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: 2020.169.4 | RG Number: RG-90.141.0004
Date:
interview: 2020 September
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Synagogues--Destructionandpillage--Germany.…
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… arrested the next day and never being seen again; Jeffrey’s aunt being threatened during a search for the synagogue’s Torah scrolls, which had been hidden…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1989.346.182 | RG Number: RG-50.031.0182
Date:
interview: 1987 February 02
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Synagogues--Destructionandpillage--Germany.…
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… b. Heidelberg, Germany to Jacob and Greta; younger brother; his grandparents b. in 1860's Southern Germany; father's father cattle dealer, mother…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2020.13.2 | RG Number: RG-90.118.0002
Date:
interview: 2019 December 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Synagogues--Destructionandpillage--Germany.…
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…; Jews having to stand in the back in tramways and give up their telephones, typewriters, bicycles and radios; going to an elementary school established…
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…:00:15,360 --> 00:00:18,240 This interview is part of the museum's project 6 00:00:18,240 --> 00:00:22,110 to interview Holocaust survivors and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2013.294.36 | RG Number: RG-50.693.0036
Date:
interview: 2011 May 10
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Synagogues--Destructionandpillage--Germany.…
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…, the youngest sister of two brothers, left Berlin at age 9. Her childhood was happy. Her father was a lawyer in the Courts of Appeal of Berlin, and…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2020.169.42 | RG Number: RG-90.141.0042
Date:
interview: 2021 May 09
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Synagogues--Destructionandpillage--Germany.…
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… Summary: Inge Auerbacher, born December 31, 1934 in Kippenheim, a village of about 2,000 people and 60 Jewish families in southwestern Germany, describes…
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…@ushmm.org for further information about this collection This is a verbatim transcript of spoken word. It is not the primary source, and it has not been…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0310.13 | RG Number: RG-50.486.0013
Date:
interview: 1999 May 04
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Synagogues--Destructionandpillage--Germany.…
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… behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The interview took place in [CITY] and is part of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
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… 9 00:00:21,590 --> 00:00:24,200 of immigrant and not refugee, which 10 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:26,360 left the baby in the home. 11 00:00:26,360 --> 00…
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.