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.1272.299 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0299
Date:
interview: 1996 October 24
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… States troops; returning home via Prague; living with a surviving aunt; traveling to Budapest, intending to immigrate to Palestine; receiving assistance…
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… doctor had survived Auschwitz and lived in Mukacheve. He joined her there but wanted to go to Israel. He went to Budapest and was taken by the Jewish…
… Schwarz (later Mimi Schwarz Reed); and Klári and László Kovács, all of whom survived the Holocaust. Included are Swiss protection documents, identification…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2015.269.1 | RG Number: RG-50.874.0001
Date:
interview: 2011-2012
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… for two years; working in a grenade factory for a year and a half; conditions in the camp; how they dealt with pestilence; surviving typhoid fever; her…
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… “commando 10”. Getting rid of lice in bathtubs by bathing with icy water in the winter. Sleeping with dead bodies. Punishments. Surviving typhoid fever…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2005.603.3 | RG Number: RG-50.637.0003
Date:
interview: 2005 January 24
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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… surviving, and I don’t know how I survived, but I know. Q: Tell me a little bit about where are you from? When were you born? And, what was your name at that…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0067 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0113
Date:
interview: 1994 April 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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… lived in various places in Europe. Throughout the War, Riane's mother felt they would survive and made the family believe it. She made them feel important…
Tel Aviv, Israel : Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, 1996
Special Collection:
Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
…Mr. R. recalls returning home via Prague; living with a surviving aunt; traveling to Budapest, intending to emigrate to Palestine; assistance from…
Learn About the Holocaust
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.