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.
…Robert Kaldeck (1910-1998) was born Robert Kohn on 2 February 1910 in Vienna, Austria to Moriz (b. 1876) and Ella (b. 1879) Kohn. His father was a…
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… Kaldeck, including his emigration from Vienna, Austria in September 1938 with the intention of going to Mexico, where he had been granted asylum; his denial…
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… was liberated by the Soviet Red Army in February 1945 Gabriel continued his education. In April 1949 the Groszmans moved to Vienna, Austria. In March…
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… Vámosmikola, Hungary, including wartime life in Budapest, Hungary; post-war immigrations to Vienna, Austria and Buenos Aires, Argentina. It also documents the…
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Oral History | Accession Number: 2013.294.41 | RG Number: RG-50.693.0041
Date:
interview: 2010 January 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Herta Honig de Stern, born June 24, 1921 in Vienna, Austria, describes her assimilated family and happy childhood; only attending synagogue for the…
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…Interviewee: Herta Honig January 7, 2010 Interviewer: Alejandra Stekel Herta Honig de Stern was born on June 24, 1921, in Vienna, Austria. She…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2009.29.40 | RG Number: RG-50.590.0040
Date:
interview: 1990 November
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Sara Josefina Vainhaker (née Meidls?), born on January 1, 1914 in Poland, describes being 9 months old when her family went to Vienna, Austria to…
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… aid to Jewish immigrants from Austria and Germany: HITSEM. Soon after, they managed to obtain visas for both sets of parents. The parents had gone to…
…Richard Benes (b. 1908 in Vienna, Austria) married Ernestine Silberman (b. 1911 in Vienna, Austria) in 1938 and they lived in Vienna, Austria. Prior…
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… contain a diary, biographical material, and emigration and immigration documents relating to Richard and Ernestine Benes’ attempts to emigrate from Austria…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2009.29.44 | RG Number: RG-50.590.0044
Date:
interview: 1990 October
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Felix Pashkusz describes his arrival in Buenos Aires around 1947-48 when he was 20 years old; leaving Austria for Bolivia at the age of 11, after…
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… Austria for Bolivia at the age of 11, after having finished elementary school and only 1 year of the next level. He never continued his studies there, but…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2013.294.66 | RG Number: RG-50.693.0066
Date:
interview: 2010 July 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…; how they waited for visas in Austria; attending school in Chile; how her husband, Manfred, survived Auschwitz; and how her husband never told his story…
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… routines. She remembers that they had a nice life and in 1939 they left for Chile stopping first in Austria. Her Father decided it was time to leave…
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.