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: 1995.A.1272.31 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0031
Date:
interview: 1991 May 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Jewishresistance.…
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…' [mixed parentage]. The work consisted of rounding up the valuable goods left in the Jewish homes - after their owners were sent to the ghetto - and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.116 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0116
Date:
interview: 1993 July 02
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Jewishresistance--Belarus.…
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… in which Jews loaded into trucks and gassed inside. Many in his family killed this way. [break] 2.01 Two partisans were Jewish – Belsky unit and Zorin…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1996.A.0419 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0377
Date:
interview: 1996 July 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Galezewski on July 26, 1996. This interview is one of 51 oral histories included in the Miles Lerman Center for the Study of JewishResistance.…
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…: Could I just ask you to talk a little bit more about what life was like in this town and whether or not you had Jewish friends ... A: Okay. Well, let…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.881 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0881
Date:
interview: 1991 October 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Jewishresistance.…
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…, Oda Yakovlevna Lifshitz. She graduated a very famous actor’s school in Moscow, but had to stay in Minsk because, she was Jewish. Gita’s father was born…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.92 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0092
Date:
interview: 1992 March 11
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Jewishresistance--Belarus.…
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… Minsk. After starving for a few weeks, manged to escape and joined his family at Baranovichi. In the ghettl he founded and led a Jewish underground…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1283.21 | RG Number: RG-50.378.0021
Date:
interview: 1995 August 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Jewishresistance--Belarus.…
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…, 1941. 2.23 After pogrom, escape from ghetto and begin efforts to join partisans. 2.26 Join partisans. A Jewish unit is formed – called ‘Lapidus’. [break…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2000.42 | RG Number: RG-50.549.02.0062
Date:
interview: 2000 February 28
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Jewishresistance.…
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…’nai Brith; his views on Holocaust resistance; writing and speaking publicly about his Holocaust experiences; the American Civil Rights movement; the…
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