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.
… wedding day and in the DP camp, Föhrenwald, Germany; dated 1945-1946; inscriptions in graphite in English on the backs of photographs.
Created by unknown…
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… a table, they were all married under the same chupa in Foehrenwald, Germany, January 1946. The couples include Eva and Martin Libitzky; Regina and Sam…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.172 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0172
Date:
interview: 1982 October 02
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Germany.…
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… had survived Auschwitz. Hyman married in 1946. After their planned emigration was delayed because of the Exodus, they stayed in Germany, had a son…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.318 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0318
Date:
interview: 1996 December 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… movement; joining the underground military movement, the Etzel, and taking an active part in obtaining weapons in Germany; and undergoing military training…
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… weapons in Germany. Moshe underwent military training to prepare for his ultimate immigration to Israel in June of 1948. 1:00:29 Moshe was born in 1931 in…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.264 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0264
Date:
interview: 1995 December 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…
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…, when war broke out between Germany and Russia, the latter left town. 45.39 Entrance of the Germans into the town. Men are rounded up 'for work', among…
…The David and Nina Fox collection consists of two photographs taken Foehrenwald, Germany, likely at the Foehrenwald DP camp; a newspaper clipping…
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… numbers painted down the right side of the shirt and the right pant leg, a sign hanging around the neck reads: “Ich bin wieder da!” Foehrenwald, Germany…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2003.47 | RG Number: RG-50.549.02.0068
Date:
interview: 2003 January 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; traveling to her hometown in eastern Poland; antisemitism in Poland; traveling to Germany; her experiences in the displaced persons camp Föhrenwald…
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… to her hometown in eastern Poland; anti- Semitism in Poland; traveling to Germany; her experiences in the displaced persons camp, Fernwald; immigrating…
… Amsterdam and her mother was English. She was a student at the Amsterdam School for Social Work when Germany invaded and occupied the Netherlands in May 1940…
… persons camp in Germany in January of 1946. Henry headed the camp until July 1946, at which point he returned to the United States to teach at the City…
… students and principal. He attended Hebrew school three days a week.
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, and that day, a bomb fell on Shmuel’s…
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.