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: 1989.346.139 | RG Number: RG-50.031.0139
Date:
interview: 1989
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…St. Louis (Ship)…
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… money to obtain US visas, traveling from Berlin to Hamburg/age 6, boarding MS St. Louis, parents cry having left behind most relatives in Poland, “All…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.737 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0737
Date:
interview: 1990 April 01
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… in October 1938. Ms. Siegel describes her father's death, her mother's emigration in May 1939 on the shipSt. Louis, which was returned to Holland, and…
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… she didn't leave Germany until May of 1939. And she was on the St. Louis, which is the boat that went to Cuba and wasn't permitted to land. So she was…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.A.0347 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0186
Date:
interview: 1989 October 24
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…St. Louis (Ship)…
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…. And uh I guess when I went to the reunion in June uh of the St. Louis survivors, I somehow...I suppose I was subconsciously or maybe more than…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.A.0325 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0251
Date:
interview: 1989 July 03
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… to Havana, Cuba; booking a passage on the St. Louis and being forced to return to Europe after Cuba and the United States would not accept the ship…
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… the Havana (ph) American line, on the St. Louis, and we were supposed to leave on I think was the 13th of May. Now to be on the personal side, on the 24…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.A.0324 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0222
Date:
interview: 1989 July 03
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…St. Louis (Ship)…
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… came from St. Louis. And we came there, and this lovely lady stole everything from us. And I said, "Why did...?" "You are alive," she said, "aren't you…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.588 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0588
Date:
interview: 1990 April 02
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…St. Louis (Ship)…
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… was think he was year older. So. stayed behind and Harry and Henry left and consequently got ticket on the next ship which was the St. Louis. And thaUs…
… aboard the MS St. Louis on May 13, 1939. When the ship was forced to return to Europe, the family was given refuge in Holland. They went first to Rotterdam…
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… thereby proving their intention to leave Germany. The Jacobsons set sail aboard the MS St. Louis on May 13, 1939. When the ship was forced to return to…
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