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.
… in March 1943 Ada and her mother were sent to the Plaszów concentrationcamp. After a month spent under horrific conditions, they were selected to work…
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… diary and photographs related to Ada Abrahamer’s wartime experiences in work camps and concentrationcamps in Poland, as well as her postwar life in…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0088.28 | RG Number: RG-50.002.0028
Date:
interview: 1982
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Oral history interviews with Holocaust survivors and concentrationcamp liberators.…
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… concentrationcamp. 583 00:35:59,670 --> 00:36:02,750 And I was in Gusen II. 584 00:36:02,750 --> 00:36:05,160 And the same thing. 585 00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:07…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.980 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0980
Date:
interview: 1991 February 19
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… concentrationcamps. Mr. Isak describes his experiences in Płaszów labor camp, in Gross-Rosen working in a quarry, his transfer to Langenbielau (now Bielawa…
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… LOADED ON TRUCKS. 23 IT TOOK US ABOUT HALF YEAR AND THEN WE 24 SAID NOW THEY ARE GOING TO SHOOT US. BUT THEY SENT US TO 25 CONCENTRATIONCAMP. THE NAME IS…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1257 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1257
Date:
interview: 1985 January 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentrationcamp)…
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…0. 20 Huh. 21 So then came the Hungarians and they took our youth men 22 and women our whole family and arrest them and send them down 23 to concentration…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1996.A.0194 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0367
Date:
interview: 1996 May 31
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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… labor camps. But why were you taking little children and so on? You couldn't -- you wouldn't want to leave the children there. So everybody took their…
…Contains interviews with Holocaust survivors, concentrationcamp liberators, rescuers, relief workers, former POWs, and people of different social…
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… Plaszów, the concentrationcamp. And we went to work to Kabelwerk from Plaszów. And I only saw my parents twice. Q: Be -- before will -- you tell me about…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2015.250.8 | RG Number: RG-50.882.0008
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Auschwitz (Concentrationcamp)…
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…, a woman named Julia Pamula. They themselves were in concentrationcamps including Auschwitz- Birkenau. Both her parents survived and they were…
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.