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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…...and he was now a director of the of the hospital, theJewish hospital. And then inthe ghetto everybody honored him, and everybody admired him because…
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…, the top, the cream really of theJewish population. So, that was all inthe same period of time, and they were trying somehow, in retrospect that's the…
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… neighbors, Christian people, and most of all, theJewish people. We had a wonderful life. We have everything. Then, I had [Jay] in 1935. In 1935, my husband…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.A.0320 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0010
Date:
interview: 1989 June 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…JewishwomenintheHolocaust--Lithuania.…
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… died. In addition to her prayers for future generations, Yocheved understands the strength and heroism of Jewish mothers during the Holocaust to a much…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1998.A.0221.30 | RG Number: RG-50.473.0030
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interview: 1998 September 22
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…JewishwomenintheHolocaust--Lithuania.…
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… the work they performed inthe labor camp in France; reveals that two elderly Roma women were also transported to France. She returns to her description…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0424 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0073
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interview: 1997 July 27
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…JewishwomenintheHolocaust--Lithuania.…
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… Jew, she wants to go on being at Jew. She was between a lot of Christian people. In that place, I would say that not the 100 women were all Jewish. They…
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…. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poetry. Jewish authors--Soviet Union--20th century. Jewishwomeninthe…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2014.37.16 | RG Number: RG-50.765.0016
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interview: 2007 May 17
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewish children intheHolocaust--Lithuania--Vilnius.…
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… 17, 2007 Holocaust Survivor • Born in Vilna, Poland, in 1926 • Nazis executed Jews from her town inthe Ponary Forest, first forcing them to dig their…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0418 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0067
Date:
interview: 1997 February 23
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewish children intheHolocaust--Lithuania.…
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…,340 --> 00:08:45,500 we absorbed inthe house. 157 00:08:45,500 --> 00:08:47,885 So the school that you went to was a Jewish school. 158 00:08:47,885 --> 00:08…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1998.A.0221.151 | RG Number: RG-50.473.0151
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interview: 2006 August 22
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewish children intheHolocaust--Lithuania.…
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… this is how she came to me: one beautiful day—you know, everyday those women would all be marched in lines to the manor to weed, in a long line. A couple…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.387.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0138
Date:
interview: 1990 May 11
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewish children intheHolocaust--Lithuania.…
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… we made Jewish friends mostly and inthe winter we were ice skating. That was the main sport of Lithuania inthe winter for kids and grown-ups too, and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1990.8.14 | RG Number: RG-50.063.0014
Date:
interview: 1990 April 25
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewish children intheHolocaust--Lithuania--Vilnius.…
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… living in? I lived inthe center of the city, which was not-- you would not call this specifically a Jewish neighborhood. But we had Jewish neighbors down…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2014.12.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0743
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interview: 2014 February 20 interview: 2014 May 05
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewish children intheHolocaust--Lithuania.…
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…. Finally, they rounded up the Jews in a ghetto. Every morning I used to see elderly Jewish men and women marching inthe direction of Pagulianka"-- they…
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.