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.
…Selected records from the Šiauliai Regional State Archives in Lithuania related to history of the local Jewish community before, during and after…
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…1 SELECTED RECORDS FROM THE S�IAULIAI REGIONAL STATE ARCHIVES IN LITHUANIA RELATED TO HISTORY OF THE LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNITY BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.476 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0476
Date:
interview: 1993 June 04 interview: 1994 May 13
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Solomon Robby, born on May 15, 1919 in Muden in eastern Germany, discusses living with his family in Siauliai, Lithuania from 1939 to 1942; having to…
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… moving to Germany from Lithuania; his mother dying while he was a child; growing up until the war broke out in Birzai, Lithuania, about 20-25 km from the…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.333 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0333
Date:
interview: 1998 January 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Sara Mitzelmacher (née Uritz), born on March 15, 1915 in Kovno, Poland (now Kaunas, Lithuania), describes her lower class family; her family moving…
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…, Lithuania on March 15, 1915. Sara, nee Uritz, was born to parents of the lower class. When she was five or six years old, the family moved to Jurbarkas and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.698 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0698
Date:
interview: 1985 April 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Toby Gutman (née Aizekowitz), born on June 6, 1918 in Posvol (Pasvalys), Lithuania, discusses her well-to-do family; her arrest and imprisonment with…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2008.276 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0527
Date:
interview: 2008 November 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Ada Gens Ustjanauskas, daughter of Jacob Gens, born in 1926 in Smalininkai, Lithuania, discusses her childhood; the difficulties of growing up in a…
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… in it. It will be a -- a glimpse into at least what happened with one person in a very tough part of the world, in Lithuania. And I would like to start…
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.