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.
… and ethnic backgrounds who were targeted by the Nazis and their collaborators or witnessed the events of the Holocaust…
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… take the weeds home. They were a source of green vegetable. When we were thinning out radishes, we would eat raw radishes. That they couldn't catch us…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2001.320 | RG Number: RG-50.549.03.0001
Date:
interview: 2001 February 27
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation…
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… coming from? A: Oh they just looked -- you know, th-this was some -- in those days there were not very many foreigners. So I was thegreen immigrant…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0088.88 | RG Number: RG-50.002.0088
Date:
interview: 1987 April 10
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…The Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University…
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… kilo coffee beans before the war. Not roasted, green coffee beans. And if my brother will roast it, it is fresh. It's very good. I had it hidden. We…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1994.A.0447.28 | RG Number: RG-50.042.0028
Date:
interview: 1992 January 30
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Contains oral histories interviews with 32 Holocaust survivors from the United States…
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… blond hair and big green eyes 140 00:08:21,220 --> 00:08:23,050 and I suppose the Contact reference@ushmm.org for further information about this…
…Oral history interviews of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's First Person Program…
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… emptying the barracks and whitewashing the inside and outside. I saw a new set of supervisors. The first thing I noticed, that instead of thegreen of the…
…Oral history interviews of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's First Person Program…
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… I, at that time, when we first got to Auschwitz, the trustees, the couples, were German criminals with green triangles, and they needed an interpreter…
…Oral history interviews of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's First Person Program…
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… out the barracks, whitewashing inside and outside. And what was most noticeable to us is that their supervisors were not wearing thegreen triangle of…
…Oral history interviews of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's First Person Program…
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… provided in order to facilitate communication accessibility. CART captioning and this realtime file may not be a totally verbatim record of the proceedings…
…Oral history interviews of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's First Person Program…
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… saw a new set of orderlies, a new set of supervisors, but instead of thegreen triangle of the criminals, they had red triangles of political prisoners…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.408.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0030
Date:
interview: 1990 June 11
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Restrictions on use. Interview cannot be used for sale in the Museum Shop. Interview cannot be used by a third party for creation of a work for…
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…, medicines, blankets, clothings, sweaters. But pile it up to the full capacity." And that's why I needed fifty; because to every one, ten woman would be able…
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.