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: 1999.A.0124 | RG Number: RG-50.549.02.0043
Date:
interview: 1999 May 28
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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… those events, very, very much shaped a lot of my views. And my brother always says, you know, we are stronger because we survived all those things, than…
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… a linen store with his three surviving siblings: Fritz, Sofia, and Henrietta (two brothers had died in World War I). His wife Margarete (1899-1944…
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…. Photograph of the gravestone of Caroline (Falkenstein) Davids (1842-1909). She was the mother of Klara (Davids) Berg, who survived the Holocaust. Her other…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.346.181 | RG Number: RG-50.031.0181
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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… immediate family had survived. They arrived in the US on Jan 1942; thoughts on loss of inheritance from father's jewelry store that had been handed down from…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.346.139 | RG Number: RG-50.031.0139
Date:
interview: 1989
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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… not seek work; German invasion May 10, 1940, fleeing on foot to France; surviving German bombing on a train; placed on cattle car transport to southern…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2017.215.4 | RG Number: RG-50.977.0004
Date:
interview: 2012 November
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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…’s brother, and Aunt Lola and their son, Gustad who survived the war in Paris. She was brought up as a little French girl and was told her name was not Copel…
… quota list for Poles. When the ship was forced to return to Europe, Oskar went to England, where he survived the war in relative safety. Through Jakob…
… quota list for Poles. When the ship was forced to return to Europe, Oskar went to England, where he survived the war in relative safety. Through Jakob…
… quota list for Poles. When the ship was forced to return to Europe, Oskar went to England, where he survived the war in relative safety. Through Jakob…
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.