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.
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… HEADINGS Teschen (Cieszyn) PolandJewish life, Poland Pre World War 1939-1945 Forced labor World War, 1939-1945 - Deportation from Poland Zilina, Slovakia…
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…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Interview with Rose Szywic Warner September 12, 1994 RG-50.030*0270 http://collections.ushmm.org Contact…
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… back later to 1939. I'm going now to 1981 when I went to the world gathering of JewishHolocaust survivors, okay? Q: Okay. A: And when we came, only…
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…,710 --> 00:02:25,020 the war broke out. 44 00:02:25,020 --> 00:02:33,030 And that is exactly in September 1945, 45 00:02:33,030 --> 00:02:39,180 which I…
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… DF: That was in 1939, ‘40. But we still met together, the girls and the boys, you know, and talking... HG: The parties were mixed, Jewish and Christian…
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… Hebrew teacher at home. Outbreak of War When the Germans entered their town (Spitzkasaravik?) in Sept. 1939 their family tried to hide the girls, also with…
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… family. 7.28 Arrived in Sosnowitz on May 7, 1945, and the war had ended. Mother and sister came. She worked and got papers for all. An American Jewish…
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…, the people want I should get married. I was married in 1939. I was engaged in 1939. I was married to a wonderful husband...was a beautiful man, and I…
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…'t happen to him. He definitely didn't want to talk about it. And I remember in 1939 when German soldiers came back to Germany from Poland, and they used to…
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… and daily life. 1:09 Malka talks about the outbreak of the war in 1939. She describes the entrance of German soldiers, the loss of her family’s property…
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.