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.
…Nazi concentration camp records from the Main Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Poland…
Your search appears in a finding aid linked to the detail record:
… 140 in the archives of the Main Commission for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes in Poland at the Instytut Pamięci Narodowej (Institute of National…
Selected records of the Collection "Z" (materials collected by the Main Commission for Investigation of Nazi Crimes in Poland) containing fragments of German files and post-war materials regarding the places and facts of Nazi crimes
…Selected records of the Collection "Z" (materials collected by the Main Commission for Investigation of Nazi Crimes in Poland) containing fragments…
Selected records of the District Court in Łódź Amtsgericht in Litzmannstadt
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
… the Main Commission for Investigation of Nazi Crimes, especially the Commission of Łódź. Majority of records relete to Germanization of Polish children…
Your search appears in a finding aid linked to the detail record:
…, which was useful for the investigation of the Main Commission for Investigation of Nazi Crimes, especially the Commission of Łódź. Majority of records…
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
… on liability for warcrimes committed during World War II. This decree also applied to soldiers of the Home Army (Armia Krajowa) whom the Communist…
Your search appears in a finding aid linked to the detail record:
… copyright to them are held by the Institute of National Remembrance - Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation (Institute of…
… officers near a pile of skulls during the Soviet investigation of German warcrimes at the alleged soap factory near Gdańsk. This series also includes a…
Your search appears in a finding aid linked to the detail record:
… of German warcrimes at the alleged soap factory near Gdańsk. This series also includes a photograph by Mendel Grossman of a boy killed during the…
Selected records of the Ministry of Culture and Art. Department of Museums and Memorials Commemorating Polish Martyrdom
… of German atrocities"), lists of camps on Polish territory, questionnaires of people arrested and testimonies of witnesses of warcrimes.…
Your search appears in a finding aid linked to the detail record:
…"), lists of camps on Polish territory, questionnaires of people arrested and testimonies of witnesses of warcrimes. Administrative Information Restrictions…
…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, RG-14.001M / Main Commission for the Investigation of Crimes Against the Polish Nation…
Your search appears in a finding aid linked to the detail record:
… originals: The original files and the copyright to them are held by the Institute of National Remembrance - Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against…
Tajna Policja Państwowa. Oddział w Sieradzu Selected records of the Secret State Police. Branch in Sieradz
… other branches of the German forces. During World War II, the Einsatzgruppen ("Task Force", mobile killing squads) was formed, and came to be an integral…
Your search appears in a finding aid linked to the detail record:
… searching for escaped prisoners of war, deserters and criminals (events of "special importance”). The records relate to religious matters and persecution of…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1285.44 | RG Number: RG-50.149.0044
Date:
interview: 1985 December 23
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Restrictions on use. Permission to copy and/or use recordings in any production must be granted by the Imperial War Museums.…
Your search appears in a finding aid linked to the detail record:
… left, I-- straight away the war was on, and I was working for my father. I was working as a transport, with a horse and cart delivering provisions for…
…-Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation). Gendarmerie Kreis Schrimm (Śrem, Poland) created the records from ca. 1939 to ca. 1945…
Your search appears in a finding aid linked to the detail record:
…. Waffen-SS. Kampfgruppe Reinefarht. World War, 1939-1945--Poland--History. World War, 1939-1945, Deportations--Poland. Polish people--Crimes against—Poland…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0300 | RG Number: RG-50.549.02.0044
Date:
interview: 1999 June 10
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Holocaust survivors, liberators, warcrimes prosecutors, and other witnesses to the events of the Holocaust. The focus of this collection, RG-50…
Your search appears in a finding aid linked to the detail record:
… are -- A: Mm-hm. Q: -- pretty complete. So -- But what we want to do today is talk about what’s been happening to you since the war. And I’m just trying…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.796 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0796
Date:
interview: 1996 January 04
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… troops (Operation Todt); being captured and imprisoned in several prisoners-of-war camps in England; continuing his medical studies in England; returning…
Your search appears in a finding aid linked to the detail record:
… celebration, including the British anthem. And then, eventually, we were at Todt, we were turned over to the British military. And that was the end of the war…
…-Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation), Sygn. 167. The records were created by the Einwandererzentralstelle, Rasse und…
Your search appears in a finding aid linked to the detail record:
… Remembrance - Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation (Institute of National Remembrance), ul. Wotoska 7, Warsaw 02-675, Poland…
Der Aelteste der Juden vom Litzmannstadt-Getto The elders of the Jews in the Łódź ghetto
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Poland--Łódź--Registers.…
Your search appears in a finding aid linked to the detail record:
…‐19720. 1105: Correspondence with departments regarding storing acts. Rolls of pre‐war Jewish commission. Fragments of a diary of unknown author…
… Holocaust. Postwar, Hilberg assisted in the search for German documents to aid the prosecution at the warcrimes trials. His unit was housed in the Nazi Party…
… Holocaust. Postwar, Hilberg assisted in the search for German documents to aid the prosecution at the warcrimes trials. His unit was housed in the Nazi Party…
Your search appears in a finding aid linked to the detail record:
… copyright to them are held by the Institute of National Remembrance - Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation (Institute of…
… Holocaust. Postwar, Hilberg assisted in the search for German documents to aid the prosecution at the warcrimes trials. His unit was housed in the Nazi Party…
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.