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: 2016.235.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0890
Date:
interview: 2016 August 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Manhattan (NewYork, N.Y.)…
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… married. He was a good businessman in leather goods and came to NewYork to sell wallets to Niemen https://collections.ushmm.org Contact reference@ushmm…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.135 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0135
Date:
interview: 2000 May 31
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… to the United States; the journey to NewYork, NY and then Chicago, IL; his experiences as a young immigrant in America; his feeling of isolation among…
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… (Germany) NewYork (N.Y.) United States--Emigration and immigration--History. Correspondence. Photographs. CONTAINER LIST Series 1: Biographical materials…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0094.38 | RG Number: RG-50.150.0038
Date:
interview: 1977 November 01
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; immigrating to the United States in June 1948 with her mother; living in NewYork, NY; not wanting to return to Germany; and her view of her present life.…
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… happy. Yes. Did your husband-- Yes, then suddenly, we got a telephone call from NewYork one evening. I went to the telephone. We were just sitting down…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1257.2 | RG Number: RG-50.322.0002
Date:
interview: 1984 July 27
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…NewYork (N.Y.)…
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… cannot describe the fear we went through. It's impossible. It went-- got worse. And my father contacted some cousins in NewYork that he had never seen…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0094.21 | RG Number: RG-50.150.0021
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Brooklyn (NewYork, N.Y.)…
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… shouldn’t go to NewYork. At first he insisted he had his brother and sisters in NewYork but they said don’t go to NewYork because there are too many…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1263.8 | RG Number: RG-50.166.0008
Date:
interview: 1991 September 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… life was lonely and he worked as a peddler; going to NewYork, NY; returning to Charleston and starting a cleaning business; and his gratitude for the…
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
…NewYork (N.Y.)…
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…, until they found an apartment, and that was it, and then they were on their own. Q: Where did you live, where was your house? A: We lived in NewYork. A…
… in NewYork, NY then moving to Maine in July 1941; getting his citizenship in 1944; entering the service in August 1944 and being sent to Alaska…
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… still living at that time in Frankfurt... another coincidence... happened to receive a family tree from one of... from the United States - from NewYork…
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