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: 2014.297.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0770
Date:
interview: 2014 October 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… and the atmosphere of fear; the arrival of the German and then Soviet armies; Soviet occupation of the city; her father’s experience in the Polish Army…
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…’s arrested by the Soviets then. A: Yes. Q: And what do they do to him? A: He was in prison in Stanislav – Stanislavov. That’s also a city south of Tarnopol. Is…
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Prisoners of war--Soviet--Poland--Białystok.…
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…--Registers. War victims--Poland--Białystok--Registers. Prisoners of war--Soviet--Poland--Białystok. Poland--History--German occupation, 1939-1944. Poland…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1283.24 | RG Number: RG-50.378.0024
Date:
interview: 1995 August 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… War II in 1939; being called into the Polish Army and sent to Vilnius, Lithuania, where he was briefly taken prisoner by Soviet troops and released…
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… again called into Polish army and sent to Vilno. There met Soviet troops. Taken as prisoner by Soviets. Later released. Goes to town of Skidel. Gets…
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… survivors--Poland. Holocaust survivors' writings. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Prisoners of War--Soviet Union. Holocaust, Jewish (1939…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.273 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0273
Date:
interview: 1996 January 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Prisoners of war--Soviet Union.…
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… worked in an underground facility from which missiles were sent to England. German airplanes were stationed there. Some Russian prisoners tried to steal a…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.333 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0333
Date:
interview: 1998 January 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Soviet Union. People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD)…
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…, Sara was sent to work at the airport. Russian prisoners also worked there and under tough conditions, mainly hunger, they died like flies. 2:12:00 Sara…
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