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: 1992.A.0126.8 | RG Number: RG-50.156.0008
Date:
interview: 1984 June 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… service on September 2, 1942 and discharged on April 4, 1946; landing in Le Havre, France and going to Holland, Luxembourg, Germany and Austria…
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… ’44. Q: And where did you go? A: We landed at Le Havre, France. And then we went from France to Holland, Luxembourg, Germany and Austria. The…
inclusive: circa 1944-2005 bulk: 1944-1999 undated:
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…Luxemburg (Germany)…
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…, 1939-1945--Personal narratives. Jewish soldiers--United States. Bad Orb (Germany) Berga (Thuringia, Germany) Luxemburg (Germany) Diaries. Correspondence…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0124.17 | RG Number: RG-50.028.0017
Date:
interview: 1990 June 01
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Italy and on the Western front; being severely injured and eventually captured by American troops and sent to Luxembourg for surgery; being sent to…
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… by American troops and sent to Luxembourg for surgery, then to Eberfeld (Germany) and finally to Graz (Austria), where he was dismissed. Although he…
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…/1945 0:13:25 17-18/03/1945 0:10:40 0:58:00 Radio Luxemburg 32 10/8/1944 0:05:30 10/9/1944 0:05:10 10/9/1944 0:03:30 10/11/1944 0:03:55 10/13/1944 0:04:25…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1281 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1281
Date:
interview: 1986 July 31
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…John Wahl, born in 1913 in Wuppertal, Germany, discusses his childhood; his family's business; his education; the changes he experienced after 1933…
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… -- we were attacked once in our town by SA men and we had to take 16 refuge in home but it became unthinkable that stay in 17 Germany because there was no…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.338.32 | RG Number: RG-50.037.0032
Date:
interview: 1975
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Henry Joseph, born in 1925 in Laufersweiler, Germany, describes the small farming village, which had a population of about 600 including 25 Jewish…
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… ghetto, any family? We left from Luxembourg with 13 people, aunts and uncles, and cousins. And some of the family who lived also in Germany between…
… York, Luxembourg, and Germany, his membership and continued interest in Kadimah, and investigations into his loyalty made by Senator McCarthy…
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… scrapbooks documenting Schechter’s work in New York, Luxembourg, and Germany, his membership and continued interest in Kadimah, and investigations into his…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.3 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0003
Date:
interview: 1985 April 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Hans Braun, born in Hannover, Germany in 1923, describes his family, who were German Sinti (Romanies); being part of a small carnival and traveling…
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… Hanover, Germany on June 3, 1923. His family were German Sintis (a gypsy tribe). They had a small carnival and traveled around Germany during the summer and…
… for Adler and Oppenheimer. In March 1938 they emigrated from Germany to Wiltz, Luxembourg where Otto’s employer also had a factory. Elly’s parents…
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… before moving to Hamburg where Otto could continue working for Adler and Oppenheimer. In March 1938 they emigrated from Germany to Wiltz, Luxembourg where…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0094.45 | RG Number: RG-50.150.0045
Date:
interview: 1978 January 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Gertrud Wittner, born in Wittlich, Germany circa 1921, describes her education in Wittlich, where she attended Jewish and Catholic schools; the…
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… Germany. And it was for a short time, but a very, very short time, in Luxembourg with some of my relatives who were Saarlander and could get out. And had…
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