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.
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.154 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0154
Date:
interview: 1983 August 22
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewishghettos--Poland--Bialystok.…
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… life, Jewish life in general, educational facilities for Jewish children in Bialystok, and his Zionist activities prior to 1939. He briefly mentions the…
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… occupation agencies in Grodno and environs during World War II. Records include proceedings of criminal investigations; examples of anti-Jewish propaganda…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0125.125 | RG Number: RG-50.233.0125
Date:
interview: 1992 March 27
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewishghettos--Poland--Bialystok.…
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… town on the Vistula River before it goes into the Gdansk Bay. The name is Gludjan. However that time there were no, very few Jewish people, perhaps, and…
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
…Jewishghettos--Poland--Białystok--Maps.…
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…‐‐Poland‐‐Częstochowa‐‐Maps. Jewishghettos‐‐Poland‐‐Białystok‐‐Maps. Jewish ghettos‐‐Poland‐‐Baranowicze‐‐Maps. Jewish ghettos‐‐Poland‐‐Otwock‐‐Maps…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1159 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1159
Date:
interview: 1989 December 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewishghettos--Poland--Bialystok.…
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… didnt speak the language. Q. HOW DID YOU LIVE IN BIERNESTOCK A. We lived in Jewish neighborhood. It was tough life. Bread and potatoes. was the life. Q…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1996.A.0586.35 | RG Number: RG-50.407.0035
Date:
interview: 1996 March 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewishghettos--Poland--Bialystok.…
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… Bialystok, Poland just days before the German invasion. Bialystok was occupied on July 3, 1941 and three days later Luba's father was among 6,000 Jewish men…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1992.A.0125.5 | RG Number: RG-50.233.0005
Date:
interview: 1992 April 21
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewishghettos--Poland--Bialystok.…
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…’t know if you heard of him. Q: Of course. A: When he passed away we used to call him the Jewish grandfather. He was saved by a Jewish guy. How he was saved…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.345.41 | RG Number: RG-50.005.0041
Date:
interview: 1984 June 18
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewishghettos--Poland--Bialystok.…
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… smooth, accurate and descriptive. As a member of the Jewish partisan forces in the woods his experiences include eating the skin of a horse, diving into a…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.192 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0192
Date:
interview: 1994 March 24
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewishghettos--Poland--Bialystok.…
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… describes life in Tiktin before and during the 1941 massacre of the Jewish population of Tiktin – including the deaths of his family, and his escape with a…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1998.A.0300.48 | RG Number: RG-50.488.0048
Date:
interview: 1998 November 09
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewishghettos--Poland--Bialystok.…
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… ghetto in Białystok. He also remembers prewar anti-Jewish activities by the National Party, “Stronnictwo Narodowe,” (SN), and describes partisan activities…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1304 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1304
Date:
interview: 1983 April 11
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewishghettos--Poland--Białystok.…
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… big city of Bialystock. Thats th.e first time became part of large Jewish community and first time also spoke some Yiddish or at least tried to learn…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.264 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0264
Date:
interview: 1995 December 07
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewishghettos--Poland--Bialystok.…
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…-semitism [NDeks] 26.59 Y believes in the idea of 'like sheep to the slaughter'. He says the Jewish children were raised not to fight with the Polish children…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1283.24 | RG Number: RG-50.378.0024
Date:
interview: 1995 August 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewishghettos--Poland--Bialystok.…
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… march and is helped by German soldier he has conversed with. Taken by Germans to a POW camp in Bilostok. Jewish POWs separated out. He joins Jewish group…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.345.6 | RG Number: RG-50.005.0006
Date:
interview: 1983 March 06
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewishghettos--Poland--Bialystok.…
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…,000, 60,000 of which were Jewish. Her family was in business, and she lived with her mother, two brothers, grandparents, and an aunt and uncle. 2:00 She…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1272.70 | RG Number: RG-50.120.0070
Date:
interview: 1992 June 25
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jewishghettos--Poland--Bialystok.…
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… gymnasium. Everything was in Hebrew, everyone was Jewish. She loved the school. The year was 1936-37. They wanted to continue their studies upon graduation…
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