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.1272.32 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0032
Date:
interview: 1993 February 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Jewishresistance--Poland.…
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… and distribution of pamphlets calling upon the Jews to resist the Germans, and so on. Escaped from the ghetto to Austria with a group of friends. They…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1998.A.0111 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0388
Date:
interview: 1998 June 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Jewishresistance--Belarus--Minsk.…
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… was to resist, especially when I heard such and such a professor, oh yes, he published a book, but he stole everything from -- from a Jewish book, which…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1994.A.0447.28 | RG Number: RG-50.042.0028
Date:
interview: 1992 January 30
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Jewishresistance--Poland.…
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… you could help it. 59 00:03:54,350 --> 00:03:56,720 That was true not just for the Jewish population. 60 Contact reference@ushmm.org for further…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2013.294.19 | RG Number: RG-50.693.0019
Date:
interview: 2010 February 23
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Jewishresistance--Poland--Warsaw.…
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…’s opinion, Jews did not flee because the anti‐Jewish laws worsened gradually, and no one expected the fate of the Jews to be what it was. They did not…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.49 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0049
Date:
interview: 1992 September 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…World War, 1939-1945--Jewishresistance--Poland.…
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… unpreparedness of Poliah Army. 1.17 Treatment of Jewish prisoners who were sent to a Rittergut near Dresden to build an artificial lake for fisheries. 1.26 July…
… Jews not to report for the deportations. They also began to organize underground resistance units. The "Farma" became the headquarters of the Jewish…
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.