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.
…The collection consists of a German passport ("Reisepass") issued to Kurt Löwenstein in January 1939 in Düsseldorf, Germany, and one British travel…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1996.A.0586.13 | RG Number: RG-50.407.0013
Date:
interview: 1995 November 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Frank Jenner (né Gazirovsky), born on January 2, 1920 in Düsseldorf, Germany, describes his youth in Düsseldorf and Wuppertal, Germany; not…
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… ,Germany. He describes his youth in Duesseldorf and Wuppertal, Germany. Frank did not experience much antisemitism until well into the Nazi period. In 1938…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0129.4 | RG Number: RG-50.029.0004
Date:
interview: 1994 March 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Solomon (Sol) Kluger, born June 7, 1910, describes his life growing up in Dusseldorf, Germany with his one sister and one brother; his middle class…
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…, 1910 in Dusseldorf, Germany. He had one sister and one brother. His family was middle class and his father owned a business. They lived in an area…
…Thea Löwenstein was born December 19, 1912 in Düsseldorf, Germany, to a Jewish couple, Emil and Erna Flechtheim Löwenstein. She had an older sister…
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… 20024-2126 Abstract: The collection primarily documents the prewar experiences of Fred and Thea Klestadt, originally of Düsseldorf, Germany, prior to…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0126.9 | RG Number: RG-50.156.0009
Date:
interview: 1987 January 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…); going close to Dusseldorf, Germany and going to Linz, Austria; hearing of a camp nearby and driving to it with Bennett Gordon; the physical condition of…
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… Bulge. And then what happened, after that? You moved on out? A: We kept moving and we were close to Dusseldorf and several cities. We wound up bypassing…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0095 | RG Number: RG-50.549.02.0041
Date:
interview: 1999 April 28
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; receiving treatment from American soldiers in a hospital in Düsseldorf, Germany; daily life in Germany after the war; killing a Russian soldier in self…
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…; receiving treatment from American soldiers in a hospital in Düsseldorf, Germany; daily life in Germany after the war: killing a Russian soldier in self…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.494 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0494
Date:
interview: 1989 April 02 interview: 1989 November 16
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Miriam Michaelis Skopf, born in 1928, discusses her childhood in Dusseldorf, Germany; her education; her family life; her experiences during…
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… was born in Germany, Dusseldorf, 1928. 9 00:01:24,820 --> 00:01:29,530 And how many children were in your family? 10 00:01:29,530 --> 00:01:31,377 Two…
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.