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.0476 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0445
Date:
interview: 1996 October 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… of persecution against homosexuals and Jews; his and Emil's decision to leave the country in 1936; their journey through Europe until they immigrated…
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…, beautiful fellow, what do you want from him? And Emil(ph) is very fond of him. So, but you know in that time, homosexuality in the 20's was like the red cloth…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1200 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0018
Date:
interview: 1995 September 19
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Auschwitz; his experiences with Kapos in Auschwitz, some of whom he describes as homosexuals; the evacuation of Auschwitz and liberation by Russian troops…
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… kapos were mostly homosexuals, 1222 00:53:27,680 --> 00:53:31,050 and for whatever political reasons they were in prison. 1223 00:53:31,050 --> 00:53:34…
… calling in all of his friends and feeling like he had betrayed them all; his mother’s shame over his homosexuality; being sentenced to a seven month jail…
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… interviewer inquired at what time in his life he became aware of his sexuality. Tiemon responded that he was not even aware of the term homosexuality until his…
… for his homosexuality; his sentence to five years in prison on December 5, 1942 for demoralizing the German military; his transport to the forced labor…
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… he tell anything about the persecution of homosexual men? A. No, it was only the attention given to me in this way, but it was in a real 1941 when we…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.332 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0332
Date:
interview: 1998 January 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…, clothing and different jobs; suicides and hangings in the camp; homosexuality and sexual abuse in his block; being transported to Mauthausen, just preceding…
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… suicides and hangings in the camp. 4:00:00 Shmuel tells of homosexuality and sexual abuse in his block. 4:06:00 He talks about his work inside the block and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0124.106 | RG Number: RG-50.028.0106
Date:
interview: 1996 February 03
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Homosexuality.…
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… boys, homosexuals. So, fortunately, they didn't pick me. They picked two others. And I was assigned to the work group. The workgroup in Mauthausen was…
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… homosexual affair. Otherwise he was Okay. He wasn't hateful, but he had to make sure that everything was in order and that everything was running well _ he…
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