The Museum’s Collections document the fate of Holocaust victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others through artifacts, documents, photos, films, books, personal stories, and more. Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the Shapell Center.
…, the family was taken to the Föhrenwald Displaced Persons camp. Frances resumed school at a Gymnasium in Munich, Germany. Her parents both enrolled in…
… Soviet military; Simon's work in a brewery; their escape to the American Zone of Occupation in Germany; the displaced persons camp at Föhrenwald, Germany…
… persons camp in Germany in January of 1946. Henry headed the camp until July 1946, at which point he returned to the United States to teach at the City…
… students and principal. He attended Hebrew school three days a week.
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, and that day, a bomb fell on Shmuel’s…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.264 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0264
Date:
interview: 1995 December 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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…, when war broke out between Germany and Russia, the latter left town. 45.39 Entrance of the Germans into the town. Men are rounded up 'for work', among…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.69 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0069
Date:
interview: 1981 November 09 interview: 1981 November 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Walter Silberstein, born November 9, 1902 in Stargard, Germany (Poland), describes being the son of the only rabbi serving around Stargard; studying…
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… Stettin. Today it is Polish. JF: At that time it was Germany? WS: Yes. JF: Can you tell me a little bit about your family? WS: My father was a rabbi in…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.137 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0137
Date:
interview: 1991 June 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… initial encounter with Soviet soldiers; going to Warsaw and seeing the destruction; life in the Föhrenwald refugee camp in Germany, where he learned…
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… that time were detoured by the British to Cyprus, so they waited in Germany. He describes the full life in the camp, the new exchange-rate economy and…
… persons camps Neu Freimann and Foehrenwald in the United States zone of occupied-Germany from 1946 to 1950.…
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… zone of occupation in Germany from 1946 to 1950. The displaced persons (DP) camp he was assigned to was Neu Freimann in Munich, very close to Dachau…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2006.70.190 | RG Number: RG-50.583.0190
Date:
undated:
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
… consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0094 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0116
Date:
interview: 1999 May 11
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Department volunteer staff. The interviewees, among them survivors from Hungary, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, and Poland, discuss their experiences of life…
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… the – to the whole camp, so to speak. Q: Okay. A: They put us on these cattle trains and we were traveling. And in Germany, all of a sudden we had to…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.86 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0086
Date:
interview: 1985 April 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Refugee camps--Germany.…
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… with the radio I could hear. It was in Polish, so I could hear. And we heard about Nazis being in Germany, about Hitler being--we were hearing that the…
…The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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… there the same trade with my brothers, the first brothers were there. You know, like they...what do they call it, Willy, in Germany? No, you can't talk…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.318 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0318
Date:
interview: 1996 December 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… movement; joining the underground military movement, the Etzel, and taking an active part in obtaining weapons in Germany; and undergoing military training…
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… weapons in Germany. Moshe underwent military training to prepare for his ultimate immigration to Israel in June of 1948. 1:00:29 Moshe was born in 1931 in…
These additional online resources from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will help you learn more about the Holocaust and research your family history.
Research family history relating to the Holocaust and explore the Museum's collections about individual survivors and victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution.
Learn about over 1,000 camps and ghettos in Volumes I-III of this encyclopedia, which are available as a free PDF download. This reference provides text, photographs, charts, maps, and extensive indexes.