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.
… between approximately 1945 and 1985. The materials document
mail systems in and around Holocaust-era ghettos and concentration camps and, by extension, the…
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… HICEM in Shanghai from the Warsaw Ghetto self help committee. Postmarked June 24, 1941. Postcard addressed to M. Rabinowitz in Philadelphia from Masza…
manufacture: 1934 July-1945 May acquired: before 1939 May 10
… (around 14,000 people, the majority of which were Jewish) into the Hongkew district. The area became known as the Shanghaighetto, and a pass was required…
manufacture: 1934 July-1945 May acquired: before 1939 May 10
… (around 14,000 people, the majority of which were Jewish) into the Hongkew district. The area became known as the Shanghaighetto, and a pass was required…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1231 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1231
Date:
interview: 1985 March 23
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… in the Hong Kew ghetto of Shanghai; the Japanese occupation; and the end of hostiliites.…
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… South American consulates and they 16 wouldnt take any applications anymnre. 17 The only thing left was Shangai. For Shanghai all 18 you needed was ticket…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.336 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0336
Date:
interview: 1998 May 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… arrival in Shanghai; the conditions in the Hong Kew ghetto; the hardships her family endured; the arrival of Americans to assist the refugees in 1946; her…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0125.29 | RG Number: RG-50.233.0029
Date:
interview: 1993 April 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… for the trash dumps; working for the Shanghai Bus Company; having to live in the ghetto; working for Citroën Motors; getting a job in the Toyota Company…
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… letter in the hall and it says on that letter, the only way out is through the free port of Shanghai. That’s the only way you can go. So, O.K., so there…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.658 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0658
Date:
interview: 1990 August 23 interview: 1991 October 16
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewish ghettos--China--Shanghai.…
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… the Jewish refugees lived, because nobody could go out without having a pass into the city of Shanghai. It was like a ghetto, more or less. Was this…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.691 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0691
Date:
interview: 1993 March 04
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewish ghettos--China--Shanghai.…
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… English. In other words, I had three years of English in school, which helped me a lot going to Shanghai, obviously, and coming here. Had I started with…
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.