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: 2006.70.75 | RG Number: RG-50.583.0075
Date:
interview: 1991 March 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
… Hungarian Army in 1939; serving driving army trucks; being allowed to keep his position in 1941 when Jewish soldiers lost their rank; serving in Ukraine on…
use: after 1943 January 01-before 1945 May 09 publication: approximately 1943 January 01
… French coast with the unit on June 6. Manfred went out on every patrol and attack, and his mission was to infiltrate German lines and convince the soldiers…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.346.56 | RG Number: RG-50.031.0056
Date:
interview: 1987 January 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewish soldiers--United States.…
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… American Soldier - they told me my parents were sent away in January 1942 - they were sent to the concentration camp Treblinka and they were never heard from…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0386 | RG Number: RG-50.549.02.0008
Date:
interview: 1997 September 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewish soldiers--United States.…
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… there was an activity in the camps that wasn’t there always before. The soldiers were much more lax, there were more numerous air raids. There was…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.32 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0032
Date:
interview: 1981 May 04
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… father was still alive in Theresienstadt; going to Bavaria, in the American zone, with friends; the American Jewish soldiers looking after them; reuniting…
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… in Theresienstadt. She went to Bavaria, in the American zone, with friends. American Jewish soldiers looked after them. One managed to find her father…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2010.197 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0581
Date:
interview: 2010 May 27-2010 August 01
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… German General Ernst von Poten in Trier, Germany; how he was naturalized before he was sent to Europe during the war; his feelings as a Jewish soldier…
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…. But most people preferred others to work with them than me, because I wasn’t as strong as many other soldiers. So, instead of being sent to a field, to…
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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.