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.
…, Sigrid and her parents were sent to Theresienstadt. They were initially spared from deportation to Auschwitz because of Ludwig’s status as a wounded WWI…
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…’s deportation to Theresienstadt with her parents, Sigrid’s transfer to Auschwitz, her recuperation from typhus in Sweden after liberation, and her immigration to…
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… Dachau to the donor's grandmother, Hedwig Kahn; a Gestapo summons issued to Ferdinand Kahn; and a post-period picture postcard of Auschwitz. Additional…
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… Christel. Particularly well-documented camps include Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Dachau, Ferramonti, Sachsenhausen, Theresienstadt, and Westerbork. Particularly…
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Series 2: Ghetto and camp mail Approximate 1938-Approximate 1985, 1938-1945 Bulk
… correspondence and worried that she had no news from her children. In late 1944 Anna and Josef were deported to Auschwitz II (Auschwitz-Birkenau) where they were…
… (Litzmannstadt), Poland; one receipt from Auschwitz; one vaccination card issued in Theresienstadt; and two ration cards issued in the Litzmannstadt and…
… killed in action in Albania in 1944. His brother Hans was deported to Auschwitz II (Auschwitz-Birkenau) in October 1942. He was killed in the camp in 1943…
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…, originally of Bensheim, Germany, who was a survivor of Gleiwitz III subcamp of Auschwitz II (Auschwitz-Birkenau). The collection also documents his parents Max…
… join her in England, and then went to Canada. Magda's mother was deported first to Theresienstadt, then to Auschwitz, where she perished. Includes a DVD…
… Terezin, they were again deported, this time to Auschwitz. Frey became separated from his mother and younger brother, but managed to stay with his father…
… 1939, and her children Kurt Baumgart, Frieda Boldes, and son-in-law Richard Boldes are believed to have been killed at Auschwitz.…
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… from Dorothea Baumgart in Theresienstadt to Frieda Boldes in Auschwitz; several sheets of toilet paper used as writing paper to describe her Holocaust…
… Jewish Council of Prague, 1946, informing him of his mother's deportation to Theresienstadt in 1942 and her subsequent deportation to Auschwitz, 1944; a…
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.