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.
… (Zofia's niece) during the time period surrounding the Holocaust dated 1930-1946. Zofia Zajd Berkowitz survived the war working forced labor at the Hasag…
… Bela and Ruta survived the war. The collection also contains material related to Anna's husband, Gecel Herszlikowicz (later George Hershey), originally…
… Vilno, Poland (currently Vilnius, Lithuania). Neither woman survived the Holocaust. Miriam was killed in the Ponary Forest in 1941 and Musia was killed…
… thousand other professional Jewish men and taken to a fort in Kaunas where over 3,000 were shot and killed. Irving survived by bribing a guard and hiding in…
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… wife Lisa (Lea Berstein, 1910‐) and their children, Florence (Fira, 1936‐) and William (Boris, 1939‐) all survived the Holocaust. Irving survived by…
…, Laja (married name Pakin), survived the war. He traveled to the Bergen‐Belsen displaced persons camp to find his sister and also found Bronia Wiewióra…
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… biographical materials and photographs documenting the Helman and Wiewióra families from Łódź, John and Barbara’s survival of the Łódź ghetto, John’s survival of…
… Auschwitz. Anatol and his brother-in-law survived selection, but his mother, wife, child, and sisters all perished at Auschwitz. In September 1944 he was…
… concentration camp, where Amalia perished upon arrival. Ilona and Eta survived the initial selection and were sent for forced labor in munitions factories. The…
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… the Miskolc ghetto. Three weeks later they arrived at the Auschwitz concentration camp, where Amalia perished upon arrival. Ilona and Eta survived the…
… of his surviving notebooks broke off with the recognition: "There is really no way out of this."…
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… nineteen birthday and four months after the last of his surviving notebooks broke off with the recognition: "There is really no way out of this." Languages…
…. Regina and her daughter Irena were deported to Mauthausen and were both liberated in May 1945. Irena Kołomańska also survived the Holocaust.
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… Lost between Worlds: A World War II Journey of Survival. Scope and content of collection The Edward Herzbaum Hartry papers consist of biographical…
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.