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: 1993.A.0089.9 | RG Number: RG-50.155.0009
Date:
interview: approximately 1987 March 16 publication/distribution: approximately
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… ghetto; escaping with his mother and sister just before it was liquidated; how his father did not escape and was later executed by Amon Goeth; spending…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2009.214.14 | RG Number: RG-50.617.0014
Date:
interview: 1980 December 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… antisemitism; the beginning of the war and living in the ghetto; being taken for execution at Ponary, but escaping and returning to the ghetto; life in an…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2011.294 | RG Number: RG-50.678.0001
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… after he was caught outside the ghetto; how residents of the ghetto were sent to Ponary, where they were executed; the liquidation of the Vilna ghetto…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2016.82.1 | RG Number: RG-50.926.0001
Date:
interview: 2013 January 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… house where his mother was hiding; his father’s death in July 1944 when he was shot by the Germans; the execution of his four grandparents earlier at 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.