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.0122.1281 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1281
Date:
interview: 1986 July 31
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… hospital in Switzerland; his work in a hotel on the Isle of Capri; his encounters with some of the major Nazi Party members, including Rudolf Hess, Hermann…
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… Switzerland under the auspices of the 12 International Red Cross. 13 When arrived in Switzerland landing in Geneva 14 was put on the train to the sanitorium…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1998.A.0185 | RG Number: RG-50.549.02.0025
Date:
interview: 1998 September 25
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… recuperation in Switzerland; reuniting with her pre-war rabbi Eli Munck; celebrating Passover for the first time after being in Theresienstadt; her freedom in…
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… deportation to Theresienstadt; her liberation from the camp, receiving aid from the Red Cross and her recuperation in Switzerland; reuniting with her prewar…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2004.73.33 | RG Number: RG-50.569.0033
Date:
interview: 1975 February 28
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Gusen and working for the Messerschmitt company; his liberation from Mauthausen and heading to St. Orthen to find help; traveling to Switzerland and then…
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… to Switzerland and afterwards to Paris; he mentions all the difficulties they had to cope with, bad situation for Jews after returning to Poland, the…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1265 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1265
Date:
interview: 1991 March 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… parents' decision to emigrate in 1933; their journey to Zurich, Switzerland; their two years in Paris, France; their immigration to the United States in…
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… train as it was moving. And when they had crossed the border he collected his lunch with his stocks. Got to Switzerland was few hours journey actually…
…, France, Greece, Italy, Yugoslavia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Poland, Switzerland, Soviet Union, and Czechoslovakia. The largest…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1994.A.0436 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0008
Date:
interview: 1994 April 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Switzerland with the help of the Red Cross; immigrating to the United States in 1947; and his marriage and children.…
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… Chaplain Rabbi Herschel Schechter organized transports to France (Elie Wiesel), Henry went to Switzerland with help of the Red Cross 1947 - came to US…
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.