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.
… persecuted people. One of the photographs, of a young boy outdoors, was carried by Mr. Mayers throughout his time in concentrationcamps.…
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…Leo Mayers papers, 1996.27 Inventory 1. Photograph of a young boy, carried through a concentrationcamp by Leo Mayers. Inscribed in verso…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.338.68 | RG Number: RG-50.037.0068
Date:
interview: 1991 June 10
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… smoke during air raids to obscure the ground; being caught with a pistol and being captured and tortured; being sent to Mauthausen concentrationcamp…
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… errors in spelling or accuracy. --in 1940-- we were sent to concentrationcamp Welzheim, not far away from Stuttgart. Now, are you going with your friend…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.745 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0745
Date:
interview: 1989 September 19
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… synagogue; the horrific conditions he experienced when he was interned in Buchenwald concentrationcamp; his release and the immigration of his family to the…
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…. And he said, my God. He said, what are you doing here? It was his nephew who had emigrated to Israel. And he was in a concentrationcamp. And we https…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1277 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1277
Date:
interview: 1989 March 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… synagogue; the horrific conditions he experienced when he was interned in Buchenwald concentrationcamp; his release and the immigration of his family to the…
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… concentrationcamp. Q. Okay. The ride in the truck to Buchenwald you mentioned A. Yes. Q. how long was that A. Several hours. dont exactly know. It seemed like…
…. Jakob’s mother and sister fled Warsaw to Vilna. His mother was shot in Ponary, his sister Franka survived the ghetto and a concentrationcamp and his…
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…Page 1 of 3 LOLA BYRON COLLECTION 2000.464.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024-2126 Tel…
… parents from his uncle Julius, who had been in contact with him, and had conveyed the news that both parents had been sent to concentrationcamps, and he…
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… news that both parents had been sent to concentrationcamps, and he provided the mailing addresses for them there. The correspondence seeking affidavits…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.120 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0120
Date:
interview: 1981 November 10
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Theresienstadt (Concentrationcamp)…
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… War, 1939 – 1945 – Deportations from Germany World War, 1939 – 1945 - Concentrationcamps – Theresienstadt Jewish children in the Holocaust (Germany…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2010.375 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0611
Date:
interview: 2010 August 19
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Contains interviews with Holocaust survivors, concentrationcamp liberators, rescuers, relief workers, former POWs, and people of different social…
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…,920 --> 00:26:53,500 to concentrationcamps everybody from the age of 19 to 90. 482 00:26:53,500 --> 00:26:56,980 My father was not arrested, was never-- 483…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2010.353 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0591
Date:
interview: 2010 October 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Contains interviews with Holocaust survivors, concentrationcamp liberators, rescuers, relief workers, former POWs, and people of different social…
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… what happened to him? A: Died in a concentrationcamp. He and his wife and his child, yeah. His wife became Jewish when she married him, the doctor, and…
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.