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: 1997.A.0387.5 | RG Number: RG-50.468.0005
Date:
interview: 1997 July 09
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Executions and executioners--Croatia.…
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… called the inmates when the Usta{as had to execute or punish somebody, when the inmates were to be assigned to various of works or when selections were to…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2007.504.3.2 | RG Number: RG-50.587.0002
Date:
interview: 2007 October 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… escaping an execution of Serbian men in Ivanic Jarak; Italian soldiers burning his village and shooting civilians in revenge for a Partisan attack, resulting…
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… witnessed how Ustaše trucks would stop if they saw people on the road and would throw them in and carry them for execution–Miloš Mandić, Stevo Gajciša, Mišo…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2007.504.3.7 | RG Number: RG-50.587.0007
Date:
interview: 2007 October 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… forces, and their imprisonment in Veljun; the execution of Serbian prisoners at Blagaj, including his father; encountering the bodies of murdered civilians…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2007.504.2.130 | RG Number: RG-50.586.0130
Date:
interview: 2010 August 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Simo Marjanović, born in 1928 in the former Yugoslavia, describes the deportation of Serbs from his village and their execution in Pozega; the arrest…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2007.504.1.33 | RG Number: RG-50.585.0033
Date:
interview: 2008 March 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… camp, including the lack of food, beatings of the prisoners, and executions; escaping from Jasenovac in 1945 and joining a partisan unit; assisting in…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2007.504.3.8 | RG Number: RG-50.587.0008
Date:
interview: 2007 October 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Kosta Opačić, born in 1929 in Crno Vrelo in the former Yugoslavia, describes Ustaša forces taking Serbian men from his village in 1941; the execution…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2007.504.3.36 | RG Number: RG-50.587.0036
Date:
interview: 2008 December 04
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; his memories of Ilse Koch at Buchenwald; the execution of Soviet and Jewish prisoners by the guards; participating in the liberation of the camp; and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2007.504.2.70 | RG Number: RG-50.586.0070
Date:
interview: 2008 September 09
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
… hospital in Livno; living with her aunt; the arrest and execution of her brother by Ustaše; and the trial and incarceration of Croats after the war.…
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.