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.
…, Stuthoff concentrationcamp and Leibitsch forced labor camp in Germany, and after the Holocaust during and after her return journey to Israel.…
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…, correspondence, subject files, and photographs relating to Esther’s wartime experience in the Kovno ghetto, Stuthoff concentrationcamp, and Leibitsch forced labor…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1998.A.0221.47 | RG Number: RG-50.473.0047
Date:
interview: 1998 September 25
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… and 1943; receiving assistance from Lithuanians; being caught in 1943 by German soldiers, and being taken on foot to Pravieniskes concentrationcamp…
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… 1919 in Šiluva, discusses the difficult life in the Lithuanian villages of Pravieniskes and Seredžius, as well as a Boulogne town concentrationcamp in…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1998.A.0221.48 | RG Number: RG-50.473.0048
Date:
interview: 1998 September 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… from other Romani people; her transfer to the concentrationcamp Pravieniškės; conditions in Pravieniškės; mass shootings of Romani; her forced labor…
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… at Pravieniškės; says the camp was fenced, they worked in a potato field; mentions she would put potatoes into her pockets, make a camp fire, bake the…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.208 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0208
Date:
interview: 1995 April 23
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Dachau (Concentrationcamp)…
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… trip 9:36 to 9:58(end tape 3/5) Lager #1 of the Dachau Camp Complex. Describes the camp, barracks’ structure and interior. All their belongings taken…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.349 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0349
Date:
interview: 1999 February 16
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Kaufering-Lager IV Hurlach (Concentrationcamp)…
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… describes Camp I; Czech Jewish inmates; Kaufering IV – where there was some cannibalism; where French president Léon Blum slept in the bunk next to him; and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.261 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0261
Date:
interview: 1995 November 17-1995 December 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentrationcamp)…
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… Sheindele 3:10 to 3:30 The End of the Ghetto and the Children’s Aktzia The Ghetto was being transformed into three small labor camps. Describes life in the…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.324 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0324
Date:
interview: 1997 February 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… the machinery in the factory where he worked; transferring to Šanciai with his family (Kauen-Schanzen concentrationcamp); being deported to Stutthof…
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… camp in Sachsenhausen. For survival he took a Christian political prisoner’s name. After the war he was able to find his mother, father, sister and his…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.268 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0268
Date:
interview: 1995 December 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Dachau (Concentrationcamp)…
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… renamed a 'concentrationcamp'. 7.00 The Children's Action. He manages to escape it and hide. Old people were also deported. S was able to see it all from…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.305 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0305
Date:
interview: 1996 November 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentrationcamp)…
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… ghetto was transformed into a work camp. The discipline was stricter. 10:02:27 In March 1944, the camp was closed. No one could enter, exit, or return home…
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.