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.
… extensive correspondence files with various individuals in Israel and Bulgaria (Jewish survivors, Bulgarian government officials etc) related to his rescue…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.810 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0810
Date:
interview: 1996 May 28
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Desi Evan descibes her childhood in Sofia, Bulgaria; her memories of the Nazi occupation; the prejudice she encountered; moving to the ghetto; life…
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… now. Yeah. Well, I was born in-- shall I tell you where I was born? Yes, please. Sofia-- it's the capital of Bulgaria. And my name was-- I was named…
…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: 1995.A.1272.1 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0001
Date:
interview: 1992 January 30
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… a forced labor group under German control and his attempts to join Communist partisans; escaping from a train in Lom, Bulgaria; joining other refugees…
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… Tape 2/3 Rachel Abrabanel (continued from Tape 1/3) 3:04-3:10 In Pirot (annexed by Bulgaria) were reunited with discharged father, lived with relatives…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.135.10 | RG Number: RG-50.459.0010
Date:
interview: 1997 April 16
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Youth; fleeing to Pirot, Serbia; her arrest and imprisonment by Bulgarian soldiers; her escape and procurement of train tickets to Sofia, Bulgaria…
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… going to take us from Pirot to Bela Palanka. Bela Palanka was a borderline between Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. We were supposed to walk there, but we found…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.232 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0232
Date:
interview: 1995 April 16
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… taken by train to Bulgaria, then Hungary, and arriving in Auschwitz-Birkenau; the layout of the camp; suicides in the camp; sexual assaults by Kapos…
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… bribed their was out and escaped to Albania. The rest were taken by boat to Pireus and then to Athens. From there by train to Bulgaria, then Hungary and…
… 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…
These additional online resources from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will help you learn more about the Holocaust and research your family history.
Research family history relating to the Holocaust and explore the Museum's collections about individual survivors and victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution.
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.