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: 1995.A.1272.165 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0165
Date:
interview: 1993 March 28
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; antisemitism among partisan groups; arriving in Kazan, Russia; a camp in Kazan, Russia; the liberationofconcentrationcamps; activities with the avengers group…
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….58 Beginning ofliberationofconcentrationcamps. 500 Jews returned to Vilna out of 80,000. Mira sought to find her sister. 12.41 The story of Mira’s sister…
… the experience of Carl Rosner in prewar Germany, in Buchenwald concentrationcamp during the Holocaust, and in Sweden after the war, as well as to the…
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… Buchenwald concentrationcamp; and his life as a post-war refugee in Stockholm, Sweden. The collection also includes a small amount of material related to the…
… Stutthof concentrationcamp where they were killed. Her father was sent to Chelmno death camp and killed. During the liquidation, Tema and her friend Esther…
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… Stutthof concentrationcamp where they were killed. Her father was sent to Chelmno death camp and killed. During the liquidation, Tema and her friend Esther…
…, and his first wife and child both perished. In fall of 1943, Kliot was deported to the Vaivara concentrationcamp complex in Estonia. Leon was one of 75…
… the Kaiserwald, Stutthof, and Muhldorf concentrationcamps, and at the Feldafing displaced persons camp. Includes a copy of the Vilna hymn, a copy of…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.33 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0033
Date:
interview: 1993 January 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… concentrationcamps; his liberation by French forces; his life in a transition camp; being sent to a youth camp in Magento; joining the 'Revenge' group; joining…
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…, and the bombings of the factory. 6.00 They were marched out of the camp, in April 1945 and he and his brother escaped to the woods. 6.05 Liberation by…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1276 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1276
Date:
interview: 1986 February 11
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… labor camps in Latvia and in Stutthof concentrationcamp, where she found her husband, who later perished; her liberation by Russian troops; her time in a…
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…. GOLDENBERG So they took you away from the concentrationcamp to this other sort of labor camp -- MS. SZANDER Right. MS. GOLDENBERG -- this cafe. 10 MS. SZANDER…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0183 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0399
Date:
interview: 1999 August 17
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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…. political concentrationcamp. Communist party in Germany was very popular, and a lot of Germans were communists, so the first victims were the communists of…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2011.294 | RG Number: RG-50.678.0001
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; being sent on a transport to the Vaivara concentrationcamp in Estonia; his life in the work camp; his transfer to another camp in Estonia; selections and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.523 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0523
Date:
interview: 1981 August 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; being deported to a series ofcamps in Estonia, including Vaivara; liberation on September 22, 1944; returning to Vilna in November 1944 where he worked…
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.