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: 1997.A.0445.10 | RG Number: RG-50.444.0010
Date:
interview: 1997 June 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… fighting in the mountains of Slovakia; being captured in November 1944 and being taken to a prisoners of war camp in Hamburg, Germany, where he remained…
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…. When _____ they didn’t even want to give a piece of bread. _________. So many went to prison there! So some of them gave something, yeah. Dad always…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.67.26 | RG Number: RG-50.012.0026
Date:
interview: 1988 July 23
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… to help the Jews; Erna trying to escape to Switzerland and getting arrested and then transported to a prison in Prague, where she remained from 1942 to…
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… Where was she born? (Schellarase), a small village near Prague. There were several Jewish families living in this village, 5 or 6, before the war. Some of…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2011.439.26 | RG Number: RG-50.675.0026
Date:
interview: 2014 June 30
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Jews building the “Jewish railway” from Bohušovice to Terezín; working in the quarry in Libochovany with prisoners of war from Russia, Poland, France…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0445.15 | RG Number: RG-50.444.0015
Date:
interview: 1997 June 19
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… someone divulged her Romani background to the authorities; being held by the Gestapo for three months; being given a sentence of six years in prison, while…
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… took us to the swine wagons. There was many of us there at that time. Q: And were they only Gypsies or other prisoners as well. Interview with Bozena…
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… regarding Arab-Jewish relations, ca. 1955-mid 1990s. In English. Folder 91: “Prisoners of Hope: Report on a Mission” (typewritten, unbound) by Howard Brooks…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2011.439.34 | RG Number: RG-50.675.0034
Date:
interview: 2015 July 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Testimony Initiative, a multi-year project to record the testimonies of non-Jewish witnesses to the Holocaust. The interview was directed and supervised by…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0445.17 | RG Number: RG-50.444.0017
Date:
interview: 1997 June 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany; a brothel in the camp and the imprisoned women throwing bread to the prisoners from their windows; escaping from his…
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… prisoners as well? A: Yes, they took them from among the prisoners. Polish, German and Jewish girls too. Q: They were selected or did they volunteer…
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.