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: 2013.165.1 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0213
Date:
interview: 2013 September 19
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Department volunteer staff. The interviewees, among them survivors from Hungary, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, and Poland, discuss their experiences of life…
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…,640 --> 00:00:40,900 I was born November 19, 1935, in Vienna, Austria. 11 00:00:40,900 --> 00:00:43,090 Let's talk a little bit about your family. 12 00:00:43…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.340 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0340
Date:
interview: 1998 March 25
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Karl Kosidois, born in Vienna, Austria in 1916, describes growing up in an assimilated family that spoke German at home and only visited the…
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… was asked to leave the army. After Kristalnacht, Karl was sent to Dachau until June 6th, when he was freed under the condition that he leave Austria. He…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.364 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0364
Date:
interview: 2000 January 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Franz Fuchs, born in Vienna, Austria in 1923, describes being the younger of two sons born to a physician and a housewife; his secular family…
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…Fuchs, Franz RG-50.120#0364 1 video tape In Hebrew Recorded January 6, 2000 Summary Franz was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1923. He was the youngest…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2016.421.1 | RG Number: RG-50.959.0001
Date:
interview: 1988 January 16
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…David Krauthammer, born in 1906 in Tlumacsyk, Austria (now Tlumach, Ukraine), describes his three sisters and three brothers; being the second oldest…
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… 1906 6:45 Getting Started: I was born in Austria, which became Poland and is now Russia. I was born in 1906 in the town of Tlumacsyk in the province of…
…—Maximilian and his daughter Ilse in Czechoslovakia, Kathe in Austria, and Walter in Italy—they were under different refugee quotas and had different…
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…—Maximilian and his daughter Ilse in Czechoslovakia, Kathe in Austria, and Walter in Italy—they were under different refugee quotas and had different…
…: Georg (George, 1883-1945), Mercedes (1885-1918), Rosa (1887-1970), and Arrigo (1890-1915). Paul and his family moved to Vienna, Austria by 1901, and he…
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….489.1 Creator: Singer (Family : Vienna, Austria) Extent: .5 linear feet (1 box, 1 oversize folder, 1 book enclosure) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2018.238.1 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0265
Date:
interview: 2017 November 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Department volunteer staff. The interviewees, among them survivors from Hungary, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, and Poland, discuss their experiences of life…
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.