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.
… 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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…). The bakery was destroyed and part of the apartment damaged during Kristallnacht. In January 1939 Feodora Singer arrived in England on a…
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…, 1938, during Kristallnacht, the synagogue was burned down, as was the home of Ruth’s maternal grandparents, Max and Pauline. They came to stay with Ruth…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.874 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0874
Date:
interview: 1999 April 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… seizing of Jewish property and closure of Jewish businesses; moving around to find work but experiencing antisemitism; being warned about Kristallnacht and…
…, 1938, during Kristallnacht, the synagogue was burned down, as was the home of Ruth’s maternal grandparents, Max and Pauline. They came to stay with Ruth…
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
… father’s deportation to Dachau concentration camp for four weeks in 1938 before Kristallnacht; her father’s injuries from the camp; trying to emigrate; how…
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… addition, the area in which they lived was mostly inhabited by Jews. Prior to the Kristallnacht, only a few Jewish families had left. But, these families…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.334 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0334
Date:
interview: 2001 March 28 interview: 2002 May 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Kristallnacht in November 1938; the events of Kristallnacht in detail; his father's absence in Switzerland and his mother's in the hospital during Kristallnacht…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.601 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0601
Date:
interview: 2003 February 24
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… arrests during Kristallnacht in November 1938; her experiences passing as a non-Jew; her decision to flee the city with her youngest sister; their journey…
… during Kristallnacht, including the arrest and imprisonment of her father in Dachau for a short time; her father’s return home; the Gestapo raiding their…
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