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: 1990.426.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0067
Date:
interview: 1990 July 16
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…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.16 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0016
Date:
interview: 1992 March 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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…. 5.20 S.S. Wagner and Franzel and their cruelties; description of camps 1,2,3. 5.26 First 8 months in Sobibor andthe changes afterward. 5.31 Fate of…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.425.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0066
Date:
interview: 1990 July 16
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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…. The interview took place in Washington, DC and is part of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's collection of oral testimonies. Rights to the…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2020.255.4 | RG Number: RG-90.143.0004
Date:
interview: 2010 May 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oral history interviews with survivors of Sobibor extermination camp; second generation survivors; and co-defendants at the John Demjanjuk trial…
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…,240 --> 01:09:46,240 Ja 839 01:09:46,240 --> 01:09:46,240 En wat was the other one dan? 840 https://collections.ushmm.org Contact reference@ushmm.org for…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2020.255.26 | RG Number: RG-90.143.0026
Date:
interview: 2010 May 25 interview: 2010 June 01 interview: 2010 June 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oral history interviews with survivors of Sobibor extermination camp; second generation survivors; and co-defendants at the John Demjanjuk trial…
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…://collections.ushmm.org Contact reference@ushmm.org for further information about this collection Tegen een hoge SS-man, die heette Michalsen. 16 00:01:22…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2020.255.7 | RG Number: RG-90.143.0007
Date:
interview: 2010 March 21-2010 March 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oral history interviews with survivors of Sobibor extermination camp; second generation survivors; and co-defendants at the John Demjanjuk trial…
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… 24 00:01:40,170 --> 00:01:43,880 It was a Jewish village. 25 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:49,220 Yes. And what was the name of the village? 26 00:01:49…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2020.255.18 | RG Number: RG-90.143.0018
Date:
interview: 2011 January 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oral history interviews with survivors of Sobibor extermination camp; second generation survivors; and co-defendants at the John Demjanjuk trial…
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…:04:05,028 --> 02:04:11,442 gehad, Holdert, en dat was een SS’er. En toen eh heeft Marten zich ook ziek gemeld, toen. Toen 1518 https://collections…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2020.255.6 | RG Number: RG-90.143.0006
Date:
interview: 2010 February 09-2010 February 10
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oral history interviews with survivors of Sobibor extermination camp; second generation survivors; and co-defendants at the John Demjanjuk trial…
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…,160 --> 00:01:04,840 In 1940 I graduated from the secondary school. And I went to the Red Army. The Red Army. 7 00:01:05,790 --> 00:01:11,320 To the Red Army…
Film | Accession Number: 1996.166 | RG Number: RG-60.5023 | Film ID: 3270, 3271, 3272, 3273, 3274, 3275, 3276, 3277
Film Title:
Claude Lanzmann Shoah Collection, Interview with Ada Lichtman
Date:
Event: September or October 1979 Production: 1985
Duration:
02:42:36
… 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…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2020.255.2 | RG Number: RG-90.143.0002
Date:
interview: 2010 February 10
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oral history interviews with survivors of Sobibor extermination camp; second generation survivors; and co-defendants at the John Demjanjuk trial…
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…,301 --> 01:02:51,470 the Ukrainians and one for theS.S, for the, for the Germans, 883 01:02:51,470 --> 01:03:06,590 He did it one for the Ukrainians and one…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2020.255.3 | RG Number: RG-90.143.0003
Date:
interview: 2009 December 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oral history interviews with survivors of Sobibor extermination camp; second generation survivors; and co-defendants at the John Demjanjuk trial…
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… change. As a matter of fact, they ask me now what do you did learn from 140 00:16:39,670 --> 00:16:46,640 theHolocaustand I can’t really speci, eh, pin…
Claude Lanzmann Shoah Collection, Interview with Jan Piwonski
Date:
Event: 1978-1981 (Tournage en Pologne) Production: 1985
Duration:
03:20:24
… 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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… happening there, I could always see the main gate, andthe insignia badges of theSS. L.- Was there, was there “arbeit macht frei”? B.- With the lettering…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2020.255.1 | RG Number: RG-90.143.0001
Date:
interview: 2010 April 09
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oral history interviews with survivors of Sobibor extermination camp; second generation survivors; and co-defendants at the John Demjanjuk trial…
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… for that eh, for somebody was working in the kitchen, 586 00:56:26,318 --> 00:56:33,829 to poison thetheSSand also the, the Ukrainian kitchen too…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2020.255.9 | RG Number: RG-90.143.0009
Date:
interview: 2011 December 05-2011 December 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oral history interviews with survivors of Sobibor extermination camp; second generation survivors; and co-defendants at the John Demjanjuk trial…
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… woman and their daughters, 12 00:01:38,589 --> 00:01:48,405 it was separate and then there was a podium there and a very tall SS man was standing on the…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2020.255.10 | RG Number: RG-90.143.0010
Date:
interview: 2009 November 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oral history interviews with survivors of Sobibor extermination camp; second generation survivors; and co-defendants at the John Demjanjuk trial…
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… de Holocaust. 345 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:57,075 Voor zover dat mogelijk is. Als ik zeg alles opnemen, dan neem ik alleen maar op 346 00:25:57…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2020.255.5 | RG Number: RG-90.143.0005
Date:
interview: 2010 April 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oral history interviews with survivors of Sobibor extermination camp; second generation survivors; and co-defendants at the John Demjanjuk trial…
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… (educated) and they sent people to the camps. They opened up the camps, theSS. 294 00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:36,870 And you knew that those camps were being…
Film | Accession Number: 1996.166 | RG Number: RG-60.5030 | Film ID: 3334, 3335, 3336, 3337, 3338
Film Title:
Claude Lanzmann Shoah Collection, Interview with Yehuda Lerner
Date:
Event: October 11, 1979 Production: 1985
Duration:
02:27:36
… 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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… jewel, and all these artisans were at the service of the Germans. L: It was the Jewish artisans of the camp who were prisoners and who worked for theSS…
… and Yehuda Lerner. [The In the back row are Meyer Zis (far left), Israel Trager (third from the left), and Leib Felhendler (far right).
In the summer…
… arrival, with Leon Leib Felhendler as his deputy. On October 14, 1943 the uprising broke out in the camp. Eleven SS men and several Ukrainian guards were…
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