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.
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…1 COHN AND SIEBENBERG FAMILIES PAPERS, 1900-2001 2016.254.1 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington…
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Series 1: Biographical and immigration records 1900-2001
Machzor l'Yom Rishon v'Sheni shel Pesach im tirgum ashkenazi
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Prayer book for the First and Second Day of Passover with the Ashkenazi translation Prayers for the Passover with German translation Gebete für das Pessachfest mit deutscher Uebersetsung
…Hebrew prayer book, carried to Ecuador by a German Jewish refugee family…
… Kindertransport in November 1938 and lived with the Staff family in Norwich until immigrating to the United States in 1947. Her cousins came to England in 1939…
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…’s travel to England on a Kindertransport, her family’s efforts to emigrate, her uncle’s death in Sachsenhausen, and her mother, aunt, and grandmother…
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… doctor. Responding to increased Jewish persecution in Germany, Ingeborg's family fled to England, Prague, and Bolivia. Ingeborg emigrated from Leipzig in…
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… Koppold followed shortly thereafter. In 1947 Balkin immigrated to the United States, and in 2002 she published a book about her experiences, Strong Family…
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… Memorial Museum Abstract: The Paula Balkin correspondence dates from 1939‐1948 and measure 0.5 linear feet. It documents the lives of a Jewish family…
…Martin Strauss, born in Leipzig, Germany on July 14, 1923, describes his family and childhood; the effects of the Nuremberg Laws on his family and…
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… born? A: I was born in Germany, Leipzig, on the 14th of July, 1923. Q: Tell me a little bit about your family, when you were growing up. A: My family…
… to live with family in London, England, where a third child, Eve (1936-) was born. Hans, who was not allowed to work in England, immigrated to Holland…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0088.74 | RG Number: RG-50.002.0074
Date:
interview: 1987 November 03
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… aunt and uncle's departure from Germany prior to the start of the World War II; the Gestapo forcing her family and others to leave their homes; their…
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…. Mrs. Hoffman, I'd like to welcome you. And I'd like to begin by asking you to tell us a little bit about your family and the place where you grew up…
These additional online resources from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will help you learn more about the Holocaust and research your family history.
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