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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… camp) Theresienstadt (Concen Concentration camps. Jewish ghettos. Prisoners. Prisoners of war. Prisoner-of-war camps. War criminals. War crime trials…
Selected records of the Main Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Poland
… September 1939; “Executions and their places,” “Registration of victims of the German terror,” and “Registration of war criminals” questionnaires; losses…
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… German terror,” and “Registration of war criminals” questionnaires; losses among teachers; press cuttings; investigation files concerning Jakob Sporrenberg…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0129.21 | RG Number: RG-50.029.0021
Date:
interview: 1992 April 05
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… anti-Jewish measures; the formation of a clandestine school in the ghetto; his father's work as a tanner; his clandestine bar mitzvah in the ghetto; the…
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… their schools (all Jewish schools, etc). Irving was transferred to a school outside his town. Polish schools were mixed in apartment buildings so there…
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… of Soviet prisoners of war, Russians and other people tortured by German solders; Judicial proceedings in the trial of the German criminals. System…
… authorities extradited Demjanjuk to Israel to stand trial on charges of crimes against the Jewish people and crimes against humanity. The trial opened in…
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.