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: 1992.A.0125.32 | RG Number: RG-50.233.0032
Date:
interview: 1992 April 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… father hid Jews in a shed on his farm early in World War II; escaping after Ukrainians burned her family’s farm and their village; immigrating to Germany…
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… Urbonowicz, was born to Christian farming parents, Wictor and Janina (Janka), in Wolyn, near Tuczyn, Poland. Her father hid Jews in a shed on his farm early in…
Selected records of the county authorities of eastern voivodships
…Jews--Galicia (Poland and Ukraine)--Ethnic relations--20th century.…
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…. Ukrainians--Galicia (Poland and Ukraine)--Politics and government--20th century. Jews--Galicia (Poland and Ukraine)--Ethnic relations--20th century. Emigration…
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… Jews. The activities of JEAS were than taken over by the Jewish Relief Committee and carried out in the form of help from relatives abroad. Nr teczki…
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… criminals--Ukraine--History--20th century. Polish people--Crimes against--Ukraine--Volhynia. Jews--Persecutions--Ukraine--Volhyni Ukraine--Politics and…
… of Jews, their emigration to Palestine, and correspondence regarding communist activities.…
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… regulations of the governor, minutes of administration conferences, correspondence and statistics relating to political and cultural activities of Jews, their…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1991.A.0113.2 | RG Number: RG-50.059.0002
Date:
interview: 1991 June 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Warsaw, Poland in 1929; attending a high school where most of the students were Jewish; the harmony between the Jews and Christians; graduating in 1935…
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… the students were Jewish. She never noticed any discrimination of Jewish students there. Jews and Christians lived in perfect harmony. They never pocked…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.257 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0257
Date:
interview: 1994 February 24
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… camp; Jews being ordered to assemble and taken to the ghetto in Sofiovka, Ukraine; becoming part of a Russian partisan group; sabotaging train stations…
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… two towns that were founded by Jews in the early 19th century. The population was all Jewish and subsisted on agriculture and leather manufacturing. 1…
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.