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: 2001.213.10 | RG Number: RG-50.969.0010
Date:
interview: 2001 February 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…WorldWar, 1939-1945--Turkey.…
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…rd. That it was time for the church to take a look at today's world. In his initial talk he said we must approach this world today without fear. That we need…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2014.24.7 | RG Number: RG-50.755.0007
Date:
interview: 2010
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…WorldWar, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Austria.…
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… other hand, had been a nurse. She was a nurse in the First WorldWar, and after the First WorldWar she was not only a nurse but a midwife, and being…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2014.24.9 | RG Number: RG-50.755.0009
Date:
interview: 2010
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…WorldWar, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Austria.…
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…'s Day -- [Director's comments] Henny Wenkart: I left on Mother's Day, uh, which was the end of May 1939 and they showed up on September 1st when the war…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2014.24.5 | RG Number: RG-50.755.0005
Date:
interview: 2010
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…WorldWar, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Austria.…
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… Vienna and he was accepted on May 10, 1939. Kurt remembers that because there were stormtroopers at the railway station, the parents weren’t allowed to…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2014.24.3 | RG Number: RG-50.755.0003
Date:
interview: 2010
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…WorldWar, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Austria.…
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…. The background was, uh, my father and mother got engaged before the First WorldWar in 1914. She was technically a Catholic. Her family had originally…
These additional online resources from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will help you learn more about the Holocaust and research your family history.
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