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 collection relates to the situation of the Jews in France during German occupation. The collection pertains number of subjects including: anti…
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… numbered from 1 through 85. The collection was received from various sources and donors and pertains primarily to the situation of Jews in France during…
… several books in Yiddish, translated into French, concerning Jewish foreigners. Le billet vert refers to the green slip sent to notify non-French Jews that…
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… vert refers to the green slip sent to notify non-French Jews that they were to report to the local police station. This was the first step in their…
… subsequent release by the Germans; how he and other rabbis resisted the Nazis and gave assistance to those Jews that they could during May 1941 to May 1943…
… property confiscated from Jews entering the internment camp. The collection also includes various occupation-related materials (Préfecture Archives: BA…
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
… includes correspondence and other documents confiscated from emigrants, lists of foreign Jews who were arrested and interned (arranged by country of origin…
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… in the Cabinet du Directeur General de la Sûreté Nationale, 1935-1944. Name lists of foreign Jews arrested and interned organized by country of…
… include correspondence with the General Union of Jews of France (Union générale des israélites de France, UGIF), lists of deportees, missing persons…
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… the World War II. Records include correspondence with the General Union of Jews of France (Union générale des israélites de France, UGIF), lists of…
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Jews that was going to take place in the middle of July 1942. He was arrested on July 16, sent to Drancy,
deported to Auschwitz on July 22, and perished…
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… Jews that was going to take place in the middle of July 1942. He was arrested on July 16, sent to Drancy, deported to Auschwitz on July 22, and…
… of 700,000 Jews killed in Poland. A September 1943 entry describes letters received from persons in the Drancy concentration camp.
The diary…
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… from July 4, 1942 concerning Dreyfus' knowledge of 700,000 Jews killed in Poland. A September 1943 entry describes letters received from persons in the…
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Series 1: Lucien Dreyfus collection 1903-1944
File 4: Diary, (Cahier A) October 1925-May 7, 1941
… occupied Paris on June 14. That October, Nazis began persecuting Jews with the bombing of seven synagogues in Paris. While many Jews began leaving the city…
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.