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: 2009.214.9 | RG Number: RG-50.617.0009
Date:
interview: 1980 November 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… University and medical school in Basel, Switzerland; returning to Poland in May 1939; the beginning of the war; living on false Aryan papers in Glinks…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.8.19 | RG Number: RG-50.063.0019
Date:
undated:
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… helped them cross the border into Switzerland; how his family helped more families and he and his siblings took the people across the border because as…
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… escape to Switzerland. 09:40 He and his family helped the Austrians across a small creek that formed the border with Switzerland. Soon the family had told…
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… (Switzerland) Bonn (Germany) Bucharest (Romania) Havana (Cuba) Jerusalem (Israel) London (England) Madrid (Spain) Munich (Germany) Rome (Italy) Santiago (Chile…
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.