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.
…Contains interviews with Holocaust survivors, concentrationcamp liberators, rescuers, relief workers, former POWs, and people of different social…
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…. She said “Yes.” 6:19 The next day, she was sent to the French campof Rivesaltes, to help a Swiss woman who desperately needed assistance. 6:53 It was a…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1998.A.0108 | RG Number: RG-50.549.02.0015
Date:
interview: 1998 June 02
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… memories from Kristallnacht; their deportation to Gurs, France; their daily life and the economic system of the camp; their release from Gurs to Le Chambon…
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… unexpected question really, because I’d never thought of it. And I told her, “Your grandparents were killed in a concentrationcamp.” Now that was a little…
… concentrationcamp, Klarsfeld's father died there. Young Serge was cared for in a home for Jewish children operated by the OSE (Œuvre de secours aux enfants…
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…-la-Rolande (Concentrationcamp) Croix-Rouge franca̧ise. International Committee of the Red Cross. http://collections.ushmm.org Contact reference@ushmm…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1994.A.0447.11 | RG Number: RG-50.042.0011
Date:
interview: 1992 March 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…, 1992, in Rancho Mirage, California, in preparation for the making of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibition film, "Testimony." United…
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… has not been checked for spelling or accuracy. uh of ----------, I mean, the prisoner of war camp. And, he tried 3 times to escape, and 3 times he was…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0126.12 | RG Number: RG-50.156.0012
Date:
interview: 1987 June 09
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… his death on June 24, 1944; the propaganda she saw that blamed Jews for the war and rationing; losing some of her family members; liberation in August…
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… France at the beginning it got very tough because the French had a concentrationcamp in the south of France for all the Germans. After all, Germany was…
…Contains interviews with Holocaust survivors, concentrationcamp liberators, rescuers, relief workers, former POWs, and people of different social…
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… summer Camp McShannet for 70 French refugee children in the Alsace Lorraine region. In the fall of 1941, he went to Le Chambon in south central France, and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0435 | RG Number: RG-50.549.02.0002
Date:
interview: 1997 June 04
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Concentrationcamps--Liberation.…
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…... A: What kind of, are you thinking of something in particular? Q: Oh his, well his experience at, at the concentrationcamp and, and not wanting to…
…. During the pogroms, 30,000 Jewish men were also incarcerated in German concentrationcamps and held unless they promised to leave Germany. Julius was among…
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…‐Lignon. World War, 1939‐1945‐‐Jews‐‐Rescue‐‐France. Concentrationcamp inmates‐‐France‐‐Gurs‐‐Correspondence. Mannheim (Germany) Le Chambon‐sur…
issue: 1989 April 18-1990 September 10 commemoration: 1941-1944
… intervened on behalf of the Nationalists. The conflict led to mass violence, and a large number of loyalists were imprisoned in concentrationcamps or…
…. During the pogroms, 30,000 Jewish men were also incarcerated in German concentrationcamps and held unless they promised to leave Germany. Julius was among…
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.