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: 1998.A.0300.190 | RG Number: RG-50.488.0190
Date:
interview: 2003 December 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Marian Trachimovicz, born in Grodno, Poland (Hrodna, Belarus), describes his family and the prewar Jewish community of Grodno; a pogrom organized by…
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… town and German perpetrators. He mentions two cases where Jews were hiding in Polish houses. In addition, he remembers an episode of the Grodno’s defense…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.159 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0159
Date:
interview: 1993 September 10
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Liza Chapnik, born in Grodno (Hrodna), Belarus, in 1922, describes her religious family; finishing school in 1941; leaving Grodno with her brother…
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… PG – 50. 120 – 159 Interview with Liza Chapnik. 01.01.00. I was born in Grodno in 1922. My parents had 4 kids and I was the youngest. My family was…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1996.A.0586.30 | RG Number: RG-50.407.0030
Date:
interview: 1996 January 28
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Kim Mordchelll, born September 5, 1924 in Grodno, Poland (Hrodna, Belarus), describes his father, who was a house painter and glazier and had…
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… Grodno, Poland. His father, who was a house painter and glazier, had difficulty finding work before the war. When the Russians occupied eastern Poland, the…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1283.24 | RG Number: RG-50.378.0024
Date:
interview: 1995 August 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Sheyma Itzkovich Lipitz, born in January 1912 in Grodno (Hrodna), Belarus, describes his family; working in a plywood factory; the outbreak of World…
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…RG-50.378 #24 Lipitz, Sheym Itzokhovich 1.00 Born in January 1912 in Grodno; three sisters; he was the youngest child. Before WWI, family moved to…
… successful. He left Warsaw for Grodno in October 1939 where his sister lived. He returned to Warsaw in 1940, and he and his mother and sister were deported to…
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…, identification papers, and photographs regarding the Holocaust- era experiences of Blake and Anna Schiff in the Warsaw Ghetto, Grodno, and in hiding in Novosiolki…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.74 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0074
Date:
interview: 1991 November 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Bronka Klibanski, born in Grodno, Poland (Hrodna, Belarus), in 1923, describes the entry of Germans into Grodno in June 1941; being forced into the…
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…), Protection copy 7 videocassettes (VHS), User copy SUMMARY: Bronka Klibanski - from Grodno, a member of Dror-Freiheit. Chosen to be a courier in the Bialystok…
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