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: 2006.70.11 | RG Number: RG-50.583.0011
Date:
interview: 1989 December 02
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…; getting transported to Salaspils camp in Latvia; being transported along with the remaining prisoners to the Riga ghetto; how only half of the trucks…
Film | Accession Number: 2016.567 | RG Number: RG-60.1912 | Film ID: 4208
Film Title:
Květen 1945
Date:
Event: May 5-20, 1945
Duration:
00:20:57
Special Collection:
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
… carrying suitcases. Young boys lounge, one packs his suitcase. People stand on the back of a truck. Military trucks. Trolley cars.
5. KVĚTEN. Man erases…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2004.620 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0491
Date:
interview: 2004 October 06 interview: 2004 November 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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… Limberski, and because he was -- he -- I don’t know, he was a driver of a -- of a lorry -- o-o-of a -- no -- n-n-not a -- no, lorry i-is a British -- Q: Truck…
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…,450 And then they put the luggage and us on trucks. 112 00:06:48,450 --> 00:06:52,040 And we drove and came into the woods, 113 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:55…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.45 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0045
Date:
interview: 1983 May 09
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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… saw the revolution coming, of course. People on trucks chasing out the emperor and all that. JF: You remember seeing these trucks come into Berlin? WN…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2019.410.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.1053
Date:
interview: 2019 September 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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…,230 and get out of the way of the trucks. 1798 01:31:59,230 --> 01:32:04,060 And then we sat there as truck after truck after truck, 1799 01:32:04…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0445.12 | RG Number: RG-50.444.0012
Date:
interview: 1997 June 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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… they made such sheep of us. There was such fear. The way they treated us. We stood in a row. Q: And you arrived in what sort of trucks? A: Normal, normal…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2020.170.1 | RG Number: RG-90.142.0001
Date:
undated:
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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…, yes. Of course. I saw a guy who was a very well-known Jewish playboy in Brno, who was very rich. [inaudible]. I saw him carrying rifles from a truck to…
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… were marched into Terezín. And the...our luggage came later by truck, I believe. It was delivered to us. Q:And then what happened? You don't need to…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0067 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0113
Date:
interview: 1994 April 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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… went back to Zloczow. July 1940 - Russians put them on trucks to train station. 6 week journey to Siberia in cattle car - never permitted to get out…
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