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: 1999.A.0308 | RG Number: RG-50.549.02.0059
Date:
interview: 1999 July 16
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Estelle Klipp, born in Łódź, Poland in 1922, discusses her experiences in the Łódź ghetto; being in Auschwitz, work camps in Hamburg and Sasel, and…
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… Common summary phrases for RG-50.549 interviews Estelle Klipp discusses her experiences in the Lodz ghetto, Auschwitz, work camps in Hamberg and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2015.343.1 | RG Number: RG-50.900.0001
Date:
interview: 2014 October 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…); living on a farm and his father helping with the wheat harvest; his parents being arrested one night in 1942 and deported to Auschwitz while he and his…
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… children under 12. Destination Auschwitz Bernard Braun Deported by train on the 30th of June 1944. Convoy number 76. 600 men, 550 women and 162 children…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.345.12 | RG Number: RG-50.005.0012
Date:
interview: 1983 December 03
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; surviving the starvation, the hard labor, and the illnesses at the camp until the Russian troops liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau; staying in the Russian zone for…
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…, the hard labor, and the illnesses at the camp until Russian troops liberated Birkenau/Aushwitz. She stayed in the Russian zone for six months before…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1370 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1370
Date:
interview: 1983 April 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… husband; both of them being taken prisoner and deported to Majdanek in 1943 for six weeks; Mr. Siekiera's transport to Auschwitz, then to Monowitz; the…
creation: after 1945 August 23 acquired: after 1945 August 23
… been killed in fall 1944, not long after he arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Late in 1946, she filled out a US Army questionnaire about her status as a…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.437.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0137
Date:
interview: 1990 May 11
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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… know, to Poland. We didn't know where they were going, you know...we found out later. They are taking them to Auschwitz. It was a horrible sight. Uh and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2008.64 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0173
Date:
interview: 2008 April 03
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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… but -- seven of those children, survived. Seven children of this large family survived the war. And one of the survivor had been interned in Auschwitz…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.228.21 | RG Number: RG-50.060.0021
Date:
interview: 1988 November 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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… stamp on it. Make the-- Make the fertilizer. I was 12 years old. Majdanek camp was one-- was if not worse than Auschwitz, the only difference was there…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1455 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1455
Date:
interview: 1983 April 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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… sisters of my father with their family. 11 What happened to them 12 They were deported from Paris. 13 To 14 To Auschwitz. So we knew. We didnt know how far…
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