbraucher.png"

Will find exact phrase "otto normalverbraucher.png"

m?x

Will find entries like "max", "mux", "mkx", etc.

m??x

Will find "marx", but not "max"

moritz~ or moritz~0.2

Find similar entries to "moritz" like "moricz" or "modlitz". Can be followed by a number between 0.0 and 1.0 to fine tune similarity.

"max moritz"~10

Find the terms "max" and "moritz" which have to be within 10 words of each other in the same field.

Date Fields

03.10.1921

Will find the date October 3rd, 1921.

<03.10.1921

Will find dates before October 3rd, 1921.

>=03.10.1921

Will find dates after and on October 3rd, 1921.

Numeric Fields

10

Will find the number 10.

<=10

Will numbers lower or equal to 10.

>10

Will find numbers greater than 10.

All Fields

NULL

Will find empty fields.

NOT NULL

Will find non-empty fields.

-max -moritz

Fields containing neither max nor moritz.

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