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: 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
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… was assigned to train the camp commander’s dog. 12:15:00 Some Hungarian Jews arrived in Kaufering. They were given SS uniforms, and did not want to be…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2015.169.1 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0242
Date:
interview: 2015 May 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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… into Germany. You know everybody, the guard the whatever, the German army had to wait behind. The Jews had priority, out. So they, the second in command…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1998.A.0221.21 | RG Number: RG-50.473.0021
Date:
interview: 1998 April 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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… again into the army and given command of a battalion in Kauno Senamiestis (Old town area of Kaunas), that he remembers when the Aleksoto bridge was…
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
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… camp, but that no one in her cell was ever ill; says the soldiers did not harass the young women, they only “commanded”, but she does not remember which…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.447.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0211
Date:
interview: 1990 September 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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… it was vacant, and they made me scrub the floor. It was the headquarters for the commanding general to stopover when he will arrive. They were…
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
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… own life, slightly better food, access to water, shoes and cleaner clothes (lice was big problem) Older German guards as well as garage commanders…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.368 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0368
Date:
interview: 2000 March 02
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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… about the commanders, who were Russian. 16:41 The partisans placed explosives under the train tracks from Vilna to Kovno. 24:46 The partisans were…
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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.