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 had to report to the ghetto in Rīga, Latvia. Around July 1943, Jews in Rīga were being transported to Kaiserwald concentration camp. In 1944, with…
… and had to report to the ghetto in Rīga, Latvia. Around July 1943, Jews in Rīga were being transported to Kaiserwald concentration camp. In 1944, with…
… and had to report to the ghetto in Rīga, Latvia. Around July 1943, Jews in Rīga were being transported to Kaiserwald concentration camp. In 1944, with…
… her and her family up on January 11, 1942 and going on a train bound for Riga, Latvia; the death of her parents before they reached the Riga ghetto; her…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0125.68 | RG Number: RG-50.233.0068
Date:
interview: 1992 July
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… in Riga, Latvia when the Russians came in 1940; the deportations of wealthy Latvians to Siberia before the Germans arrived in 1941; working in a…
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… contain errors in spelling or accuracy. He was born in Latvia, I think in Aizpute or Hasenpot. 26 00:01:07,110 --> 00:01:09,260 Can you spell that for me…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.148 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0148
Date:
interview: 1992 November 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… between the Jews; studying in Rīga, Latvia in 1939; the Russians entering in 1940; Latvian history and Jewish history in Latvia; being sent to the ghetto in…
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… all Zionist organizations. 1.26 Talks about Latvian history and Jewish history in Latvia. 1.31 In 1941 the Germans took Riga. All Jews had to register…
…Sonja Gottlieb Ludsin, born in Riga, Latvia on October 20, 1923, describes growing up in a well-off family; the Russian invasion in June 1940, during…
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… Riga, Latvia in 1923, the twentieth of October, 1923. I lived in Latvia, with my family. And the War broke out. Q: Tell me a little bit about what your…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.370.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0220
Date:
interview: 1990 March 30
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Steven Springfield, born in 1923 in Riga, Latvia, describes his experiences as a child; the German occupation of Riga in 1941 and having to go into…
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… Latvia, in Riga. Originally he worked as a salesman and slowly improved himself and was opened, able to open his own business. He was, he was selling…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.279 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0279
Date:
interview: 1993 October 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Julius Drabkin, born December 4, 1918 in Ukraine, describes his parents, Mikhail and Sarah Daviolovna; living in Riga, Latvia before WWII; being a…
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… YOU MOVED HERE FROM LATVIA OR RIGA YEAR AND HALF AGO COULD YOU CONTRAST THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE HOLOCAUST IS DISCUSSED HERE TO THE DEGREE TO WHICH IT IS…
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.