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.
… aim of this force was to deal with any issues that could be considered anti-communist; this usually meant arresting, torturing and even executing any…
Film | Accession Number: 2016.567 | RG Number: RG-60.1910 | Film ID: 4206
Film Title:
Frank mezi námi
Date:
Production: 1946
Duration:
00:12:23
Special Collection:
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
…. Executioners lead KHF up the steps to the platform. They place the rope around his neck and the film goes blurry as he is executed by “pole-hanging,” a type of…
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… 1: Continued Folder 27: USC Personnel-Charles Joy, Executive Director, ca. 1940-1965. File includes correspondence, reports, and a photocopy of an…
…’s brother František, editor of the Communist newspaper Pravo in Brno, was executed by the Gestapo in 1941. Josef and František’s sister Gerda survived the…
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… Brno, was executed by the Gestapo in 1941. Josef and František’s sister Gerda survived the war in India. Karl Taussig survived the war in Austria…
… Ghetto population with tactics such as the public execution by hanging of 18 Jews who tried to escape, a scene witnessed by Friedmann and his family. All…
… September 30, 1941, Herman was executed by the Germans, who returned his ashes to the family. In December, Sali’s older brother Leon, a locksmith, was taken…
… Ghetto population with tactics such as the public execution by hanging of 18 Jews who tried to escape, a scene witnessed by Friedmann and his family. All…
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.