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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…United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Interview with Gerda Weissmann Klein October 11, 1990 RG-50.030*0105 PREFACE The following oral history…
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
… and amnesty; going to Upper Silesia; being taken to Prague, CzechRepublic by the Haganah then Vienna, Austria; living in the Entz displaced persons (DP…
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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 upper Silesia Haganah took them…
…Jewish families--Silesia, Upper (Poland and CzechRepublic)…
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… – History – 20th century. Silesia, Upper (Poland and CzechRepublic) Opole (Poland) Gliwice (Poland) Wrocław (Poland) Dayton, Ohio Photographs…
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 (Poland and CzechRepublic)…
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… family was deported to Upper Silesia, where they were interned in five concentration camps in the region before being sent onwards to another camp in…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1998.A.0300.117 | RG Number: RG-50.488.0117
Date:
interview: 1999 October 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Terezín (Ústecký kraj, CzechRepublic)…
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… Silesia; there he hoped to avoid further German prosecution. Mr. Bokus briefly recalls the Jewish population from the town of Wąsosz, where his sister and…
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 (Poland and CzechRepublic)…
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… Jews were blamed. Father decided to leave Berlin. Moved to Upper Silesia. 1938 Remembers Kristallnacht and refugees. Father couldn't believe Hitler would…
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Silesia, Upper (Poland and CzechRepublic)--Politics and government--20th century.…
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…--Wielkoplska. Germanization--Poland--Wielkopolska. Wielkopolska (Poland)--Politics and government--20th century. Silesia, Upper (Poland and CzechRepublic…
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… obszary polskie włączono do poszczególnych prowincji niemieckich. Górny Śląsk, zachodnia część województwa krakowskiego i Zaolzie początkowo znajdowały się…
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.