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.
…’s father died before the war. His mother Regina was deported from Vienna to Riga, Latvia on 11 January 1942 where she likely perished. Regina’s brother…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.481.17 | RG Number: RG-50.062.0017
Date:
interview: 1987 December 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Pearl Harbor; learning later that her parents were deported to Riga, Latvia (Kaiserwald concentration camp); how when she arrived in the U.S., Americans…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.116 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0116
Date:
interview: 1982 February 18 interview: 1982 March 17 interview: 1982 June 04
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; being in Riga, Latvia from 1934 to 1936; serving as a cantor in Budapest, Hungary in 1935 at the Rombach Temple while also serving as a chaplain in the…
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… Chor Synagoge was first of all the official temple of the Jewry of Lettland. [Latvia]. Second of all, my predecessor, not the immediate one, the…
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.