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.
… worked with her father in the Michatz clothing factory in Bedzin making uniforms for the German army. In April 1942 two SS men entered the factory and…
…. Originally from Neuodeberg, Czechoslovakia she had been deported to Bedzin. In February 1943 he was deported to a labor camp. After Szmulek's liberation in…
… year of the war, her father still worked at his saddlery until he was deported and sent to labor camp. For a time, he continued to relay messages to the…
… year of the war, her father still worked at his saddlery until he was deported and sent to labor camp. For a time, he continued to relay messages to the…
… Sosnowiec transit camp. From there she was deported, first to the Blechhammer labor camp and later to the Schatzlar (Shaclau) labor camp near Trautenau…
… to America before the war, one fled to the Soviet Union, and the other four lived through ghettos, labor camps, concentrationcamps, and death marches.…
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.