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.
… sent to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany. She again was told to work as a doctor. In December 1944, 101 Jewish orphans arrived at the camp and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1996.A.0345 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0035
Date:
interview: 1996 July 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… States in December 1949 on the USS Harry Taylor; earning a Ph.D. in chemistry at Johns Hopkins; researching cancer at NIH; marrying a survivor of Bergen…
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…:29,440 --> 00:37:30,820 survivor in Bergen-Belsen. 916 00:37:30,820 --> 00:37:33,100 And we hit it off very well. 917 00:37:33,100 --> 00:37:35,020 And…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0412 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0059
Date:
interview: 1997 January 31
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)…
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… Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and placing them in a nearby new camp. His chief duty was driving a truck around to pick up newly harvested vegetables and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2014.23.1 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0221
Date:
interview: 2014 March 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… opportunity to go to Bergen-Belsen after May 8; not talking to any refugees; leaving for the United States in 1945; receiving a master's degree; and feeling…
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… you gone by any camps? Had you gone past any camps when you were —— A: Well, I had an opportunity to go to BergenBelsen, and I didn't want to see it. Q…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2012.69.1 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0197
Date:
interview: 2012 May 16
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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…,540 So anyway, I went to the library, got books. 417 00:24:13,540 --> 00:24:17,340 I remember one specifically, Bergen-Belsen was the title, 418 00:24:17…
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.