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.
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…Eva Cohn Born in 1927, (written in the papers from the Malmö police station from 1945, but actually she was born in 1929. The reason for this is that…
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… killed but his transport was liberated by the Americans instead on May 1, 1945. http://collections.ushmm.org Contact reference@ushmm.org for further…
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… illustrates her memory characteristics: remembering by association. 1:43 1939-start of war. Learning of murder of Jews, Kristalnacht. Describes how news was…
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…:07:08,310 Then when we arrived to Auschwitz 97 00:07:08,310 --> 00:07:13,080 it was like we had just come in to a different world. 98 00:07:13…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1994.A.0447.25 | RG Number: RG-50.042.0025
Date:
interview: 1992 March 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…WorldWar, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance.…
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…,900 These coal mines were exhausted mines. 477 00:26:50,900 --> 00:26:56,990 But with cheap labor and war effort going on, 478 00:26:56,990 --> 00:26:59…
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… th -- when the war started? Q: In 1939. A: 1939, just about average, but later on it became more of, you know, more obviously we more -- we wer -- ger…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0125.83 | RG Number: RG-50.233.0083
Date:
interview: 1992 September 01
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…WorldWar, 1939-1945--Deportations from Hungary.…
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… train. She weighed only about 44 pounds when American troops liberated her train on May 1, 1945 at Seeshaupt, Germany. She was taken to Munich, then to…
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.