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: 1996.A.0347 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0372
Date:
interview: 1996 July 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Dora Kramen Dimitro, born on January 22, 1922 in Eišiškės, Poland (now Lithuania), describes growing up in an Orthodox Jewish home with her parents…
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… bad people. Q: And some of them were people you knew before? A: No. No. They were Lithuanians, they came from Lithuania, we was Polish, we had the…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0125.20 | RG Number: RG-50.233.0020
Date:
interview: 1993 March 04
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… (Vilnius, Lithuania) in hopes of immigrating to Palestine that came to no avail; the ghettoization of Slonim; the liquidation of half the ghetto and his…
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… underground so I followed that. I start going back, they left us on the border. Q: On the border? A: On the border between Lithuania and White Russia. Then…
…; going to the Hrodna ghetto in Belarus to reunite with Lisa; establishing connections outside of the ghetto and escaping to Vilnius, Lithuania in March…
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… Lithuania (Polish) http://collections.ushmm.org Contact reference@ushmm.org for further information about this collection This is a verbatim transcript of…
…. The album also includes images of Wilna (now Vilnius, Lithuania), photographs of Jewish prisoners near Novoyel'nya, Belarus forcibly removing a statue…
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… also includes images of Wilna (now Vilnius, Lithuania), photographs of Jewish prisoners near Novoyel'nya, Belarus forcibly removing a statue of Lenin…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2013.294.43 | RG Number: RG-50.693.0043
Date:
interview: 2011 July 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… invaded with his sister and her brothers-in-law towards Vilnius, Lithuania by train; being taken prisoner by the Germans and being freed by partisans…
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.