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.
… Kindertransport to England. Lore arrived in England on February 6, 1939 where she was met by a stranger who told her she would live with his family in Leeds. The…
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… documents, postcards, and photographs documenting the Holocaust-era experiences of Lore (née Baron) and Simon Rosen, both of whom survived in England…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2010.357 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0592
Date:
interview: 2010 October 16
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… father’s arrest and internment in Dachau; how the bishop of Lichfield, England sponsored his father’s release; traveling to Rotterdam, Netherlands; staying…
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… there from France, Chamberlain from England, Mussolini and Hitler. And they met, and that was, as far as I’m concerned, the start, the prelude to World…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2012.149.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0663
Date:
interview: 2012 August 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… concentration camp; going to England in June 1939; working at a small hotel right near the beach in Cliftonville; taking care of Jewish children who had come to…
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… cooking apprenticeship and my father thought of writing to a friend of his in England. Now, they were -- had -- they used to be very, very good friends, but…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.346.71 | RG Number: RG-50.031.0071
Date:
interview: 1987 December 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… she was visiting her grandparents when Kristallnacht occurred; her father’s attempts to rescue items from the synagogue; going to England with her…
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… country, but her father did not believe in anything of this kind. Eventually, her family did get to England, on a tourist visa. In the meantime, however…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.346.48 | RG Number: RG-50.031.0048
Date:
interview: 1983 December 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; his unit, which was attached to the fifth and third armored divisions in Europe; being stationed and trained in England for three months; landing in Le…
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… fifth and third armored divisions. Q: And the duty of this platoon was to ... A: To reconnoiter. I was at first stationed in England and trained there for…
… during Kristallnacht. In January 1939 Feodora Singer arrived in England on a Kindertransport, joining her sister, Ruth, who was already there, and lived…
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…’s family in Germany, her departure via Kindertransport to England, Robert Singer’s family in Austria, his stay in the Merksplas internment camp in Belgium…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.338.68 | RG Number: RG-50.037.0068
Date:
interview: 1991 June 10
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; the suicide attempts; escaping the camp with a friend to the mountain; seeing a tank; meeting up with American troops; spending three years in England…
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… you came to America in 1951. And then you went back in 1969. Oh, I went from-- after the war, I went to England. I stayed for four or five years. In…
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.