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: 1996.A.0560 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0055
Date:
interview: 1996 November 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Ida Henig (née Markowicz), born in 1924, discusses her family and childhood in Lódź, Poland; Łódź’s Jewish community and economy; not experiencing…
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… Lodz, Poland. There was a large Jewish community in Lodz. It was an industrial, textile city and there were jobs there. The textile business was…
…Regina Hamburger Bomba, born on June 5, 1920 in Łódź, Poland, describes the Nazi invasion of Łódź; moving into the Łódź ghetto in March 1940; the…
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…, from home, Hamburger1. Q: Where uh when were you born? A: I was born in Poland, Lódz, on the 5th of June, 1920. Q: Will you tell me, Regina, what…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.38 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0038
Date:
interview: 1991 June 24
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Yitzhak Finkel, born in Łódź, Poland in April 1917, describes the bombing of Łódź; the creation of the Łódź ghetto; being arrested with 1,500 others…
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… copy 2 videocassettes (VHS), User copy SUMMARY: Born in 1917 in Lodz, where he and his family lived throughout most of the ghetto period. In 1944 he was…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.345.34 | RG Number: RG-50.005.0034
Date:
interview: 1983 October 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jews--Poland--Sulmierzyce (Łódź)…
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… Poland and until he was 14 or 15 received a good education in public and private schools. At 14 or 15 he went to work in the leather business belonging to…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.345.14 | RG Number: RG-50.005.0014
Date:
interview: 1983 March 05
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Barbara Gerson (née Branka Nomberg), born May 30, 1924 in Warsaw, Poland, describes growing up in Łódź, Poland; being the youngest of three children…
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… Barbara Gerson from Lodz, Poland. Her maiden name was Branca Nomberg. Her childhood was happy until the problems started. She is the youngest of 3 children…
Central Committee of Jews in Poland (CKŻP). Organization and Control Department
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Jews--Poland--Łódź--Societies, etc.…
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… posts of Jewish Committees in Poland (Białystok, Bydgoszcz, Częstochowa, Gdańsk, Katowice, Kraków, Lublin, Łódź, Olsztyn, Poznań, Przemyśl, Radom…
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź--Maps.…
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…‐‐Maps. Jewish ghettos‐‐Poland‐‐Łódź‐‐Maps. http://collections.ushmm.org Contact reference@ushmm.org for further information about this collection http…
Central Committee of Jews in Poland (CKŻP) "Landmannschaften" Department
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Jews--Poland--Łódź--Societies, etc.…
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…. The Committee of the Jews coming from Grójec in Łodź. Organization Files. Name list of former inhabitants of Grójec in Poland receiving financial relief…
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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.