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: 1999.A.0310.34 | RG Number: RG-50.486.0034
Date:
interview: 2004 May 25 interview: 2004 June 01
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Klaus D, born in 1916 in Silesia, Poland, describes his family background and education; moving to Danzig in 1935 to study engineering science…
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… worden? Klaus D.: 15 ja. Interviewer: -als 15 Jähriger konfirmiert worden in einer Ecke im Spreewald, die ja von Schlesien noch ein bisschen entfernt war…
…World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Poland--Silesia.…
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…-1945--Atrocities--Poland--Katowice. World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Poland--Silesia. Germans--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland…
…Siegfried Halbreich (1909-2008) was born in Dziedzice, in the Upper Silesia region of Poland. After his graduation from high school, he served…
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… Biographical note Siegfried Halbreich (1909‐2008) was born in Dziedzice, in the Upper Silesia region of Poland. After his graduation from high school, he…
Selected records of the Silesian Voivodeship Police
…The Silesian Voivodeship Police started operating in June 1922 immediately after Poland's part of Upper Silesia was granted to it. The matter of…
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…. Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Obóz Wielkiej Polski. Poland. Policja Województwa Śląskiego. Polish people--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Silesia--20…
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Silesia, Upper (Poland and Czech Republic)--Politics and government--20th century.…
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…--Wielkoplska. Germanization--Poland--Wielkopolska. Wielkopolska (Poland)--Politics and government--20th century. Silesia, Upper (Poland and Czech Republic…
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… obszary polskie włączono do poszczególnych prowincji niemieckich. Górny Śląsk, zachodnia część województwa krakowskiego i Zaolzie początkowo znajdowały się…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2009.402.11 | RG Number: RG-50.654.0011
Date:
interview: 2011 April 10
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division in Silesia to fight the Soviets; witnessing the shooting of many German prisoners at the end of the war; his imprisonment as a…
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Jews--Silesia, Lower (Poland and Germany)--History--Registers.…
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… Committee of the Jews in Poland was relocated to Wrocław on15 April 1946. Related Materials Bat, Samuel. Jewish population in Lower Silesia. Rocznik…
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… status, laws, etc.--Poland--Silesia--20th century. Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--Katowice--20th century. Germans--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland…
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… of the Provincial Government of the Upper Silesia in Katowice FINDING AID Archiwum Państwowe w Katowicach (State Archive in Katowice) Zespół zawiera…
…Martin B. Hirsch (1895-1961) was a businessman, who was born in Grottkau, Upper Silesia (modern day Grodków, Poland) on 16 June 1895, the son of…
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… 2017. Biographical note Martin B. Hirsch (1895-1961) was a businessman, who was born in Grottkau, Upper Silesia (modern day Grodków, Poland) on 16 June…
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