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.0126.5 | RG Number: RG-50.156.0005
Date:
interview: 1984 January 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Fred Baron, born in Vienna, Austria, describes being 15 years old when the Germans marched into Vienna; his life before the war and his family…
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… little something about your immediate family. A: I was born in Vienna, Austria, and when the Germans marched into my home town, I was 15 years old. My…
…; living with Lucine in Vienna, Austria for two years; and immigrating to the United States in 1950.…
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… big city, about 250,000 people, site of university, formally under the jurisdiction of Austria, Hungary. Many intelligent people spoke German, and it…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.A.0338 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0047
Date:
interview: 1989 September 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Josef, born on June 25, 1915 in Vienna, Austria, describes his family; moving to Przemyśl, Poland when he was a child; fleeing to Lwów, Poland after…
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… you born? A: I was born in Vienna in 1915 -- June 25th, 1915. And after a few years, when I was a little boy, my parents moved back to Poland and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.346.18 | RG Number: RG-50.031.0018
Date:
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Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; and her speculations on the reasons behind the violence of Kristallnacht.
Robert Kaye, born in 1911 in Vienna, Austria, describes his family history…
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… next interview: Robert Kayes (who has a heavy accent, difficult to understand).Born 1911 in Vienna. Can trace family history back to grandparents in…
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…. Wrocław (Poland) Shanghai (China) La Paz (Bolivia) Montevideo (Uruguay) Manila (Philippines) Vienna (Austria) Photographs. CONTAINER LIST…
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.