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.1285.45 | RG Number: RG-50.149.0045
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Getto warszawskie (Warsaw, Poland)…
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…Reel one. And if I could ask you first of all, something about your life in Poland before the war started. Could you tell me where you were living…
…Rachela Rottenberg (1920-1995) was born in Sandomierz, Poland and was raised in Radom. Her family fled to Warsaw when Germany invaded Poland. She…
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… Sandomierz, Poland and was raised in Radom. Her family fled to Warsaw when Germany invaded Poland. She and her mother returned to German‐occupied Radom…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0125.113 | RG Number: RG-50.233.0113
Date:
interview: 1992 February 27
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Izy Rosenblat, born January 8, 1914 in Warsaw, Poland, discusses his family life before the Holocaust; his two brothers Eli and Herschel; his family…
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… were you born? A: I was born in Warsaw. Q: Warsaw, Poland. A: Poland, yes. You want to know the street too? Q: Yes, you remember your street? Sure. A…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2012.17.5 | RG Number: RG-50.689.0005
Date:
interview: 1999 April 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…, 1925 in Warsaw, Poland, discusses his time from 1941 to 1942 in the Warsaw ghetto; working in a gun manufacturing company in Radom, Poland; arriving in…
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….ushmm.org 2 To request written permission, contact the General Director, Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych, ul. Rakowiecka 2D, 02‐517 Warsaw, Poland…
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… back from Poland. 295 00:15:07,110 --> 00:15:10,420 She has been in Poland and came to West Germany. 296 00:15:10,420 --> 00:15:14,530 And she said she…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.104 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0104
Date:
interview: 1992 June 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Moshe Meler, born in Warsaw, Poland in 1922, describes his family and being raised Orthodox; being aware of the deportation of Polish Jews from…
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…RG-50.120*104 MELER MOSHE TAPE 1 OF 6 01:00:30 My name is Moshe Meler. I was born in Poland, in Warsaw in 4 Pavia Valova st., in 1922. My father…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1468 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1468
Date:
interview: 1983 April 11
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Bernard Wiss (né Boruch Wisniewski), born circa 1919 in Poland, discusses working for his brother’s fur company in Warsaw at Trębacka 3; his…
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…. Bernard My name is BernaLd Wise now. Before the 21 second world war my name was BROSHEFSKI. lived in 22 PolandWarsaw SUtIMEKHOFFER 23 0. And when were you…
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Falenica (Warsaw, Poland)…
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…. Emanuela Ringelbluma, ul. Tlomackie 3/5, 00‐090 Warszawa, Poland. Tel. 011 48 22 827 92 21. More information about this repository can be found at www…
Selected records of the District Commission to Investigate Nazi Crimes in Warsaw
…World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Poland--Warsaw.…
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… Korespondencja i materiały dochodzeniowe OKBZN w Warszawie Warszawa 1945- 1948 262 polski GK 182 Okregowa Komisja w Warszawie 7 t. 1 Korespondencja wychodząca i…
Selected records of the Prison records of persons convicted of communist activities
…Warsaw (Poland)…
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… 424/XIX 1 Blum (Tunis) Izak; 1935 2 Fensterblau Szyja; 1936 3 Klein Abraham, Abe; 1935 Więzienie Warszawa Mokotów 424/XX brak Abramow Timofiel; 1920…
… family lived in Łódź and all three children attended Jewish schools. After Germany invaded Poland in 1939, the Winnykamien family fled Łódź for Warsaw…
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… three children attended Jewish schools. After Germany invaded Poland in 1939, the Winnykamien family fled Łódź for Warsaw, with the intention of escaping…
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