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: 1995.A.1272.179 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0179
Date:
interview: 1993 November 23
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Elieyzer Zilber, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, March 2, 1925, discusses his early family life; joining the underground movement in pre-Soviet Lithuania…
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… Lithuanian, some Russian. Lived quite well. Mother was not religious. 1.05 Under progressive influience of mother, Zilber joined underground.'Pioneer…
… working on the underground newspaper, Nitzotz. He was deported to Dachua concentration through Stutthof in July 1944. He was sent to Kaufering II, where he…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.828 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0828
Date:
interview: 1989 December 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…The interview describes Mr. Gordon's life in Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania, his experiences in the Kovno ghetto and with Zionist underground, and the…
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… left. Now, in '42, '43, we tried to form some underground. I mean, and I know there was an underground. I tried to get in. And they were the ones who…
… 1941; finding a job in the ghetto as an assistant carpenter in a furniture store; becoming involved in the underground resistance movement Ha'shomer Ha…
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… joined those? A: Yes, they were for us very mysterious because the Communist party and the other people were in underground. This party wasn't allowed in…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0129.34 | RG Number: RG-50.029.0034
Date:
interview: 1993 October 03
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…, “Gross Aktion”; the various underground groups and leaders, including Dr. Elkes and Avram Wilamet; being involved in underground activities; hearing about…
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… German and Russian invasions, along with the Lithuanian terror, and life in the Kaunas Ghetto where she was somewhat involved in underground activities…
… organization of the underground movement between those in the ghetto and the partisans in the forest; and the transport of people from Vilnius into the Kaunas…
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… occupation? Where there people in the ghetto who were trying to go underground and get out of there or -- A: A lot. Look: some had ghetto friends who told them…
… house fire; hiding underground at another farm and then with various friends and acquaintances until his liberation by the Russians in 1944; going to…
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… young men, and it is the cream of the crop for many reasons. Not only for the paperwork, but they were a power. It was an underground it was in the 534…
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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… Foehrenwald until 1948. Then, he moved to the Betar movement. He also joined the underground military movement, the Etzel and took an active part in obtaining…
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