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.
… in the collection is a five-page mimeograph copy of a report prepared by for Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) by the United…
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… Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) by the United States Group Control Council dated 16 April 1945 summarizing the conditions at…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.346.2 | RG Number: RG-50.031.0002
Date:
interview: 1982 October 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… war had been forced to dig an underground munitions factory; working with the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF); his unit being…
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… Allied Expeditionary Force. We went back and spent time there. [3 Or 4 days]. In one instance we did that in June. The whole province of [Hollay?] was…
… transferred to Bochum subcamp, and on March 18, 1945, returned to Buchenwald. As Alliedforces approached the camp, the inmates were loaded on a train, which…
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… Buchenwald through March 1945. As Alliedforces approached the camp, Herman and hundreds of others were put on a prison train, which became disabled en…
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Series 1: Concentration camps and liberation 1941-1945
… purposes. When AlliesForces marched into liberated Paris at the end of August, Nadich followed close behind. He sought out the Jewish community, driving his…
… liberated by American troops.
Just after the war, Symcho worked for the Allied Expeditionary Force, traveling through Germany gathering information on…
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… camp was liberated by American troops. Just after the war, Symcho worked for the Allied Expeditionary Force, traveling through Germany gathering…
… the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF). Through the course of the investigation, Albert and his Intelligence team enlisted the…
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…, the investigation sought to study the camp and prepare an official report for the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF). Through the…
Film | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2214 | Film ID: 858
Film Title:
Death Mills [Die Todesmuehlen]
Date:
Event: 1945 Production: 1945
Duration:
00:21:24
Special Collection:
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
…FORCED CONFRONTATION…
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…,330 --> 00:01:48,840 Death mills that ground out there dead until the very day 17 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:50,715 Allied armies broke through their gates. 18 00…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0088.79 | RG Number: RG-50.002.0079
Date:
interview: 1992 December 04
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… camp from the United States Army. He discusses his childhood in Svaliava; his father's imprisonment in a forced labor camp; the cremation of his mother…
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…. Harold describes the restrictions and hardships that were forced upon the Jewish population. He became an electrician at the age of seventeen and did much…
Film | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2252 | Film ID: 858
Film Title:
That Justice Be Done
Date:
Production: 1946
Duration:
00:10:41
Special Collection:
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
… — including the only Allied European Front color film of the war — the liberation of Paris and the meeting of American and Soviet forces at the Elbe River, as…
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… who will join forces 147 00:08:03,250 --> 00:08:06,740 with the most eminent jurists of Great Britain, France, 148 00:08:06,740 --> 00:08:08,650 and the…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1996.A.0481 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0380
Date:
interview: 1996 October 03
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Forced repatriation.…
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…, I knew how they got there, they were forced there, but I didn’t know until later on when I read how they were put in vans, and put on trains and in…
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.