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: 1999.A.0122.1498 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1498
Date:
interview: 2006 September 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… European Jew becase of his father's Russian heritage; how he and his father were hidden by non-Jewish friends during and after Kristallnacht; his family…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.928 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0928
Date:
interview: 2004 May 24
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; his family's decision to immigrate after Kristallnacht; leaving Vienna for Brussels, Belgium in March 1939; his reunion with his parents in 1940; his…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.93 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0093
Date:
interview: 1996 November 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… experienced after Kristallnacht in November 1938; her father's arrest and release; her parents' decision to leave Germany; her journey with her parents to…
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…,580 taken to Buchenwald after the Kristallnacht. 671 00:36:53,580 --> 00:36:56,460 Normally his hair wouldn't be this light? 672 00:36:56,460 --> 00:36:56…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.994 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0994
Date:
interview: 1990 November 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… 1938 (the Anschluss); the events of Kristallnacht in November 1938, including his brother's arrest and incarceration in Dachau; his own failed attempt to…
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… following the invasion came with little change. After Nov. 9, also known as Kristallnacht, things got much worse very quickly. His brother was sent to Dachau…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2012.8 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0653
Date:
interview: 2012 January 05
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Kristallnacht; her parents’ attempt to emigrate; being on one of the last Kindertransports to a home near Brussels, Belgium in July 1939; her transfer to a non…
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… was a year before Kristallnacht, which was in November 1938. Q. Did anything like that happen in your village? A. Well yes, they broke windows on…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2000.402 | RG Number: RG-50.549.02.0065
Date:
interview: 2000 July 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Eddie Willner discusses his pre-war family life in Mönchengladbach, Germany; his experiences during Kristallnacht; escaping from a transport leaving…
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… childhood at all, before Kristallnacht. And I wondered if you would say something about your -- your father, and your mother, and your -- your school…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2011.93 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0621
Date:
interview: 2011 April 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; her marriage to Jacques Aizenberg in 1938; her memories of Kristallnacht and the subsequent influx of Jewish immigrants to Belgium; the invasion of…
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… 1938, before Kristallnacht, the Belgium people were assured that we would not be invaded. I don’t know if you’re familiar with the map, Holland and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0423 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0072
Date:
interview: 1997 June 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Vienna in his car; how quickly the Jews were affected by the Nazi’s changes; Kristallnacht and being arrested the next morning; trying to get out of Vienna…
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… 761 00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:22,510 Kristallnacht on November 19. 762 00:40:22,510 --> 00:40:25,960 763 00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:31,970 But before that, in…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1281.6 | RG Number: RG-50.146.0006
Date:
interview: 1993 May 11
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… WWII; the rising antisemitism in Frankfurt, including public place restrictions; the beating of her brother in the street; Kristallnacht; her mother…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2016.377.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0907
Date:
interview: 2016 August 18 interview: 2016 September 29 interview: 2016 November 03
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…’s experiences during Kristallnacht; his father’s in-depth letter to Max describing Kristallnacht; his father’s escape to Paris, France; his father arranging visas…
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…,066 --> 00:40:24,770 And, as a matter of fact, if and when 646 00:40:24,770 --> 00:40:27,980 we get to talk about Kristallnacht, 647 00:40:27,980 --> 00:40:29…
… Kristallnacht; the German invasion of Belgium in May 1940; his family’s attempt to cross the border into France and being denied access; renting a beach house in…
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… Kristallnacht, what we call, "Night of the Broken Glass", took place November 10th, 1938, so the year after you were born, time around Kristallnacht, your family…
… Kristallnacht; the German invasion of Belgium in May 1940; his family’s attempt to cross the border into France and being denied access; renting a beach house in…
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… throughout Germany, the Markowicz family escaped to Antwerp, Belgium, shortly before Kristallnacht. Max earned money by trading in foreign currencies until…
… Kristallnacht; the German invasion of Belgium in May 1940; his family’s attempt to cross the border into France and being denied access; renting a beach house in…
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… wanted to take which was an extraordinary burden for people. Kristallnacht or Night of Broken Glass took place November 9 through 10, 1938. Sometime around…
… Kristallnacht; the German invasion of Belgium in May 1940; his family’s attempt to cross the border into France and being denied access; renting a beach house in…
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… happened at about the time of Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass, which took place November 9 through 10, 1938. So from that warning, it sounds like…
… Kristallnacht; the German invasion of Belgium in May 1940; his family’s attempt to cross the border into France and being denied access; renting a beach house in…
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…'t tolerate this kind of condition. It was wrong. >> Bill Benson: Kristallnacht or Night of the Broken Glass took place November 9 through 10, 1939. Sometime…
… Kristallnacht; the German invasion of Belgium in May 1940; his family’s attempt to cross the border into France and being denied access; renting a beach house in…
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… not affected economically. In fact, some of his competition left and emigrated. Business got better for him. >> Bill Benson: Kristallnacht or the Night…
… Kristallnacht; the German invasion of Belgium in May 1940; his family’s attempt to cross the border into France and being denied access; renting a beach house in…
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… into Belgium. >> Bill Benson: Do you know -- was this before Kristallnacht or after Kristallnacht? >> Harry Markowicz: This was just before Kristallnacht…
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