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.
…Michel Shadur was born in 1897 in Livani, Latvia. He had an older brother, Isaac, who died in Crimea in 1916, and two younger sisters, Gitta and…
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… / Administrative history Michel Shadur was born in 1897 in Livani, Latvia. He had an older brother, Isaac, who died in Crimea in 1916, and two younger sisters, Gitta…
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… the war in Riga, Latvia and in Moscow, USSR; and photographs relating to Max Michelson's emigration from Germany to the United States in 1947.…
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… the Hirschfeld sisters posing outside, Riga, Latvia, circa 1890. Seated in the front row: Emma Hirschfeld Michelson (d. 1935) and Rosa Hirschfeld Brande…
…George David Schwab was born on November 25, 1931 in Libau (Liepaja in the Latvian), Latvia. His father, Arkadi Jakob Aron Schwab, b. 1884, was a…
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…, Blankenese, Hamburg, Germeny, March 1946. 18. Photograph of a group gathered for a dinner at the home of the Akermanns, Riga, Latvia, circa 1938. Clockwise…
…Nathan Rohloff (Natan Roloff) was Dagmar Phillips and Aviva Zylberberg’s paternal grandfather. The Roloff family lived in Riga, Latvia and Natan was…
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… scouts; location: Riga, Latvia; in Latvian .2 Photographic postcard; with symbol of scouts and words of scouts oath; verso: blue ink stamp of photographer…
…Paul Flohr was born in June 1881 near what is present day Riga, Latvia. As an adult, Paul lived in Wetzlar, Germany where he worked as an engineer…
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… liberated in 1945. Paul Flohr was born in June 1881 near what is present day Riga, Latvia. As an adult, Paul lived in Wetzlar, Germany where he worked as…
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On January 27, 1942, Frieda and Hermann were deported to the ghetto in Riga in German occupied Latvia. People were beaten as the train unloaded…
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… 1941, the family received an urn from the Gestapo containing the ashes of Simon. In 1942, Frieda and Herman were deported to Riga, Latvia, where they…
… Berlin to the Riga ghetto in German-occupied Latvia, arriving on November 30, 1941. Da 31 was the seventh of over 60 transports of 35,000 Jews from Berlin…
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…. Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations. Forced labor--Latvia--Rīga. Jews--Germany--Minden (North Rhine-Westphalia). Minden…
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.