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.
… survived the war in Austria and joined his son in Israel in 1950.…
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… deported via Drancy to Auschwitz where she was killed. Moszka Siperstein survived the war in Austria and joined his son in Israel in 1950. Scope and…
… to Auschwitz. Rudi was one of fifty-five members of his transport of 2,500 people to survive the initial selection of the camp. In January 1945, Rudi…
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… fifty-five members of his transport of 2,500 people to survive the initial selection of the camp. In January 1945, Rudi was sent on a death march to…
… Buchenwald concentration camp in attempt to locate family who had been living in Holland but none had survived the Holocaust. On a 30-day furlough Hans…
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… visited Buchenwald concentration camp in attempt to locate family who had been living in Holland but none had survived the Holocaust. On a 30- day furlough…
… sports organization. He graduated in 1936 and returned to Krumbach where he worked briefly in a local bank, the town's only surviving Jewish business…
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… sports organization. He graduated in 1936 and returned to Krumbach where he worked briefly in a local bank, the town's only surviving Jewish business…
… Moissons Nouvelles, where he survived the war.
On August 26, 1942, French gendarmes raided the OSE home at Chaumont and arrested all the children over the…
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… underground sent Walter to Saint Julien, France to live at a boys’ home managed by the Moissons Nouvelles, where he survived the war. On August 26, 1942, French…
… survive; 254 would perish in the Holocaust in Europe. In London, the family rented a one-room apartment. During the Blitz, the intensive bombing campaign on…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2017.215.6 | RG Number: RG-50.977.0006
Date:
interview: 2013 April
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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… today which is prepared to take in Jewish refugees from around the world in unlimited number which is essential for the survival of the Jewish people. The…
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…, is impossible. It defies the wildest imagination. Soldiers who survived the horrors of frontline combat, which had abundant death and mutilation, like…
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.