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.
… move to a low income section of the city called the “Designated Zone” or the Shanghaighetto. They moved into one of the barracks there, where conditions…
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…” refugees to move to a low income section of the city called the “Designated Zone” or the Shanghaighetto. They moved into one of the barracks there, where…
… way to Shanghai. Leo remained in Warsaw with his mother, and the two were moved to the Warsaw ghetto and then the Poniatowa labor camp. Leo was…
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… Arnfeld family in Warsaw, Sara and Leo Arnfeld in the Warsaw ghetto, Chaim Arnfeld in Vilnius, Kobe, and Shanghai, and Leo Arnfeld’s postwar life in Munich…
… costume seamstress Harriet Bondy (1909-2003), born in Hohenlimburg to Hermann and Olga Bondy. The couple married in 1937 and left Germany for Shanghai…
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… the Berliner Jüdischer Kulturbund, his escape to Shanghai and life there before and after the Hongkew Ghetto was established, his immigration to the…
… through German-occupied Czechoslovakia and Austria to Trieste, Italy. They set sail from Trieste on the Italian Liner, Conte Verde, for Shanghai, China, on…
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… experiences in Shanghai after fleeing Germany in 1939. The collection also includes applications, medical and financial records, and ship information relating…
… United States entered the war, and in 1943 the Wacs were forced by the Japanese occupiers into a Shanghaighetto. Following their liberation in 1945, they…
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… Japanese occupiers into a Shanghaighetto. Following their liberation in 1945, they learned that nearly all of their family who had remained in Europe had…
… between approximately 1945 and 1985. The materials document
mail systems in and around Holocaust-era ghettos and concentration camps and, by extension, the…
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… HICEM in Shanghai from the Warsaw Ghetto self help committee. Postmarked June 24, 1941. Postcard addressed to M. Rabinowitz in Philadelphia from Masza…
… Shanghai, China, where he served as a sergeant with the Shanghai Municipal Police from 1941-1945 and was awarded a Police Distinguished Conduct Medal. He…
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… clippings documenting Max Schmeidler from Berlin, his training in leather manufacturing in London, his refuge in Shanghai during the Holocaust, his service on…
…, 1938, the family decided to leave Germany. They bought tickets for Shanghai, China, because it was an open port with no visa requirements.
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… documenting Peter and Berta Victor, their families, and their lives in Berlin, Vienna, Shanghai, and the United States. Languages: German, English, Japanese…
… “Foodstuff Allotment Book” and ration stamps for the Shanghaighetto both documents are undated. Other financial materials include tickets and receipts for…
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… ration stamps for the Shanghaighetto both documents are undated. Other financial materials include tickets and receipts for packages sent to Warsaw…
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.