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: 2013.306.133 | RG Number: RG-50.694.0133
Date:
interview: 1991 January 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; his war experiences hiding in the woods, in Bergen-Belsen, and working in Switzerland; living in Switzerland and attending university there after the…
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… success of her life. She scrimped and worked at night, and both her children learned four languages. She imported governesses from Switzerland to teach them…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2006.70.9 | RG Number: RG-50.583.0009
Date:
interview: 1990 February 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
… St. Margarethen; stopping in Bern; staying in a deserted hotel in Caux sur Montreux, Switzerland; having to declare their financial assets; how people…
…. Eva remained in the concentration camp for five months before being released to neutral Switzerland. Eva arrived in Switzerland on December 7, 1944 and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2009.214.55 | RG Number: RG-50.617.0055
Date:
interview: 1985 May 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Mauthausen labor camp; leaving Hungary in 1948 for Zurich, Switzerland and immigrating to Australia in November 1948; receiving help from HIAS; living in…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2012.236.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0674
Date:
interview: 2012 October 03
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; spending six months in the camp and being treated differently from other prisoners; being fed adequately; being sent with a group to Switzerland in the fall…
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… 1944, after 6 months in the camp, they were sent in a group to Switzerland. Dessi Dorant, from the Metropolitan Opera, was in this group. Erwin also said…
… June 1944 to Bergen-Belsen; developing pneumonia and not having access to much food while in the camp; being taken to Switzerland in late 1944; staying…
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… under German command and taken to Switzerland. I wasn't one of them. Four months after that, for a total of about five and a half months in December, I…
… June 1944 to Bergen-Belsen; developing pneumonia and not having access to much food while in the camp; being taken to Switzerland in late 1944; staying…
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… Bergen-Belsen camp and transported to safety in neutral Switzerland. There they stayed at the Heiden Children's Home pictured here where Ella worked as a…
… June 1944 to Bergen-Belsen; developing pneumonia and not having access to much food while in the camp; being taken to Switzerland in late 1944; staying…
… June 1944 to Bergen-Belsen; developing pneumonia and not having access to much food while in the camp; being taken to Switzerland in late 1944; staying…
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.