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.
inclusive: circa 1935-circa 1947 bulk: circa 1945-circa 1947
…Willie Abraham (born Yisroel Wolf, 1925-2005) was born on 1 May 1925 in Vel'ky Rakovec, Czechoslovakia (present day Velykyi Rakovets, Zakarpat…
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… persons camp and Willie Abraham of Vel'ky Rakovec, Czechoslovakia (present day Velykyi Rakovets, Zakarpat'ska Oblast, Ukraine) in the Bindermichl displaced…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1285.7 | RG Number: RG-50.149.0007
Date:
interview: 1989 February 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Premysl Josef Dobias describes living in Sudentenland, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) from 1919 to 1938; his family and their religious and…
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…Dr. Dobias, reel 1. Could you tell me where you were born, first of all? I was born in Czechoslovakia, in the westernmost part, in Bohemia, on the…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1269.4 | RG Number: RG-50.470.0004
Date:
interview: 1995 February 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… group of young Israeli boys who had organized to help survivors and take them to Palestine; travelling through the Carpathian mountains to Czechoslovakia…
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…,890 90 00:07:05,890 --> 00:07:10,390 And we found ourselves on the Czechoslovakia side 91 00:07:10,390 --> 00:07:13,000 of the mountains. 92 00:07:13…
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.