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.
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Olga married Walter Felix Bloch in 1948. Olga, Walter, Kathe, and Edith emigrated from Sosúa to England in 1951 and the United States in 1952. They…
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… from Sosúa to England in 1951 and the United States in 1952. They settled in New York. Her father perished at Auschwitz in 1944. Werner’s sister Gerda…
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… collection http://collections.ushmm.org 4 2 5 Class photograph, 1924 2 6 England, 1928; 1930 2 7 Italy, 1933 2 8 New Orleans, Louisiana…
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… at a refugee camp in Richborough, England; one issued by Der Oberburgermeister Der Hauptstadt Breslau Hauptsteuerkasse (The Tax Division of the City of…
…, 1926-2000). In 1933, Hans immigrated to England and Robert went to the Netherlands. Shortly after Kristallnacht, Eva and her parents went to England with…
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…, and Rhée families of Germany, including Else, Max, and their daughter Eva (later Eva Cohn) Rhée’s emigration from Lüneburg, Germany to England in 1938…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.177 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0177
Date:
interview: 1992 February 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… November 1938; his release on the condition he leave the country; immigrating to England with his first wife; traveling by German ship to Shanghai, China via…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.386 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0386
Date:
interview: 1997 September 03
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… decision to follow him there; her mother's decision to prevent her brother from accompanying her in anticipation of visas to England; her journey to Shanghai…
… German annexation of Austria, Erika was sent to England on a Kindertransport in January 1939 where she stayed in a boarding school in Slough, outside of…
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…, Austria. At the beginning of the war Erika was sent on a Kinderstransport to Christian boarding school in England. Leon and Rosa were divorced in Austria…
… Inge and Lucy spent two years in England before joining their parents in Trinidad. The family was interned as enemy aliens for just over a year following…
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… two years Inge and her sister spent in England, the family’s emigration to Trinidad, their internment in Trinidad, and their immigration to the United…
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Series 3: Photographic materials Circa 1900-Circa 1947
… England. This series also includes a handful of identification papers documenting Praeger and his wife before they left Europe.
Photographs include an…
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… marrying his wife, the birth of their son, the family’s immigration to the United States, and their lives in New England. This series also includes a handful…
… for three and a half months. After his release, he was hospitalized due to injuries sustained at the camp. Helene fled to England in 1939. In March 1940…
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…. Helene fled to England in 1939. In March 1940 she married Siegfried Dreydel (later known as Freddie), whom she knew from Frankfurt am Main, Germany and was…
… August, Hilda received a letter from Heinz and his wife, Alice, who had been able to immigrate to England. They also received letters from various family…
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… killed in the Holocaust. Heppner's brother Henry (Heinz) Heppner went to England with his wife and son. Ernest Heppner joined the Shanghai Volunteer…
… Holocaust. Many of their friends and family fled to various countries throughout Europe and the world, including England and China. Gisela’s stepmother Louisa…
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… whom perished in the Holocaust. Many of their friends and family fled to various countries throughout Europe and the world, including England and China…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2017.155.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0915
Date:
interview: 2017 February 23
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… York and immigrating there in August 1938; his sister going to England to work, and his brother going to Italy; his parents fleeing to Shanghai, and…
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…. His sister went to England as a domestic and his brother went to Italy. As the situation worsened, his parents bought a visa to a Central American…
… for the United States, Maximilian traveled to Trieste, where he pursued immigration attempts to England and to the United States. In early spring 1939…
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… States, Maximilian traveled to Trieste, where he pursued immigration attempts to England and to the United States. In early spring 1939, Kathe and Ilse…
… to Belgium, another to England, and the third was hidden. Ernst managed a wooden button factory called Holz Knöpfe Israel (HIK) in his home in Shanghai…
… Max Dreier (1879-?) and Netty Fuchs Dreier (1889-1944). Martin moved to England in 1939 and immigrated to the United States in 1944 or 1946. Max and…
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…). Netty Dreier’s brother and sister, Julius Fuchs and Sophie Fuchs Lowenthal, both moved to Chile. Martin Dreier moved to England in 1939 and immigrated…
Civil Chancellery of the President of the Polish Republic
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Source of acquisition is the Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum, London, England, created by the Polish Government in Exile, records of the…
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… Museum, London, England, created by the Polish Government in Exile, records of the Kancelaria Cywilna i Gabinet Wojskowy, A 48 .The United States Holocaust…
…'s sister Trude and her children were unable to leave Europe, and although her husband was able to escape to England; she and her children perished during the…
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…. Leather industry and trade. Berlin (Germany) London (England) Shanghai (China) Photographs. CONTAINER LIST Series 1: Biographical materials, 1927-1963 Box…
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