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: 1994.A.0447.31 | RG Number: RG-50.042.0031
Date:
interview: 1992 January 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Ernest Weihs, born in Vienna, Austria in November 1908, discusses his conversion from Judaism to Lutheranism at age eleven; the changing situation…
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…,230 --> 00:12:19,030 I was registered in a Swedish mission 135 00:12:19,030 --> 00:12:28,730 that was trying to get Jewish people out of Austria. 136 00:12:28…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2014.537.8 | RG Number: RG-50.862.0007
Date:
interview: 1979 January 24-1979 January 25
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria--Vienna.…
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… annexation of Austria; Levarie explains; talks about how he was able to complete his exams and graduate just in time for his emigration to the United States…
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.