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.
…. After one report, Karel witnessed 7 men get executed for crimes including writing to a family member and possessing cigarettes. It was a large department…
use: 1941 December-1944 September 24 manufacture: approximately 1900-1925
…. After one report, Karel witnessed 7 men get executed for crimes including writing to a family member and possessing cigarettes. It was a large department…
creation: approximately 1944 March 20 commemoration: 1944 March 20
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At the same time... home, Theresienstadt, March 20, 1944
…. After one report, Karel witnessed 7 men get executed for crimes including writing to a family member and possessing cigarettes. It was a large department…
…. After one report, Karel witnessed 7 men get executed for crimes including writing to a family member and possessing cigarettes. It was a large department…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2014.537.6 | RG Number: RG-50.862.0005
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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…. Murmelstein informs them that the document was written "on the day of his execution." Leonard Ehrlich wonders why the document has never been published…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1991.264.14 | RG Number: RG-50.234.0014
Date:
interview: 1981 October 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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… their feet, strung between two trees, for everyone to see. Once a whole commando was executed. They decreed that 10 were to be executed for each escape. 1…
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… Oberlandrat in Brno to the citizens of Moravia. On orders from the Führer, the Oberlandrat is the executive branch of government in Moravia and he is placing…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2008.62 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0525
Date:
interview: 2008 April 24
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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…, who were standing there and looking at the shooters and executioners the way the other members of the officers’ school were standing there looking at…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.182 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0182
Date:
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Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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….24 Describes Birkenau at the end. The execution of the Sonderkomando. 11.30 Life in the camp and factory work. At the end of March the camp was evacuated and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1994.A.0431 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0001
Date:
interview: 1994 October 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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…, aren't you a Jew when the phone rang. And they got the message that they captured 10 or 12 Jews. And they were able to execute them. And he was just…
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