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.
… between approximately 1945 and 1985. The materials document
mail systems in and around Holocaust-era ghettos and concentrationcamps and, by extension, the…
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… between approximately 1945 and 1985. The materials document mail systems in and around Holocaust-era ghettos and concentrationcamps and, by extension, the…
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… Rhodes. Around March 1942, Teodor and the other refugees were transported to the Ferramonti concentrationcamp in Tarsia, Italy. He went to England around…
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… Kamilonissi, while en route to Palestine, and his internment at a concentrationcamp on Rhodes and then the Ferramonti concentrationcamp in Tarsia, Italy…
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… he was there he had eight teeth forcibly extracted. He was later sent to Flossenbürg concentrationcamp, Flossenbürg, Germany. From there, he was sent…
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…‐2126 Abstract: The Litke family papers document the experiences of Chaim Litke and Frida Hoffmann Litke in concentrationcamps during the Holocaust…
… expulsion of Jews to concentrationcamps. Jews were required to wear a yellow Star of David badge at all times to make them easy to identify. Transports were…
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….303.19 and 1989.303.20), watercolor (1989.303.21), spoon, burlap bag, and skirt from Auschwitz (1989.303.22 through 1989.303.24), concentrationcamp inmate…
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… in Senica, Czechoslovakia. They lived there until Nazi occupation, when they were deported to Bratislava-Patronka concentrationcamp, and following…
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… Bratislava‐Patronka concentrationcamp, and following that, to Auschwitz, where Katarina’s entire family was killed. She was transported to Ravensbrück in…
…, they were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentrationcamp. Martin, his father, brother, and two uncles were selected for forced labor; the other family…
… his father were sent by train to Sachsenhausen concentrationcamp. Klaus, along with his father and a cousin were assigned to the tailor shop where they…
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… Frank’s sketchbook including illustrations of Sachsenhausen concentrationcamp and Copenhagen, Denmark; and seventy-three cartoons drawn by Klaus Frank…
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.