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.1272.264 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0264
Date:
interview: 1995 December 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…, Austria for a time then being sent to Föhrenwald displaced persons camp; immigrating to Israel; and his motivation for giving his testimony.…
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… to obtain fake documents in order to emigrate to Israel. 5.50 Stop in Austria, Graz for a few months. 16.30 Transfer to Foerenwald, where they were for…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.118 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0118
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… night; going to Wels, Austria; being treated by German prisoners of war in Hershing (possibly Hörsching); staying in a monastery in Melk for several days…
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… continue and survive the death march by sheer will power and stamina. After 3 days the march arrived in Gunskirchen - a small village in Austria. Survivors…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.346.75 | RG Number: RG-50.031.0075
Date:
interview: 1991 August 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… being taken to Vienna, Austria; being taken to work in the factory in Auschwitz; leaving the factory and returning to Warsaw; working in Vienna at a post…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.95 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0095
Date:
interview: 1985 April 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; reuniting with his wife; living in his wife’s hometown; moving to Reichenbach, Germany, where he opened a shop; living briefly in Israel; returning to Austria…
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… Reichenbach where he opened a shop, then briefly in Israel. He returned to Austria, worked as a tailor for USEC, and later emigrated to the United States with…
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