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.
inclusive: circa 1937-2001 undated: bulk: 1945-1949
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…NewYork (N.Y.)…
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… Biographical note Charles Vogel (c.1883-1960) was a World War I veteran and a lawyer in Brooklyn, NewYork. His brother, Harry, and sister-in-law, Jean Vogel had…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2005.513 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0502
Date:
interview: 2005 November 30
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Harlem (NewYork, N.Y.)…
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… writing, you might say. My father was one of the earliest, very early photoplay writers, as they called them then. What else? Q: (Take us from NewYork to…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.346.2 | RG Number: RG-50.031.0002
Date:
interview: 1982 October 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Hershel Auerbach, born June 3, 1918 in NewYork, NY, describes being a captain in the US Army during World War II; the composition of his unit, which…
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… historical revisionists who say the Holocaust never took place. A. Full name and date of birth? Hershel Auerbach. June 3, 1918. NewYork City. Q. At the time…
interview: 1994 August 26 interview: 1994 October 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…NewYork (N.Y.)…
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… interview took place in New Rochelle, NY, and is part of the United States Holocaust Research Institute's collection of oral testimonies. The reader should…
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… work at the NewYork School of Social Work, and got my diplomA: Then war broke out, and I decided I had to do something about it. I wasn't eligible…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1996.A.0381 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0382
Date:
interview: 1996 September 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…William Zeck (born on March 3, 1915 in NewYork City, NY) and Belle Mayer Zeck (born on February 22, 1919 in Port Henry, NY) describe their families…
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… name is Belle Mayer Zeck. I was born in Port Henry, NewYork, on Lake Champlain. When I was about six years old, my family moved to Suffern, NewYork…
… to NewYork, NY in 1930; joining his family in NewYork in September 1933 after seeing Hitler come to power; marrying Alice Newman in 1937; attending…
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…, joined them in NewYork. I remained behind because I wanted to finish my gymnasium schooling in ____________. But one year later, in 1931, I was in New…
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.