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: 2006.220 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0509
Date:
interview: 2006 July 25
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch conducted the interview with Ann Green (née Anna Preis) on July 25, 2006. The…
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… for spelling or accuracy. PREFACE The following oral history testimony is the result of a taped interview with Ann Green, conducted by Amy Rubin on July…
…) where his family owned a store. Egon had a sister Edith (b. 1923) and a brother Tomy (b. 1942 in Theresienstadt). In 1938, Germany annexed the Sudetenland…
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… with flat roofs and curved windows (a form we saw frequently in the Balkans); on the right side were reed covered huts; an antiquated green tram with…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2014.428.3 | RG Number: RG-50.822.0003
Date:
interview: 2014
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… visit with his sister; managing to buy a sweater and scarf for his sister before she was sent to Bergen-Belsen; the communication between the resistance…
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… that time in Auschwitz the kapos were still green triangles, common criminals brought in from prisons; and they needed an interpreter. The only reward as…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2002.345 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0462
Date:
interview: 2000 September 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… and ethnic backgrounds who were targeted by the Nazis and their collaborators or witnessed the events of the Holocaust…
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… if -- in bottle green, I never forget that. So gloves, and the cover of my head. No, that was all I remember. Q: You don’t remember were you wearing a…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1994.A.0447.12 | RG Number: RG-50.042.0012
Date:
interview: 1992 March 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Restrictions on use. The interviewee restricts the use of the interview, in all formats, to non-commercial purposes only.…
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… people with the bad, you know this triangle, red triangle, that triangle was a political prisoner. Okay? A green triangle was a, a, a crime, so, if…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0247 | RG Number: RG-50.549.02.0058
Date:
interview: 1999 July 15
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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… old, a lot. He made me m-miffin -- ma -- gloves -- Q: [indecipherable] gloves. A: But you know, with all the fingers, by himself, from old sweaters. And…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1438 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1438
Date:
interview: 1983 April 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma…
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… you know for was small and short got long black skirt and and green tremendous blouse. And they put cross they put cross paint red cross on the back of…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.665 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0665
Date:
interview: 1990 July 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma…
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… again you couldnt take nothing from the camp. 16 We the si hundred who were in Canada we put on good 17 shoes three or four pairs of socks and sweaters…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1996.A.0418 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0376
Date:
interview: 1996 August 19
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Restrictions on use. Interview may not be used by television or film production without the written consent of Anna Szyller Palarczyk or her sons…
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… was either a prostitute or a..., yes, she was a prostitute, because a black triangle was worn by the prostitutes, a green triangle was worn by thieves…
… and ethnic backgrounds who were targeted by the Nazis and their collaborators or witnessed the events of the Holocaust…
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… were the ladies of the night in Angora sweaters leaning through the windows and cheering us, welcoming us to the camp in Auschwitz. Our blocks were…
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.