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.
Henri Pieck: 7 Origineele Kleurenlitho's Van Beelden Uit Het Concentratiekamp Buchenwald
Artwork Title:
Aardappelschillenbuit
…, missing teeth, with a desperate expression, in a blue and gray striped concentrationcampuniform jacket and gray pants held up by a rope. He is emptying…
Henri Pieck: 7 Origineele Kleurenlitho's Van Beelden Uit Het Concentratiekamp Buchenwald
Artwork Title:
Zieken-rapport
… man sitting on a bench with a cane. Three men, 1 in a blue striped concentrationcampuniform, sit talking on the bench behind him. Another younger man…
Henri Pieck: 7 Origineele Kleurenlitho's Van Beelden Uit Het Concentratiekamp Buchenwald
Artwork Title:
Monsieur le Ministre
… emaciated man wearing a cap and patched, blue and gray striped concentrationcampuniform pants, wrapped in a red blanket. He is viewed through a barbed wire…
Henri Pieck: 7 Origineele Kleurenlitho's Van Beelden Uit Het Concentratiekamp Buchenwald
Artwork Title:
Joden als trekdier
… lithograph depicting several prisoners in blue and gray striped concentrationcampuniforms and wooden clogs chained together in 2 rows dragging a heavy load…
… wearing a striped concentrationcampuniform dress, kerchief, and apron hanging limply by one arm on a barbed wire, electric fence. Overlaying the top right…
… concentrationcamp in Poland in 1943 where they perished. Rudi was sent to Vught concentrationcamp and then back to Westerbork. On March 5, 1944, he was deported…
Your search appears in a finding aid linked to the detail record:
… prisoner in Auschwitz concentrationcamp and other labor camps. Languages: German, Hebrew, English, Dutch Administrative information Access: Collection is…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2004.584 | RG Number: RG-50.570.0003
Date:
interview: 2004 May 04
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… the concentrationcamp Westerbork in 1942 and 1943; his first impressions of the camp; the camp’s organization; living conditions in the camp; building…
Your search appears in a finding aid linked to the detail record:
… were in charge in the camp, the good Jews had nothing to say. In the evening he would drink a coffee with the Jewish prisoners. Tape 2 About arrival of…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2004.736 | RG Number: RG-50.570.0017
Date:
interview: 2004 December 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… company, empty Jewish houses; her father’s arrest and escape from Vught concentrationcamp; her parents’ involvement in helping to hide Jews; and liberation.…
Your search appears in a finding aid linked to the detail record:
… Auschwitz. She talks about her father’s escape from a camp, about a German prisoner who came to their home, and about people in hiding. She describes the war…
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.