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.
…The Sidney Stenzler papers consist of correspondence documenting the situation of Displaced Persons at Landsberg in 1945, photographs of Dachau and…
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… consist of correspondence documenting the situation of Displaced Persons at Landsberg in 1945, photographs of Dachau and Buchenwald, and writings and…
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… donor (1st row, third from right). Photograph of staff (mainly survivors of Dachau concentration camp) in Landsberg am Lech, Germany; dated circa 1945…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1991.264.2 | RG Number: RG-50.234.0002
Date:
interview: 1981 October
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Anton Bild, born April 1, 1923 in Westbend, Wisconsin, discusses liberating the Dachau concentration camp as a Sergeant of the investigative branch…
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… was born April 1, 1923 in Westbend, Wisconsin. He was 21 when he went with the US army into Dachau. He was a sergeant in the section of the Judge…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.88 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0088
Date:
interview: 1991 September 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… concentration camp in July 1944; escaping from a train to Dachau in April 1945; liberation by the Allies; immigrating to Palestine (Israel); and not discussing…
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… (including the “Nitzoz” leaflet). 4.00 Escape from train to Dachau – April 1945, as allies approached and Germans planned to obliterate the camp. Tape 2 of 2 4…
… Jewish victims at the Hergenhein concentration camp; the liberation of and arrival of American troops at the Dachau concentration camp; the buildings and…
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… Signal Corps photog/....T/4 Arland B. Musser..163 As the American troops arrived, a homemade American flag was raised by the prisoners of Dachau Prison…
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.