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.
… narratives about his Holocaust‐era experiences and records documenting his participation in and leadership of athletic activities in Vienna and his time in…
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… athletic activities in Vienna and his time in Stuttgart in 1938 and 1939. Emigration and immigration records include correspondence documenting the…
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… covered are the Jutrznia sports organization (athletic club for Jewish youth), the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, and Goldsamer's work with the United Jewish…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1996.A.0456.2 | RG Number: RG-50.429.0002
Date:
interview: 1996 May 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… interviews document the lives of five athletes and their experiences during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany…
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… making records as an athlete 96 00:06:21,570 --> 00:06:26,460 because I won every major track meet 97 00:06:26,460 --> 00:06:30,840 in the country at that…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1996.A.0456.5 | RG Number: RG-50.429.0005
Date:
interview: 1996 May 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… interviews document the lives of five athletes and their experiences during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany…
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…,660 --> 00:06:20,720 I haven't asked you that much about your athletic life. 105 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:25,760 Contact reference@ushmm.org for further…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1996.A.0456.3 | RG Number: RG-50.429.0003
Date:
interview: 1996 May 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… interviews document the lives of five athletes and their experiences during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany…
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…,035 --> 00:01:43,450 17 00:01:43,450 --> 00:01:51,000 The kinds of athletes who got started early through films, 18 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:57,150 through…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1996.A.0456.1 | RG Number: RG-50.429.0001
Date:
interview: 1996 May 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… interviews document the lives of five athletes and their experiences during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany…
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… named Charles Taylor. 42 00:03:36,300 --> 00:03:40,740 And he was very interested in my athletic activities, 43 00:03:40,740 --> 00:03:45,420 and he…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1996.A.0456.4 | RG Number: RG-50.429.0004
Date:
interview: 1996 May 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… interviews document the lives of five athletes and their experiences during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany…
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… the great athletes of the day, Benny Leonard 77 00:04:27,290 --> 00:04:28,850 was my father's hero. 78 00:04:28,850 --> 00:04:32,540 Another great…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.348.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0079
Date:
interview: 1990 February 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…, where he was a track athlete chosen to compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics in Germany; being one of two Jews on the United States Olympic track team…
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… was athletic. Uh, my grandmother and grandfather owned a tenement house in which we lived and, uh, my grandmother kept a kosher home. Uh, my grandfather…
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.