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: 1997.A.0441.83 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0083
Date:
interview: 1992 April 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… resistance to Japanese occupation; how in 1938 his father’s passport was not renewed and the family became stateless; the influx of German refugees, including…
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… foreigners, or whites, had extra terri--eh, extrality. And the Japanese had the same rights. So the only ones who could vote for the council were a very small…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0421 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0070
Date:
interview: 1997 June 16
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… business; working in a fish cannery and living in Fresno, CA until Executive Order 9066, which required that all Japanese Americans be evacuated to…
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…Joseph Ichiuji Tape 1 Side A June 16, 1997 RG-50.106*0070.01.02 Abstract This part starts with a discussion of the Japanese/American reunion in 1995…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1994.A.0453.4 | RG Number: RG-50.164.0004
Date:
interview: 1992 February 02
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… quickly taken over by the Japanese; being interned not long after Pearl Harbor was attacked with about 65 men in a large go-down (warehouse) in Shanghai and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.660 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0660
Date:
interview: 1995 December 27
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Signal Corps; participating in the round up and internment of Japanese aliens and Japanese-American citizens and his service in Africa guarding German…
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… affidavits. And therefore, the Japanese could understand that because the Japanese people are family-loving people. They could understand they need family. OK…
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.