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.
… in the camp and helped create the Central Committee of the Liberated Jews in the American Zone of Germany. The Committee worked to improve conditions…
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… Central Committee of the Liberated Jews in the American Zone of Germany. The Committee worked to improve conditions within the displaced persons camps…
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2009.24.1243 | RG Number: RG-50.589.1243
Date:
interview: 2010 May 02
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…A Belarusian woman, born in 1924, discusses her experiences in Zhirovichi (Grodno Oblast), Belarus before and during WWII; the few Jews in Zhirovichi…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.71 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0071
Date:
interview: 1991 August 09
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… became the head of the hospital there; the mass murders of Jews after the Nazi occupation; the selection and role of the Judenrat and the Slonim ghetto…
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… camp, waiting with the rest of the Jews to be transported to Auschwitz. He managed to escape with the help of a local Jewish doctor who had connections…
… had promised to hide them but had changed her mind when she found out the penalties for hiding Jews; fleeing to the forest, where they witnessed the…
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… to buy from Jews, and especially even mentioned my mother's name – my mother's name was Gittel but in Polish they call it Gitka (ph) – especially to…
…, 1941 where 10,000 Jews were taken and killed in nearby Chepelevo, Belarus; escaping the ghetto with his family and future wife Lisa to Vaŭkavysk, Belarus…
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… approximately about 12,000 and out of the 12,000 we had almost 10,000 Jews, so the majority were Jewish. The city was rich with all different kinds of Jewish…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1996.A.0118 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0022
Date:
interview: 1996 March 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jews--Persecutions--Poland.…
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…-7 weeks in a crowded room with other Jews Went by boat to Kotlas, stayed for 4 weeks Series of camps in Ijmi-Ukti area of Siberia 1st camp - built a…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1283.19 | RG Number: RG-50.378.0019
Date:
interview: 1995 August 05
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jews--Belarus--Slonim.…
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… in the seizing of the Jews wrote – from Canada or the US – disclosing the location where the men had been buried. The area found, and now a memorial…
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.