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.
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…WorldWar, 1939-1945--Jews--SovietUnion.…
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… contains eyewitness accounts of pogroms; printed excerpts form Vasiliy Grossman’s war diary; copies of articles, reports and manuscripts by Grossman; Russian…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1286.41 | RG Number: RG-50.405.0041
Date:
interview: 1990 December 10
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…WorldWar, 1939-1945--Jews--SovietUnion.…
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… Ukrainian. I cannot say that it was just Jews he didn't like, because he didn't like anybody. During the Second WorldWar he was a soldier. He lost his leg…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1283.16 | RG Number: RG-50.378.0016
Date:
interview: 1995 August 05
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…WorldWar, 1939-1945--Jews--SovietUnion.…
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… factory, later in another factory. In 1939 father was arrested. Returned just after war started. Was accused of being ‘enemy of the people’. Soon after…
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…WorldWar, 1939-1945--Jews--SovietUnion.…
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… State Oblast Archives, Russia, since the end of the WorldWar II. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the collection via the United…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2020.18.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.1071
Date:
interview: 2020 January 28
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…WorldWar, 1939-1945--Jews--SovietUnion.…
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… name Kremer) from Warsaw. Her parents died in Warsaw during the war. Paula’s eldest sister, Esther and her husband left for Israël in the early 1930’s…
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.