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.
…The William Herskovic papers include two postcards written by Ezryl Anielewicz at the Jawischowitz concentrationcamp to his wife Mirele in Belgium…
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… postcards written by Ezryl Anielewicz at the Jawischowitz concentrationcamp to his wife Mirele in Belgium, a photocopy of an attestation confirming William…
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Series 1: William Herskovic papers 1942-Approximate 1995
Oral History | Accession Number: 2015.250.5 | RG Number: RG-50.882.0005
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… of the prison; being sent to three different concentrationcamps; and being liberated by American troops near the Bergen-Belsen camp.…
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… different concentrationcamps. He was liberated by American troops near the Bergen-Belsen camp. http://collections.ushmm.org Contact reference@ushmm.org for…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2013.276.1 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0229
Date:
interview: 2013 October 10
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Consists of interviews with Holocaust survivors and concentrationcamp liberators conducted by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History…
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… one who was taken into camp, sent into concentrationcamp. Q: Okay. A: And that was 1940, I think. Q: 1940? A: '41. Q: '41. Okay. A: And I was sent…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2015.373.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0832
Date:
interview: 2015 October 28-2015 October 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Contains interviews with Holocaust survivors, concentrationcamp liberators, rescuers, relief workers, former POWs, and people of different social…
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…, we never got back, also photos, nothing, never got back. And there in Cyprus I was for 18 months, it was a concentrationcamp. With English soldiers up…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.337 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0337
Date:
interview: 1998 February 19
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Ravensbrück (Concentrationcamp)…
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… Russians and ended up in a refugee camp in Katowice, Poland. Shortly thereafter they went on to Košice, Slovakia, which was where his parents had been raised…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0088.42 | RG Number: RG-50.002.0042
Date:
interview: 1989 May 17-1989 June 09 interview: 1989 June 09
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oral history interviews with Holocaust survivors and concentrationcamp liberators.…
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… to concentrationcamps 158 00:10:11,470 --> 00:10:12,930 already. 159 00:10:12,930 --> 00:10:15,090 And one group of people-- 160 00:10:15,090 --> 00…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.32 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0032
Date:
interview: 1993 February 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentrationcamp)…
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… Austria with fake ID. 3.38 Went to Vienna and became leader at underground group. 3.50 He is caught and sent to concentrationcamp near Vienna. He escapes…
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.