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.
…World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons--Soviet Union--Katyṅ.…
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… since 1927. Commander of the Reserve Army of General Dom Biernacki, taken prisoner by the Soviets on September 26, 1939, retained in Kozielsk until…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1998.A.0300.324 | RG Number: RG-50.488.0324
Date:
interview: 2010 August 03
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; the deportation of the Jewish population, including the looting of their belongings by local townspeople; and the execution of Sovietprisoners of war…
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…. PB: It’s known that in Dȩblin there was a camp of Russian prisoners of war in the Citadel. Have you had a chance to see these POWs? HT: They weren…
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Prisoners of war--Soviet--Poland--Białystok.…
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…--Registers. War victims--Poland--Białystok--Registers. Prisoners of war--Soviet--Poland--Białystok. Poland--History--German occupation, 1939-1944. Poland…
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… a prisoner of war by the Soviet Army in Wlodawa, Poland and was sent to the U.S.S.R. Izac lived in a camp until 1941, when he was given work as a…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1998.A.0300.261 | RG Number: RG-50.488.0261
Date:
interview: 2005 November 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Prisoners of war--Soviet Union.…
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…: Excuse me? Q: What were they carrying on these carts? F: Well, these prisoners. Germans were warmly dressed, had weapons with them. I just looked, because…
… Soviet Union invaded from the east and, on September 22, captured Salomon’s unit near Wlodimierz Wolunski. Thousands of Polish prisoners of war were loaded…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1998.A.0300.41 | RG Number: RG-50.488.0041
Date:
interview: 1998 July 11
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… 1940 for attempting to cross into Poland; work conditions in the camp; witnessing the experimental gassing of Sovietprisoners of war; the observance of…
District Commission in Lublin to Investigate the Nazi Crimes
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Mass burials--Sovietprisoners--Poland--Włodawa.…
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… burials--Sovietprisoners--Poland--Włodawa. Prisoners of war--Soviet--Poland--Lublin (Voivodeship) Prisoners of war—Italian—Poland--Lublin (Voivodeship…
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.