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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…). Holocaust survivors‐‐Poland‐‐Bedzin. Death march survivors‐‐Germany. Escapes‐‐Germany. Secretaries‐‐Poland‐‐Bedzin. Jewishghettos‐‐Poland‐‐Będzin…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.809 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0809
Date:
interview: 1990 August 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewishghettos--Poland--Lódz.…
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… a way because the Jewish tailors in Poland were very ingenious. They could take something that had gotten two sizes too small, turn it inside out…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2008.63 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0526
Date:
interview: 2008 May 27
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewishghettos--Poland--Łódź.…
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…, they were killed in many, many places. There was a pogrom in Kielce, you know, in Poland, where they killed a lot of Jewish people, you know, because…
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… was Fela Yakomovich (ph) in Yiddish, and I lived in a small town called Ozerkoff (ph) in Poland. I was born the tenth month, the fifteenth day of 1926…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.685 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0685
Date:
interview: 1996 April 25 interview: 1996 May 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewishghettos--Poland--Lódz.…
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… were Orthodox? Well, in Poland there was no such thing as reform or conservative. If you were following in Jewish faith you were Orthodox. I mean, he was…
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… teaching unfortunately of the church which I hope is being changed. But in Poland it will take a very, very long time until it would be changed. I heard…
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… in 19-0-10. He moved to Lódz, Poland, where he established himself a little factory making sweater. The same thing what he had there. Same thing what…
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.