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.
…, Sigrid and her parents were sent to Theresienstadt. They were initially spared from deportation to Auschwitz because of Ludwig’s status as a wounded WWI…
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…’s deportation to Theresienstadt with her parents, Sigrid’s transfer to Auschwitz, her recuperation from typhus in Sweden after liberation, and her immigration to…
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… Dachau to the donor's grandmother, Hedwig Kahn; a Gestapo summons issued to Ferdinand Kahn; and a post-period picture postcard of Auschwitz. Additional…
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… Christel. Particularly well-documented camps include Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Dachau, Ferramonti, Sachsenhausen, Theresienstadt, and Westerbork. Particularly…
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Series 2: Ghetto and camp mail Approximate 1938-Approximate 1985, 1938-1945 Bulk
… in 1943 and sent to a prison in Budapest. She and her parents were deported to Auschwitz in 1944. In January 1945 the camp was evacuated and Susan and…
… concentration camps: Auschwitz, Theresienstadt, and Sachsenhausen. Also includes photographs of Nazi criminals and their victims, children’s photographs from…
… (Litzmannstadt), Poland; one receipt from Auschwitz; one vaccination card issued in Theresienstadt; and two ration cards issued in the Litzmannstadt and…
… (Schutzhaft); daily reports; reports of deaths; lists of persons deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp; transport lists from the Kounicova dormitories in…
… that, to Auschwitz, where Katarina’s entire family was killed. She was transported to Ravensbrück in 1944, and later to Malchow in 1945, where she was…
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… various documents relating to Katarina’s imprisonment during the Holocaust. Items include two postcards sent while Katarina was in Auschwitz‐ Birkenau, a…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0445.21 | RG Number: RG-50.444.0021
Date:
interview: 1997 June 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… returning to Austria; being deported with other Roma to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland; spending several years in the camp neighboring the…
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…, going to Oswiecim? Did you know where you were going? A: No, not at all. They told us. Q: Who, who? A: At home, our cops. Q: Police. A: Yes, police, that…
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.