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: 1998.A.0300.137 | RG Number: RG-50.488.0137
Date:
interview: 2002 June 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jan Winiarski, born in Zamość, Poland in 1923, discusses witnessing a transport of Jewish men, women, and children led by Poles and Germans; the dead…
…Mojżesz Michał Olczak (1907-1971) was born Mojżesz Rajzman on January 24, 1907 in Zamość, Poland to Gula Bajtel Rajzman (née Bajtel) and Zachariasz…
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…. (202) 479-9717 e-mail: reference@ushmm.org Olczak Family Photograph Collection Inventory 1. Photograph of Urys Bajtel, Zamość, Poland, circa 1930. 2…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1998.A.0300.138 | RG Number: RG-50.488.0138
Date:
interview: 2002 June 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Maria Matuszewska, born in Zamość, Poland in 1931, discusses being smuggled into the ghetto to be seen by a Jewish doctor; wearing a Star of David in…
Municipal Commission in Lublin to Investigate the German Crimes
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Contains records of the Municipal Commission in Lublin to Investigate the Nazi Crimes of the Lublin territory, Poland. Records are very diverse and…
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… przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, Poland. Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust…
District Commission in Lublin to Investigate the Nazi Crimes
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Source of acquisition is the Instytut Pamięci Narodowej - Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, Warsaw, Poland. Records created by…
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… przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, Poland. Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust…
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
… Director of the State Archives of the Republic of Poland. Publication of more than 10 complete documents in an individual work requires the written…
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… General Director of the State Archives of the Republic of Poland. Publication of more than 10 complete documents in an individual work requires the…
…Source of acquisition is the Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu (IPN), Warsaw, Poland, Sygn.188…
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… Narodowej–Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, Poland. Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.A.0345 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0131
Date:
interview: 1989 October 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Miriam Storch Lewent, born on June 26, 1926 in Zamość, Poland, describes her family and childhood; fleeing her home when the Germans invaded Poland…
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… October 20, 1989 Q: Would you tell me your name please? A: My name is Miriam Lewent. Q: Where were you born? A: I was born in Poland--Zamo__--1926. June the…
Central Committee of Jews in Poland. Department of Jewish Compatriot Association
Special Collection:
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Central Committee of Jews in Poland. Department of Jewish Compatriot Association…
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… 1 Centralny Komitet Żydow Polskich (CKŻP). Wydział Ziomkostw, 1945‐1950 Central Committee of Jews in Poland. Department of Jewish Compatriot…
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