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: 1999.A.0122.940 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0940
Date:
interview: 1990 January 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… her mother were confined to the Vilna Ghetto in 1941; her transfer to and experiences in the Kaiserwald-Riga work camp in Latvia; her experiences on a…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0097.4 | RG Number: RG-50.043.0004
Date:
interview: 1982 June
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Hinda Kibort, born in Lithuania, describes her Latvian parents; attending a German-speaking private school in Riga, Latvia; being transferred to a…
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… Dachau. I was born in Lithuania which has been part of the Soviet Union since 1940. My parents were from Latvia. I was enrolled in German speaking private…
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…. Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations. Forced labor--Latvia--Rīga. Jews--Germany--Minden (North Rhine-Westphalia). Minden…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.68 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0068
Date:
interview: 1983 December 11
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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… from town to town in every town in Lithuania, in Latvia, not so much in Estonia, because there wasn't so many Estonian Jews. In the Ukraine, in White…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1274 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0120
Date:
interview: 1993 October 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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… before the war to Latvia to see my father’s family, my grandmother, which I hardly knew, my aunts and uncles and cousins. And I had many, many friends and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2013.342.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0730
Date:
interview: 2013 August 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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… went through Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia in Russian waters. Another boat was sent after them as they were escaping and would need a plane to sink them…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0125.61 | RG Number: RG-50.233.0061
Date:
interview: 1992 July 01
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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…. Ukrainians, Lithuanians, 338 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:14,120 Estonians, Latvians from Latvia, and Poles. 339 00:18:14,120 --> 00:18:16,610 Or Volksdeutsche-- the…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.67.67 | RG Number: RG-50.012.0067
Date:
interview: 1988 February 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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… invited actors from Riga, Latvia to Poland when Russia still dominated Poland. Both actors , one and a half years younger than her, taught her the Russian…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.388 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0388
Date:
interview: 2011 October 19
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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… on the East European territories-- Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia? Because up there, A, church is very strong. And the church is…
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.