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.
… forced to take over his brother-in-law's paper business following the latter's death, and the family returned to Bulgaria, moving to Sofia, where Jacob…
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… immigration of Jacob Nachmias, and his parents and sister, from Sofia, Bulgaria to the United States in 1939, as well as biographical documents pertaining to…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2012.354.11 | RG Number: RG-50.676.0011
Date:
interview: 2012 May 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… in Bulgaria; how his entire unit deserted the Bulgarian Army and joined the partisans; serving as a commander of an artillery unit in1944; seeing the…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2019.539.4 | RG Number: RG-50.430.0004
Date:
interview: 1990 March 04
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…The Jacky and Lisa Comforty oral histories consist of interview Jacob (Jacky) Comforty conducted with Holocaust survivors in Israel, Bulgaria, the St…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.232 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0232
Date:
interview: 1995 April 16
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… taken by train to Bulgaria, then Hungary, and arriving in Auschwitz-Birkenau; the layout of the camp; suicides in the camp; sexual assaults by Kapos…
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… bribed their was out and escaped to Albania. The rest were taken by boat to Pireus and then to Athens. From there by train to Bulgaria, then Hungary and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0087.38 | RG Number: RG-50.091.0038
Date:
interview: 1984 August 28
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… his mother and two sisters; conditions in the camp; his mother getting false identities for them and being released from the camp; going to Bulgaria and…
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…. And this came when we got out of the camp. And a long time after-- actually, when we were crossing from Bulgaria into Turkey in 1943. But I'll tell you…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.110 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0110
Date:
interview: 1992 March 24
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… army in 1940 and participating in the war between Greece and Italy; being sent to front near Bulgaria when the war with Germany started; "Black Saturday…
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…. Was hurt during mission in Albany. When war with Germany started he was sent to front near Bulgaria. 1.25 Describes air attacks and retreat of Greek…
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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.