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.
found: 1938 November 09-1938 November 11 emigration: 1940 February 10-1940 February 22
…, with the money she had sewn into her clothing, Mathilde bought a train ticket to Rotterdam, Netherlands, via the shortest possible route. The following…
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… the Dingfelder family (31763); Rudi Dingfelder in Netherlands, 1945 (31709); an exterior outside view of the Dingfelder’s kosher butcher shop (46053…
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Series 1: Photographs Approximate 1920-Approximate 1945
File 1: Dingfelder and Wolff families Approximate 1920-Approximate 1945
…’s experiences in the Netherlands before his deportation and death at Bergen Belsen.
Biographical materials consist of yahrzeit calendars for Hedwig and Martin…
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… States, and Walter Siegel’s experiences in the Netherlands before his deportation and death at Bergen Belsen. The papers include the Franco-Prussian War…
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Series 3: Photographic materials Circa 1879-Circa 1945, 1919-1945 Bulk
publication: 1922 emigration: 1940 February 10-1940 February 22
Title:
Chamisha Chushei Torah
Alternate Title:
Five Books of the Torah Die fünf Bücher Mose The Five Books of Moses
…, with the money she had sewn into her clothing, Mathilde bought a train ticket to Rotterdam, Netherlands, via the shortest possible route. The following…
…Haim Roet (1932-2023) was born Hendrik (Henk) on July 10, 1932 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Shlomo Pinchas Roet (b. 1892, Amsterdam) and Johanna…
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… Schweitzer, August 2019 Biographical note Haim Roet (1932- ) was born Hendrik (Henk) on July 10, 1932 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Shlomo Pinchas Roet (b…
Colection of Rabbi Aaron Barend N. Davids (Aaron Barend)
… Jewish Religious School in South Amsterdam. On 29 June, 1924, Davids was appointed Chief Rabbi of Friesland (a province of the Netherlands), and in 1927…
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… province of the Netherlands), and in 1927 became Chief Rabbi of Groningen, where he succeeded Chief Rabbi A. Ascher. After two years, he succeeded Rabbi B…
… business in Bensheim. The family briefly lived in Darmstadt, Germany in 1935 before moving to Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 1936 where Max transitioned to a…
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… lived in Darmstadt, Germany in 1935 before moving to Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 1936 where Max transitioned to a medical supply business. In 1938…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.113 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0113
Date:
interview: 1992 September 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… children in Loosdrecht, Netherlands; how she was supposed to leave for Palestine in 1940 but the war broke out in Holland; being saved from going to a labor…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.68 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0068
Date:
interview: 1993 June 28
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Baruch Hod (né Baruch Van Der Hoeden), born 1924 in Utrecht, Netherlands, discusses his Zionist upbringing; his happy childhood; his father…
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… Utrecht, the Netherlands in 1924, one of four children. He recounts his happy childhood; his father's secularism and Zionism; attending public school…
… and returned to his family in England in 1945. After the war, he learned that his uncle Paul had likely been deported from the Netherlands and perished…
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… family in England in 1945. After the war, he learned that his uncle Paul had likely been deported from the Netherlands and perished in the Holocaust. Otto…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.101 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0101
Date:
interview: 1991 November 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Yehuda Marshand, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands on September 27, 1914, describes his family; his childhood; working for a firm that imported metals…
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… Netherlands and his main job was to hide Jewish children and adults in Christian homes. He was captured and sent to the prisoner's camp Vught. When his…
… Maastricht, Netherlands, where the Dutch branch of the business was located. They moved to another branch in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 1940. In 1942, the…
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… and Doriane in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Westerbork transit camp, Netherlands, and Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany. The papers include letters…
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