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: 1992.A.0127.1 | RG Number: RG-50.154.0001
Date:
interview: 1986 April 11
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oralhistory interview with Alice Adler…
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… RG-50.154.0001 Oralhistory interview with Alice Adler Summary Alice Adler, born in 1910 in Budapest, Hungary, describes her experience as a Jew who…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.442 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0442
Date:
interview: 1993 April 01 interview: 1993 April 04
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oralhistory interview with Maurice Blane…
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…:00,318 --> 00:01:07,460 5 00:01:07,460 --> 00:01:08,240 OK. 6 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,030 This is the Holocaust OralHistory Project interview 7 00…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0097.8 | RG Number: RG-50.043.0008
Date:
interview: 1982 June
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oralhistory interview with Henry Oertelt…
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… what I'm describing here, in this particular scene, is about the worst criminal thing that ever happened in human history. I believe-- not, I don…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0125.125 | RG Number: RG-50.233.0125
Date:
interview: 1992 March 27
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oralhistory interview with Irene Shapiro…
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… Poland and the Ukraine and later the Soviet Union. Q: And when were you born there? A: 1925, which was ancient history of course, and well, I was born…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.382 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0382
Date:
interview: 1989 September 20 interview: 1990 March 04
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oralhistory interview with Eddy Wynschenk…
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…Interview with EDDY WYNSCHENK Holocaust OralHistory Project September 20 1989 San Francisco CA Interviewer P. Coster Transcriber Susan Kitchell TAPE…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0066 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0114
Date:
interview: 1999 April 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oralhistory interview with Richard W. Peterson…
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… been checked for spelling or accuracy. PREFACE The following oralhistory testimony is the result of an audiotaped interview with Richard W. Peterson…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1285.18 | RG Number: RG-50.149.0018
Date:
interview: 1986 November
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oralhistory interview with Jerzy Herszberg…
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… about Lódz ghetto? Well, I think the history is fairly well known. We were-- I mean for your family. For my family, we first moved to Lódz. And then there…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0298 | RG Number: RG-50.549.02.0045
Date:
interview: 1999 June 11
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oralhistory interview with Lonia Mosak…
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… checked for spelling or accuracy. PREFACE The following oralhistory testimony is the result of an audio taped interview with Lonia Mosak, conducted by Gary…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0284 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0128
Date:
interview: 1999 December 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oralhistory interview with Henry Greenbaum…
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…. His family was in the tailoring business and his siblings helped. There were about 5,000 Jews in the area. He does not know his family history beyond…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0039 | RG Number: RG-50.549.02.0031
Date:
interview: 1998 November 30
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oralhistory interview with Sol Lurie…
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… checked for spelling or accuracy. PREFACE The following oralhistory testimony is the result of an audio taped interview with Sol Lurie, conducted by Steve…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.167 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0167
Date:
interview: 1993 April 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oralhistory interview with Rita Weiss…
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… married and go to Japan in the occupational army, as one way to become Americans. She decides against it and goes by train to Budapest. Gets help from the…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2019.253.991 | RG Number: RG-90.063.0991
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oralhistory interview with Willy Manela…
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… for first time, Kalmen having served years in Tsar’s army, in Japan (1905) and later Europe, where he was imprisoned in Belgium during WWI, remaining…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2017.199.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0927
Date:
interview: 2017 April 27
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oralhistory interview with Dorothea Fingerhood…
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… family histories, Rosie was happy to hear that my parents and brother were already in America. And that I was on my way, as well. Of her 10 brothers and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2013.157.1 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0212
Date:
interview: 2013 August 19
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oralhistory interview with Sarah Ludwig…
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… history. 953 00:41:31,070 --> 00:41:33,200 After that was a romance. 954 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:39,360 We dated for a year or so, and he says, you know, 955…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0437 | RG Number: RG-50.549.02.0007
Date:
interview: 1997 July 10
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oralhistory interview with Michael Vogel…
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… checked for spelling or accuracy. PREFACE The following oralhistory testimony is the result of an audio taped interview with Mike Vogel on July 10, 1997 on…
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… Japan with the Tsunami? God did it. God put the Tsunami in Japan. Why didn't he put it in Germany? Forget about it. >> Bill Benson: Thank you, David…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.497 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0497
Date:
interview: 1991 March 27 interview: 1991 June 06 interview: 1991 August 22 interview: 1991 November 19 interview: 1993 December 02 interview: 1993 December 17 interview: 1994 February 04 interview: 1994 April 01 interview: 1994 July 11 interview: 1994 July 25
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oralhistory interview with John Steiner…
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… Steiner, interviewing 7 00:01:57,150 --> 00:02:01,290 John for the OralHistory Project in San Francisco. 8 00:02:01,290 --> 00:02:05,070 Today is the 27 of…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1255 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1255
Date:
interview: 1986 January 30
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oralhistory interview with Marty Rothman…
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… unemployment and the Versailles contract was the worst thing ever done. Thats the reason Rothman--28 we had Marshall Plan and helped Japan and Germany back on…
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… for spelling or accuracy. PREFACE The following oralhistory testimony is the result of a taped interview with Anna Ware, conducted on April 1, 1996 on…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1159 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1159
Date:
interview: 1989 December 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oralhistory interview with Martin Becker…
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…Interview with Martin Becker Holocaust OralHistory Project Date 12689 Place San Francisco Interviewer Evelyn Fielder Transcriber Holly Fletcher…
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