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.
… forced to take over his brother-in-law's paper business following the latter's death, and the family returned to Bulgaria, moving to Sofia, where Jacob…
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… immigration of Jacob Nachmias, and his parents and sister, from Sofia, Bulgaria to the United States in 1939, as well as biographical documents pertaining to…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2019.539.4 | RG Number: RG-50.430.0004
Date:
interview: 1990 March 04
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…The Jacky and Lisa Comforty oral histories consist of interview Jacob (Jacky) Comforty conducted with Holocaust survivors in Israel, Bulgaria, the St…
…Norbert Yasharoff (1930-2013) was born on February 18, 1930 in Sofia, Bulgaria to Joseph (1894-1971) and Nelly Yasharoff (1910-1982). He had a sister…
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… Sofia, Bulgaria before and during World War II; a letter written by Norbert Yasharoff to his cousin Narcisse Barouch, dated June 26, 1943; speeches…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0087.38 | RG Number: RG-50.091.0038
Date:
interview: 1984 August 28
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… his mother and two sisters; conditions in the camp; his mother getting false identities for them and being released from the camp; going to Bulgaria and…
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…. And this came when we got out of the camp. And a long time after-- actually, when we were crossing from Bulgaria into Turkey in 1943. But I'll tell you…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2019.539.45 | RG Number: RG-50.430.0045
Date:
interview: 1990 March 04
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…The Jacky and Lisa Comforty oral histories consist of interview Jacob (Jacky) Comforty conducted with Holocaust survivors in Israel, Bulgaria, the St…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2019.539.30 | RG Number: RG-50.430.0030
Date:
interview: 1990 March 04
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…The Jacky and Lisa Comforty oral histories consist of interview Jacob (Jacky) Comforty conducted with Holocaust survivors in Israel, Bulgaria, the St…
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Central Consistory of Jews in Bulgaria (Fond 622)…
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… RG-46.013M Rg-46.013M Central Consistory of Jews in Bulgaria. Fond 622, 1945-1978 1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Finding Aid RG…
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Copyright for publication remains with the Central State Archives of Bulgaria. Duplication can be made for a third party only with permission of the…
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… RG-46.046M RG-46.046M Papers of Dimitr Iosifov Peshev. Fond 1335. 1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Finding Aid RG-46 Bulgaria RG…
… extensive correspondence files with various individuals in Israel and Bulgaria (Jewish survivors, Bulgarian government officials etc) related to his rescue…
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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.