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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… sisters of the faith with spiritual sustenance. She was arrested for being a J.W. by the Gestapo in 1939 and sent to a woman's prison in Bavaria(Oberbayern…
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… Sunday. There was also a difference in food rations. German andAustrianprisoners received tobacco rations, others did not. Ernst did not notice any…
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… name and then what he did? A: Fine. My father’s name was Franz Xaver and shortly after I was born, WorldWar I broke out and he went into the Army and my…
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… for the home. And also the cost of living was quite high. So they had some difficulties, all the result from the First WorldWar. Q: That's right. Uh…
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…-1945--Concentration camps--Austria. WorldWar, 1939-1945--Prisonersandprisons, Austrian. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Registers of dead--Austria…
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… years I was learned to be baker. And that's 1939 the war started. Q: What was your first recollection of the German invasion of Poland? A: Yes, that was…
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… of work did you do? A: On on a farm...everything. We had cattles. We had chickens, couple hundreds and also pigs, horses, everything. And when the war…
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.