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.
… Lehrmanova (later Susan Weiss), both originally of Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia. The collection includes citizenship documents, identification documents, and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2001.248 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0416
Date:
interview: 2001 November 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Andrei Rosenberg, born in Uzhhorod, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine), describes a happy but economically tough childhood; the Hungarian takeover of his…
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… about that? A: Yeah, my name is Andrei Rosenberg, and I was born in Uszhorod, that time when I was born was belonging to Czechoslovakia until 1938. In…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2015.250.19 | RG Number: RG-50.882.0019
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Tom Figueras (né Nadelstecher), born in Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia (Ukraine) in October 1927, describes changing his last name after the war; his father…
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…Tom Figueras Tom Figueras was born in Uzhorod, Czechoslovakia in October 1927. His last name at birth was Nadelstecher but he changed it after the…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1277 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0123
Date:
interview: 1993 October 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…William Klein, born in 1924, discusses growing up in Užhorod, Czechoslovakia (present day Uzhhorod, Ukraine), in a large family; attending Jewish…
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… Czechoslovakia. Q: Okay, so we’ll stop and see how it sounds? No? What was the name of the town that you were born in? A: It was called by the Hungarians Ungvár…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.443.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0083
Date:
interview: 1990 January 16
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… of Czechoslovakia and going into a ghetto in Uzhgorod, Ukraine; maintaining religious traditions in the ghetto; the Germans taking over the ghetto and…
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… name is Helen Liebowitz Goldkind. Q: Can you tell me where and when you were born? A: I was born in Czechoslovakia, July the 9th, 1928. Q: What was the…
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.