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.
Oral History | Accession Number: 2006.70.190 | RG Number: RG-50.583.0190
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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: 2003.47 | RG Number: RG-50.549.02.0068
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interview: 2003 January 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; traveling to her hometown in eastern Poland; antisemitism in Poland; traveling to Germany; her experiences in the displaced persons camp Föhrenwald…
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… to her hometown in eastern Poland; anti- Semitism in Poland; traveling to Germany; her experiences in the displaced persons camp, Fernwald; immigrating…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1269.23 | RG Number: RG-50.470.0023
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interview: 1995 February 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; registering as a Czech citizen; going to Prague in an attempt to leave the country after the communists took over; going to the American Zone of Germany…
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… we can crawl under the fence and get to the other side 128 00:07:20,140 --> 00:07:26,440 to Germany, and that was the American zone of Germany. 129 00…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.172 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0172
Date:
interview: 1982 October 02
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Germany.…
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… had survived Auschwitz. Hyman married in 1946. After their planned emigration was delayed because of the Exodus, they stayed in Germany, had a son…
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…
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…
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