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.
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… – History – 20th century. Silesia, Upper (PolandandCzechRepublic) Opole (Poland) Gliwice (Poland) Wrocław (Poland) Dayton, Ohio Photographs…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0095.22 | RG Number: RG-50.163.0022
Date:
interview: 1989 October 12
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Silesia, Upper (PolandandCzechRepublic)…
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…Paula Gerson RG–50.163*0022 May 10, 1910 - born Pesche Szajd in Zamosc, Poland 1925 - learned dressmaking 1929 - went to Warsaw to work for a…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0124.99 | RG Number: RG-50.028.0099
Date:
interview: 1995 May 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Silesia, Upper (PolandandCzechRepublic)…
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… separated. We were deported at the end of January 1943 to UpperSilesia in Poland, where it was very, very cold and we went to 5 different camps. From Upper…
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Silesia, Upper (PolandandCzechRepublic)--Politics and government--20th century.…
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…--Wielkoplska. Germanization--Poland--Wielkopolska. Wielkopolska (Poland)--Politics and government--20th century. Silesia, Upper (PolandandCzechRepublic…
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… obszary polskie włączono do poszczególnych prowincji niemieckich. Górny Śląsk, zachodnia część województwa krakowskiego i Zaolzie początkowo znajdowały się…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1991.A.0110.11 | RG Number: RG-50.266.0011
Date:
interview: 1991 October 28
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Silesia, Upper (PolandandCzechRepublic)…
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… Jews were blamed. Father decided to leave Berlin. Moved to UpperSilesia. 1938 Remembers Kristallnacht and refugees. Father couldn't believe Hitler would…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1993.A.0095.21 | RG Number: RG-50.163.0021
Date:
interview: 1989 August 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Silesia, Upper (PolandandCzechRepublic)…
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… natives were not End of war - went by train to Poland June 1946 - baby son born received Russian passports, amnesty went to upperSilesia Haganah took them…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2016.107.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0876
Date:
interview: 2016 May 09
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Silesia, Upper (PolandandCzechRepublic)…
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…,420 Right. 35 00:01:24,420 --> 00:01:26,340 And what country is Modrzejów in? 36 00:01:26,340 --> 00:01:27,050 Poland. 37 00:01:27,050 --> 00:01:28,090 In…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.35 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0035
Date:
interview: 1987 February 19 interview: 1987 March 19 interview: 1987 March 26
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Silesia, Upper (PolandandCzechRepublic)…
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…. My father originally came from Poland, emmigrated to Vienna during World War I and became an Austrian citizen. My mother was born in Berlin, Germany…
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.