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.0441.517 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0517
Date:
interview: 1999 October 17
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jews, German--China--Shanghai.…
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… what was happening, and my parents took that as a signal to, to leave Germany, that Germany was no longer a safe place for Jews. My mother had a cousin…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.155 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0155
Date:
interview: 1999 October 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jews, German--China--Shanghai.…
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… Shanghai, China Jews - Relations with Christians - Berlin, Germany Refugees, Jewish https://collections.ushmm.org Contact reference@ushmm.org for further…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2017.487.1 | RG Number: RG-50.067.0001
Date:
interview: 1998 March 12 interview: 1998 May 19 interview: 1998 July 15
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jews, German--China--Shanghai.…
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… had Hebrew teacher and a Hebrew teacher in that school, a biblical teacher for the Jews. So was it a private school for Jews? No. No. https…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.377 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0377
Date:
interview: 1989 September 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jews, German--China--Shanghai.…
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… that her family in England helped them financially. She explains that all Shanghai Jews were forced into the ghetto (where her family already lived) in…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.146 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0146
Date:
interview: 1999 October 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jews, German--China--Shanghai.…
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… 12 years old during a roundup of Jews with Polish passports. A Jewish organization intervened to secure her release, but other Polish families were…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.145 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0145
Date:
interview: 1991 October 19
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Jews, German--China--Shanghai.…
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… Shanghai (1939-1947) Health conditions – in Jewish refugees - Shanghai Jews, Polish Zionists - youth groups Immigration to Canada https://collections…
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… still the biggest quota to immigrate to America, so regardless if you're Jew or German, we were falling under the German quota since this is a big quota…
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.