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: 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…
… 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: 1992.A.0125.20 | RG Number: RG-50.233.0020
Date:
interview: 1993 March 04
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… escape from the round-up; his escape from a German “Aktion”; his decision to leave the ghetto and travel to Grodno; being sent to Auschwitz, escaping the…
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… happened. Q: You were walking from Grodno? A: No from Oftryn. It’s a small town where I worked. Q: Can you spell that? A: O-f-t-r-y-n. I’ll try to find out…
…Anna Maxell Ware, born January 31, 1922, describes her life growing up in Grodno, Poland (Hrodna, Belarus), where her parents settled after fleeing…
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… perished except two. Q: And where was this wedding? A: This wedding was in Grodno. Q: In Grodno? A: In Grodno, Poland. At that time it was Poland, now it is…
…; going to the Hrodna ghetto in Belarus to reunite with Lisa; establishing connections outside of the ghetto and escaping to Vilnius, Lithuania in March…
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… in Grodno, I was in Wilno, and that's why it's secret was so much. It was – you could not afford the other people to find out, but we'll talk a little…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.435 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0435
Date:
interview: 1991 November 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; his time in the Soviet-occupied part of Poland; meeting his father and brother in Grodno, Poland (Hrodno, Belarus); his work as a machinist in Siberia…
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