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: 1997.A.0441.557 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0557
Date:
interview: 1999 October 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… mitzvah; his brother’s deportation to Auschwitz concentration camp; working in a sausage factory; the bombing of a Japanese radio station on July 20, 1945…
… Karel and Jaroslav, and his sister Marta, along with their spouses and children all perished at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Jaroslav’s daughter Vera…
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… research; wartime correspondence with relatives in the United States and Europe, many of whom would perish at Auschwitz; immigration papers documenting the…
… Tacoma, Washington. Her parent did not survive a March 1943 transport to Auschwitz.…
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… traveled first from San Francisco to Portland before settling in Tacoma, Washington. Her parent did not survive a March 1943 transport to Auschwitz…
… prisoner number 316 on transport XII/2. Siegmund perished in the camp on January 17, 1943. Sophie was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp in German…
… settled in New York. Her father perished at Auschwitz in 1944.
Werner’s sister Gerda immigrated to Palestine around 1937 or 1938. Wolfgang remained in…
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… from Sosúa to England in 1951 and the United States in 1952. They settled in New York. Her father perished at Auschwitz in 1944. Werner’s sister Gerda…
…. Frieda Preuss’s brother, Wilhelm Luft, died at Auschwitz, and her father and stepmother, Bernhard and Bertha Luft, also perished during the Holocaust.…
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… and Martin, were deported to Riga in 1942 and did not survive. Frieda Preuss’s brother, Wilhelm Luft, died at Auschwitz, and her father and stepmother…
… sources differ as to whether they were sent to Theresienstadt, Łódź, or Auschwitz. Uncle Ernst managed to escape Germany to Shanghai in 1939.…
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… they were sent to Theresienstadt, Łódź, or Auschwitz. Uncle Ernst managed to escape Germany to Shanghai in 1939. Scope and content of collection…
… was killed in a hospital, and her father David was deported from Vienna to Riga on 3 December 1941. He was later deported to Auschwitz where he perished.…
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… Auschwitz where he perished. Scope and content of collection The collection consists of biographical material, correspondence, and photographs documenting the…
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