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: 1992.A.0124.55 | RG Number: RG-50.028.0055
Date:
interview: 1991 July 01
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German.…
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…GERDA STEINFURTH RG-50.028.0055 (This interview is in German with English translation.) Gerda Steinfurth was born in 1920 near Berlin; her parents…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.110 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0110
Date:
interview: 1994 March 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… and British prisoners, but brutally mistreated the Russians; how the Russian liberators of his camp were drunken and slaughtered the remaining Germans…
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… they did send some of our prisoners to Dresden to work in factories. And I talked to one of the German officers once when they brought me in for…
Film | Accession Number: 1991.256.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0121 | Film ID: 152
Date:
Event: 1945 April 20
Duration:
00:04:21
Special Collection:
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
… set it afire. The Germans also threw hand grenades into the flaming building. Many prisoners scrambled out of the building. The only way of escape was…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.502 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0502
Date:
interview: 1998 January 05
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… the camps after the war; and his experiences as a member of the Luftwaffe as well as his time as a prisoner of war.…
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… ward for Germanprisoners 702 00:37:49,270 --> 00:37:50,080 if they are sick. 703 00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:53,050 704 00:37:53,050 --> 00:37:56,310 So you…
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.