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.
…Greta Fischer (1910-1988) was born in Budišov (Bautch) to Leopold and Ida Fischer. She survived the war in London while her parents perished in…
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… Fischer. She survived the war in London while her parents perished in Theresienstadt. In June 1945, she went to Germany as a member of United Nations…
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Series 3: Photographic materials Approximate 1945-Approximate 1947
File 23: Identification photographs of displaced children and Kloster Indersdorf, P-Z Approximate 1945-Approximate 1947
… emigration efforts of his relatives who had survived the Holocaust. Mr. Schimmel, who immigrated from Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia in the 1920s, contacted various…
… Herz, a distant cousin of the donor, in Birkenau; and a prayerbook that survived in hiding with Yehudit (Gelb) Preisz, aunt of the donor.…
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…, Roskoviany, Czechoslovakia, November 24, 1935. Inscribed: Roskoviany/1935 XI. 24.” Andrew survived in hiding with Bianca, her husband Fred, Andrew, and Bianca…
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…, Andrew Hartman [donor’s brother]; labeled and dated verso “Roskoviany/1935 XI. 24”; Roskoviany, Czechoslovakia; Andrew survived in hiding with Bianca, her…
…. They then were deported to Auschwitz. Moses and Chana were killed immediately. Esther also perished. Helena and Ruth remained together and survived…
… their relatives discussing their wartime experiences. The collection also includes immigration documents related to the Blaugrunds and the surviving…
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… daughters Edith and Klari were deported to Auschwitz in 1944, where Julius and Klari perished, while Ladislav survived work on a forced labor battalion…
… describe his arrest, the family’s concerns about his fate, and their liberation, and she lists and thanks the people who helped them survive in hiding.…
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.