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.
…; deportations; Jews, Romani, and Russian populations in Danzig and East Prussia; and persecution of Roma peoples. Also included are documents with statistical and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0445.19 | RG Number: RG-50.444.0019
Date:
interview: 1997 June 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Marketa Holomkova, born March 27, 1927 in Uherský Brod, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic), describes being part of a Romani family; her father…
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… non-Romani children? A: Yes. Q: And how did they treat you, the children and their parents? A: Well. Q: Did you - - Did they like you? A: Yeah. Q: They…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0445.21 | RG Number: RG-50.444.0021
Date:
interview: 1997 June 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Rudolf Daniel, born on August 15, 1924 in Bilovec, Czechoslovakia, describes being one of six children in a Romani family; attending school for…
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…. A: Yes, that was outside Vienna. Q: Yeah. A: I was there for a year. Q: And were there many Romanies? A: Yes. Q: Right, that was a concentration camp…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0445.1 | RG Number: RG-50.444.0001
Date:
interview: 1997 March 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Antonin Vinter describes his life in the Romani community of a small Czech town, where his father sold textiles; his family being detained and sent…
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…Bohnice is a mental hospital in the outskirts of Prague. 7A Nazi concentration camp that was mainly for Romani prisoners and was located in Moravia…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0445.6 | RG Number: RG-50.444.0006
Date:
interview: 1997 March 09
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Alzbeta Lagronova describes spending her childhood traveling with Romani caravans, from which her parents sold textiles; her family being deported to…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0445.20 | RG Number: RG-50.444.0020
Date:
interview: 1997 June 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… religious Romani family; her family being very poor and one of four Romani families in the village; being deported to Dubova concentration camp in Poland in…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0445.4 | RG Number: RG-50.444.0004
Date:
interview: 1997 March 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Romanies--Czech Republic--Jalubí.…
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… 20; says they were always together, and spoke both Czech and Romani; says he could also understand Polish and German though he could not speak these…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0445.9 | RG Number: RG-50.444.0009
Date:
interview: 1997 June 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Marie Sendreova, born in 1927 in Medzev, Slovakia into a Romani family, describes her mother, who died in childbirth; being raised by her grandmother…
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… accuracy. Marie Sendreiova 4 June 17, 1997 you, at that time, encounter any anti-Romanies behavior, would anyone get angry with you? A: No, no, no, no. We…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0445.18 | RG Number: RG-50.444.0018
Date:
interview: 1997 June 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jana Marhoulova (née Lagrinova), born on April 29, 1932 into a Romani family, describes living in Prague, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic); her father…
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… animosity towards yourself as a Romany. A: I didn’t. Q; No. A: I don’t know, you see, life was different in the past, Mrs. The mentality of people was still…
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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.