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.
Oral History | Accession Number: 2022.4.3 | RG Number: RG-90.218.0003
Date:
Recorded: 1981 June
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Latvia--History--Soviet occupation, 1940-1941.…
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… months and she will be talking exactly iike you." So I gave up the whole thing. Latvia, where I was born, was a poor coun- try. Then came the recession so…
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Liepāja (Latvia)…
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… Criminal case against Hans Baumgartner, SS Senior Troop Leader (Oberscharfuehrer) of the Libau branch of the Security Police command and the Latvia Security…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0088.69 | RG Number: RG-50.002.0069
Date:
interview: 1987 May 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… "Peter the Terrible" and other Ukrainians; his transport to Kaiserwald concentration camp in Riga, Latvia; a plane that crashed into Kaiserwald on a…
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…,575 --> 00:31:00,900 We went to Kaiserwald, Riga. 674 00:31:00,900 --> 00:31:01,740 In Latvia? 675 00:31:01,740 --> 00:31:02,760 Latvia, right. 676 00:31:02…
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…--Poland--Łódź. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Austria Czechoslovakia France Germany Hungary Italy Latvia Luxembourg Netherlands Poland Switzerland…
… in the Vilnius ghetto, was transferred to Strasdenhof, a camp affiliated with the Kaiserwald concentration camp in Riga, Latvia. She was later…
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… concentration camp in Riga, Latvia. She was later transferred to the Stutthof concentration camp near Danzig, where she was liberated by Soviet troops in early…
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