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.0122.1197 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1197
Date:
interview: 1987 September 01
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Werner Gottlieb describes his family's history and his childhood in a small village near Würzburg, Germany; how his paternal grandmother was born in…
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… right now September 12 1925 in very 13 small village in Germany. The name of the village is 14 Frankengauenheixn. It is located just very close to the 15…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.869 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0869
Date:
interview: 1999 August 24
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Herman Gundersheimer, born in 1903 in Würzburg, Germany, discusses going to a Jewish school and his family; attending the University of Wurzburg and…
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…. Herman Gundersheimer. Dr. Gundersheimer, would you go ahead please, and tell us a little bit about your experiences from your earliest youth in Germany and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.9 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0009
Date:
interview: 1991 October 31
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Ezra Ben Gershom, born in 1922 in Würzburg, Germany, discusses living in Heilbronn, Germany; growing up with his rabbi father; increasing…
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… RG-50.120 #09 Tape 1 of 4 Ezra Ben-Gershom 1.02; 1.03-10.8 Start. Family Background: He was born [as Feinberg] in Wurzburg. [shows photo] Germany…
…Werner Kleeman (1919-2018) was born in Würzburg (Gaukönigshofen), Germany to Louis Kleeman (also spelled Kleemann, 1884-1963) and Lina Kleeman (née…
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… material collected by Werner Kleeman, originally of Würzburg, Germany, who was imprisoned at Dachau before immigrating to the United States in 1939 and was…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.H.0361 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0013
Date:
interview: 1989 December 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Niels Bamberger, born on October 21, 1928 in Würzburg, Germany, describes growing up in a religious family; fleeing from Germany to his mother…
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… 1928 in Germany. Würzburg, Germany. And I was born, as an infant, my parents fled Germany to Copenhagen in 1932, where my mother originally had come from…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2016.239.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0886
Date:
interview: 2016 August 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Ingeborg Protentis (née Mayer), born on February 17, 1932 in Würzburg, Germany, describes her parents Rosa Reichenberg and Max Mayer; being the…
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… you born? 27 00:01:22,370 --> 00:01:27,970 I was born in Würzburg, Germany, which is in Bavaria. 28 00:01:27,970 --> 00:01:32,350 What is the closest…
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.