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.
… to Auschwitz concentration camp. His pregnant wife, Rosa, and their 3-year old son, Uriel perished there. Norbert’s arm was tattooed with the number…
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… other Holocaust survivor organizations such as the World Federation of Bergen-Belsen Survivors, the Auschwitz/Buna Memorial, the World Federation of…
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Series 1: Life in Europe Circa 1900-Circa 1996, 1945-1954 Bulk
… Auschwitz concentration camp on August 2, 1943.
In July 1950, Herta and Evy left Germany on the SS General ML Hersey for the US. Herta married Henry Long, a…
… survived the Holocaust in hiding; his older brother was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and murdered upon arrival; his parents were hiding most of the time…
…, taken to the transit camp at Malines, and in January 1944 deported to Auschwitz, where they were eventually assigned to the “Union” munitions factory for…
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… Poland in 1938; Eva’s survival in Auschwitz with her sister Erna; and her husband, Naftali Baumohl. Languages: German, English, Hebrew, Dutch…
… deported from the Westerbork concentration camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp on 10 November 1942. She perished at Auschwitz on 13 November.…
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… and Societe Internationale) owned by Aenni’s mother Paula Ehrlich who was killed at Auschwitz in 1942. Included are legal documents and correspondence…
… disease, malnutrition, and illness were rampant in Theresienstadt.
On September 28, 1944, Friedrich was deported on Transport Ek to Auschwitz-Birkenau, in…
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… from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz on Transport El on September 29, 1944. A week later, on October 6, 1944, Irene followed him to Auschwitz on Transport Eo…
… and killed at Auschwitz. In the meantime, Rose worked at a coat factory for the Germans in Paris, before going into hiding along with her mother Tauba…
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… married couple and their daughter Esther. The Feld family lived in Paris, France, before Max was taken to Beaune-la-Rolande before being sent to Auschwitz…
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.