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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…. Jewish kids were beaten. Strong anti-Semitism after Pilsuski’s death. 1.08 Zionism at home. He was member of ‘Hashomer Hadati’ [religious youth movement…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1998.A.0300.141 | RG Number: RG-50.488.0141
Date:
interview: 2002 June 20
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewishghettos--Poland--Tarnów.…
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… local Jewish ghetto and the Jewish mass-murder site, and shares what she learned about the execution site from eyewitnesses. [01:] 01:08:00 – 11:36:25 00…
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… was-- food was rationed, and I presume you had ration cards. Yeah. They didn't got any cards, because Jewish people didn't get any cards. They just got…
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…,550 --> 00:04:58,630 Of course, we had to wear the armband with the Jewish star. 69 00:04:58,630 --> 00:05:04,590 Contact reference@ushmm.org for further…
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…-- Very active-- --kind of social life. --social life, yes. Yeah. All of a sudden. Were your friends both Jewish and non-Jewish? Yes, yes, yes, yeah. So…
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…. 1939 Poland falls. Christmas - Jews must congregate in special areas. Germans searched for jewelry - attacked and raped Jewish women. Moved to Tarnow…
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… not Jewish. The German patient warned them that the SS was coming to empty the town of Jews, and helped them escape. They notified other Jews who then…
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…. Jews‐‐Poland‐‐Iwonicz. Physicians‐‐Poland‐‐Iwonicz. Pharmacists‐‐Poland‐‐Iwonicz. Jewishghettos‐‐Poland—Tarnów (WojewództwoMałopolskie). Hidden…
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.