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: 1990.392.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0027
Date:
interview: 1990 May 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Division and then the JewishBrigade; spending some time in Antwerp, Belgium for the JewishBrigade but soon returning to Palestine to work for the British…
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… we were moved to the JewishBrigade group...uh...training camp in...uh...Ismailia in Egypt. We were part of the ITD...the Infantry Training Depot. And…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.7 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0007
Date:
interview: 1992 June 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… forces; returning to Greece; immigrating to Palestine with the help of the JewishBrigade; traveling by illegal boat to Atlit, Israel; settling in Haifa…
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… entry of Russians who were feared. 5.48 Traveled by train across Europe trying to get to Greece. 6.04 Returned to Greece. JewishBrigade prepared them for…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2013.56.1 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0204
Date:
interview: 2013 March 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Palestine Regiment of the British Army; joining the JewishBrigade and being stationed in Egypt; traveling to Italy with Montgomery's 8th Army in late 1944…
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… in England, 799 00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:28,240 the Jewishbrigade was formed out 800 00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:31,870 of the units, companies from the…
… part of company 178 of the JewishBrigade; the disbanding of the brigade and helping to smuggle children out of concentration camps and illegally taking…
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… while I was there, in Italy, the Jewishbrigade was formed, and so I asked my transfer from where--from my company to the Jewishbrigade, which they gave…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1991.A.0110.8 | RG Number: RG-50.266.0008
Date:
interview: 1991 October 23
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Hannover; returning to Belsen with his mother; joining the 'kinderheim' (an orphanage); the assistance of the JewishBrigade and the American Joint; being…
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… orphanage. Members of the JewishBrigade, the American Joint, kept visiting and moved the home from Belsen to the Barburg family palace in Hamburg. The…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.359 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0359
Date:
interview: 1999 November 25
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; soldiers from the JewishBrigade taking him with a group to an orphanage near Milan, Italy; being taken with a group to Cervino, Italy, where he stayed for…
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… from different countries came to register people. Soldiers from the JewishBrigade took Yeshayahu with a group to an orphanage near Milan. From Milan, he…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1991.A.0110.14 | RG Number: RG-50.266.0014
Date:
interview: 1991 October 27
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; being liberated by the British; being taken to a Kinderheim (orphanage) and being taken of by the JewishBrigade; attending a school and their social…
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… not eat. Many died as result of overeating. Dvorah was taken to the kinderheim. JewishBrigade came to take care of the children. Tells how there were…
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