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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…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…
…James Georg Lau (1927-2011) was born in Riga, Latvia to a German-Latvian, Harry Lau, and a Jewish mother, Betty (née Firkser) Lau. After their…
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… diaries written by James Georg Lau between 1939- 1941 and 1944-1953, describing his life in Liepāja Latvia, the Soviet occupation, being forced out of…
…); Germany (87 files); Latvia (1 file); Poland (3 files); Yugoslavia (1 file); various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa (40 files); Zionist organization (8…
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… file); Czechoslovakia (1 file); France (3 files); Germany (87 files); Latvia (1 file); Poland (3 files); Yugoslavia (1 file); various countries of Europe…
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…‐‐Germany‐‐History‐‐20th century. War crimes trials. Judicial proceedings‐‐Latvia‐‐1940‐1950. Judicial proceedings‐‐Estonia‐‐Tallinn‐‐1960‐1970. Holocaust…
… received by Marion’s brother-in-law Zalkin Mandelstam from Michails Kan in Riga, Latvia.
Photographs include prewar family photographs of the Freyer and…
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…. Also included are postwar letters received by Marion’s brother-in-law Zalkin Mandelstam from Michails Kan in Riga, Latvia. Photographs include prewar…
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.