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.
…, and passed his journeyman’s examination.
Niemann joined the Nazi Party in 1931 as member number 753,836 andtheSS in 1934 as member number 270,600. He…
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…, his family, and his SS career, culminating in his role as deputy commander of the Sobibor death camp. Niemann was killed by prisoners during the October…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1998.A.0060 | RG Number: RG-50.549.02.0014
Date:
interview: 1998 March 30
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation…
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…; how shared their stories with schoolchildren, both in Germany andthe United States; their trips back to Germany to testify in SS Guards’ trials; how…
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive…
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… States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the…
Film | Accession Number: 1999.A.0087 | RG Number: RG-60.2100.066 | Film ID: 2065
Film Title:
Eichmann Trial
Date:
Event: May 25-June 5, 1961
Duration:
00:54:24
Special Collection:
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
… tells of being put to forced labor in Buczacz, Hungary, where theSSand SD forced him to dig ditches. A German truck painted with the words "Deutsche…
Claude Lanzmann Shoah Collection, Interview with Henryk Gawkowski
Date:
Event: July 1978 Production: 1985
Duration:
03:42:00
… in 1950, and Félix Lanzmann (1993-2017). Lanzmann's most renowned work, Shoah, is widely regarded as the seminal film on the subject of theHolocaust…
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… 1 Transcript of the Shoah Interview with Henryk Gawkowski and Treblinka railway workers Translation by Kristen Lefebvre - Volunteer – Visitor…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1998.A.0300.110 | RG Number: RG-50.488.0110
Date:
interview: 1999 October 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation…
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… heard the shots; explains that theSS always used Blue Police since they [theSS] did not know the countryside and that in this case they did not know the…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0155 | RG Number: RG-50.549.02.0048
Date:
interview: 1999 June 23-1999 June 24 interview: 1999 June 23
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation…
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… war; his feelings about Germany and contemporary German citizens; his views on Holocaust literature; reuniting with the other Sobibór survivors; the…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1994.A.0447.23 | RG Number: RG-50.042.0023
Date:
interview: 1992 February 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch received the films and tapes of the interview in August 1994. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
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…,730 --> 00:02:37,580 TheSS came out with dogs and started barking. 39 00:02:37,580 --> 00:02:39,020 I mean, they never talked. 40 00:02:39,020 --> 00:02:39…
…, Ukraine) where they joined the newly established Jewish agricultural colony in 1926. In 1935, Lev entered a Jewish teacher’s college in Moscow and started…
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…, Jewish organizations, and veterans organizations, 1958-2003 2.2 Correspondence with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 1991-1995 2…
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… RG-68.118 RG-68.118 Literary Archive of the Soviet Yiddish Writer and Journalist Mikhail Lev, 1940-2008. 1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1994.A.0447.10 | RG Number: RG-50.042.0010
Date:
interview: 1992 February 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch received the films and tapes of the interview in August 1994. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
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… once, a young men, he was 16 years old, 164 00:08:12,950 --> 00:08:16,090 and he was the favorite of one of theSSes, really. Contact reference@ushmm…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.345.3 | RG Number: RG-50.005.0003
Date:
interview: 1983 June 19
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… German SS officer Karl Frenzel; his methods for surviving psychologically; the organized revolt in the camp and escaping; hiding out and receiving help…
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… took place in Los Angeles, California and is part of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's collection of oral testimonies. The United States…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.160 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0160
Date:
interview: 1992 February 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… for the Study of theHolocaust, andthe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The 383 interviews in the collection date from 1991 to 2000 with two…
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… garden near the cemetery. They saw 2 SS men drag the rabbi toward the cemetery. The rabbi was shot 7 times by a revolver, and he fell. A great mourning…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.91 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0091
Date:
interview: 1992 May 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… for the Study of theHolocaust, andthe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The 383 interviews in the collection date from 1991 to 2000 with two…
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…. Describes transport, arrival in camp and treatment. 1.13 Describes her work in the camp laundry. Mentions SS men Wagner, Frankel and others. Also decent…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.500 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0500
Date:
interview: 1990 December 12 interview: 1990 December 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma…
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…:10,890 Gerald [? Burstyn ?] is observing and is our third. 10 00:01:10,890 --> 00:01:12,510 We're here at theHolocaust center. 11 00:01:12,510 --> 00…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1994.A.0447.9 | RG Number: RG-50.042.0009
Date:
interview: 1992 February 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History branch received the films and tapes of the interview in August 1994. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
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…, did it, because they had the power. How many times Frenzel shoot one body, andthe worst of them was Wagner [NB SS-Oberscharführer Gustav Wagner]. Now…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.378.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0184
Date:
interview: 1990 April 30
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… and ethnic backgrounds who were targeted by the Nazis and their collaborators or witnessed the events of theHolocaust…
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… Kuzmack on April 30, 1990 on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The interview took place in Washington, DC and is part of the United…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.27 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0027
Date:
interview: 1992 May 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… for the Study of theHolocaust, andthe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The 383 interviews in the collection date from 1991 to 2000 with two…
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… his work in the pharmacy. 1.44 Talks about S.S. Wagner and Frenzel. 1.56 Arrival of transport from Russia. 2.00 Escape plans. 2.04 Beatings by Frenzel…
… and ethnic backgrounds who were targeted by the Nazis and their collaborators or witnessed the events of theHolocaust…
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…, DC and is part of the United States Holocaust Reearch Institute's collection of oral testimonies. The reader should bear in mind that this is a…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.438.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0028
Date:
interview: 1990 September 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… and ethnic backgrounds who were targeted by the Nazis and their collaborators or witnessed the events of theHolocaust…
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… Memorial Museum. The interview took place in Washington, DC and is part of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's collection of oral testimonies…
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.