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.
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… town. High school and work in youth movement. 3.05 Sept. 1939. Beginning of war. Germany attacked Poland. They joined father on the estate near…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2014.537.20 | RG Number: RG-50.862.0019
Date:
interview: 1977 June 23
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…WorldWar, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.…
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…) where she remained until liberation; her delayed return to Vienna after the war in July 1945 due to the typhus quarantine; the forced labor she had to…
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…, "they murdered each other." States that Löwenherz was weak in that aspect, that in 1945, towards the end of the war, he was very ill and over 60 years old…
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
…WorldWar, 1939-1945--Austria--Vienna.…
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… collection: “Akten der jüdischen Kultusgemeinde Wien 1938 - 1945. Josef Löwenherz gab dieselben dem Vertreter Israels in New York leihweise zwecks Vorlage im…
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.