Stories from the Holocaust
How do you explain the Holocaust? One story at a time. Together with the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, we have included over 600 stories of individual victims and survivors. Search for a name you may know or you can create your own memorial page for free.
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- Oskar Schindler
- Anne Frank
- Dr. Johan Hendrik Weidner
- Dosia Szabszevicz
- Dorotka Goldstein
- Dorianne Kurz
- Dora Unger
- Dora Rivkina
- Dora Eiger
- Dezso Rozsa
- Dezider Gruenberger
- Desider (Dezso) Nemeth
- Dejan Dusan Popovic
- Dawid Szpiro
- David Morgensztern
- David Mendel Petranker
- David Klebanov
- David J. Selznik
- David Birnbaum
- David Bergman
- David Bayer
- Danuta Justyna
- Daniel Schwarzwald
- Daniel Judelowitz
- Curt Egon Rosenberg
- Coenraad Rood
- Claude J. Letulle
- Claude Brunswic
- Chuna Grynbaum
- Chinka Schwarzbard Felman
- Chil Meyer Rajchman
- Chaya Szabasson Rubinstein
- Chaya Medalion
- Chava Lea Deutsch
- Chava Cherniak Biber
- Charles (Karel) Bruml
- Channah Mazansky-Zaidel
- Channa Morgensztern
- Chaje Isakovic Adler
- Chaja Kozlowski
- Chaim Werzbe
- Chaim Frenkiel
- Chaim Engel
- Chaim David Jegher
- Chaie Sura Kisielnicki
- Chaia Gurvitz
- Celia Petranker
- Ceija Stojka
- Cedomir Milan Sorak
- Cecilie Klein-Pollack
- Catharina Soep
- Carl Heumann
- Jacob Gamper
- Jacob Polak
- Jacob Unger
- Jacob Wasserman
- Jakab Katz
- Jakob Frenkiel
- Jan Komski
- Jan-Peter Pfeffer
- Janina Prot
- Janka Glueck Gruenberger
- Janos Geroe
- Janusz Piotrowski
- Jehuda Gerszonowicz
- Jenine Gutman
- Jeno Brieger
- Jeno Gabor Braun
- Jeno Katz
- Jeno Muhlrad
- Jeno Nemeth
- Jermie Adler
- Johann (Hansi) Stojka
- Johann Stossier
- Johanna (Hanne) Hirsch
- Johanna Falkenstein Heumann
- Johanna Niedermeier Buchner
- Johannes M. Lublink
- Jolan (Cipi) Katz
- Josef Deutsch
- Josef Edelstein
- Josef Litwak
- Josef Malnik
- Josef Schoen
- Josel Gerszonowicz
- Joseph Gani
- Joseph Muscha Mueller
- Joseph von Hoppen Waldhorn
- Josephine Kohn Dermer
- Jovanka Jovicic Babunovic
- Jozef Rapaport
- Jozef Rosenblat
- Jozef Wilk
- Judith Beker
- Judith Gabriel Dichter
- Judith Kalman
- Judith Margareth Konijn
- Judith Schwed
- Jules Izrael Zajdenweber
- Julia Polak Bolle
- Julian Noga
- Juliana Nemeth
- Julius (Julo) Levin
- Kalman Goldberg
- Kalman Kernweiss
- Karl Gorath
- Karl Lange
- Karl Stojka
- Karl-Heinz Kusserow
- Kathe Ert Reichstein
- Kato Dicker Nagy
- Kato Fried
- Kazimiera Banach Justynowa
- Klara Gottfried Reif
- Klara Mintzberg
- Kornelia Mahrer Deutsch
- Kosta (Kojo) Naprta
- Kurt Pauly
- Lajos Nagy
- Laszlo Schwed
- Laura Ellenbogen
- Laura Litwak
- Lea Ofner-Szemere
- Leah Kohl Rapaport
- Leif Donde
- Leo Bretholz
- Leo Falkenstein
- Leo Hanin
- Leo Nitschke
- Leon Anderman
- Leon Franko
- Leon Kusmirek
- Lewek Szabasson
- Liane Reif
- Lidia Lebowitz
- Lifcia Najman
- Lila Lam
- Liliana Guzenfiter
- Lilly Appelbaum Malnik
- Lisa Dawidowicz
- Lisa Nussbaum
- Lisl Winternitz
- Lonia Goldman Fishman
- Lore Heumann
- Lucie Kupefer Munzer
- Lucien-Louis Bunel
- Ludmilla Schatz
- Lutz Haase
- Ivo Herzer
- Izabella Katz
- Machla Spicehandler Braun
- Machla Weiner
- Magda Hellinger
- Magda Rein
- Magdalena Kusserow
- Majlech Kisielnicki
- Malvin Katz Fried
- Manon Marliac
- Manya Moszkowicz
- Mara Jovicic Popovic
- Marcu Butnaru
- Marcus Fass
- Margit Morawetz
- Margit Nemeth Fekete
- Margot Heumann
- Maria Justyna
- Maria Nemeth
- Maria Orlicka
- Maria Sava Moise
- Maria Schimek Dicker
- Maria Terez Halpert Katz
- Marie Sidi Stojka
- Mario Finzi
- Marta Herman
- Marthijn Wijnberg
- Martin Hans Munzer
- Martin Spett
- Martin Weiss
- Masza Tenenbaum
- Matvey Gredinger
- Maurits Wijnberg
- Max Diamant (now Josef Burzminski)
- Max Gutmann
- Max Krakauer
- Max Liebster
- Max Rosenblat
- Mayer List
- Mendel Felman
- Mendel Grynberg
- Mendel Rozenblit
- Meyer (Max) Rodriguez Garcia
- Michael von Hoppen Waldhorn
- Michal Scislowski
- Michel Margosis
- Mieczyslaw (Marek) Madejski
- Miksa Deutsch
- Itzik Rosenblat
- Itka Wlos
- Mikulas Diamant
- Ita Grynbaum
- Milica Popovic Kuhn
- Mina Beker
- Mina Schaerf Litwak
- Mirjam Waterman Pinkof
- Mirjana Babunovic Dimitrijevic
- Miru Alcana
- Miso Vogel
- Moise Gani
- Moishe Felman
- Moishe Krol
- Moishe Menyuk
- Moishe Rafilovich
- Mojsze Kisielnicki
- Moniek Rozen
- Monique Jackson
- Mordecai Pinchas Szabasson
- Morris Kornberg
- Morris Zaidband
- Moses Rechnitz
- Moshe Galek
- Istvan Geroe
- Israel Yitzak Kisielnicki
- Israel Milkow
- Israel Cendorf
- Isak Saleschutz
- Isadore Frenkiel
- Isachar Herszenhorn (Irving Horn)
- Isaac Weiner
- Isaac Sandler
- Irmgard Rosenberg
- Irene Freund
- Irena Elzbieta Wos
- Iosif Rivkin
- Iosif Kirzhner
- Ion Butnaru
- Inge Scheer
- Inge Berg
- Inge Auerbacher
- Ilse Silten
- Ilse Luise Citroen Ledermann
- Ilona Karfunkel Kalman
- Ilona Haas Geroe
- Ilija Lemajiþ
- Idzia Pienknawiesz
- Mosze Fuks
- Ida Szczupakiewicz
- Nadine Schatz
- Naftali Bernstein
- Naftali Saleschutz
- Ida Edelstein
- Nanny Gottschalk Lewin
- Natan Offen
- Nelly Adler
- Nenad Dusan Popovic
- Nesse Galperin
- Nikola Mrvos
- Nina Szuster
- Norbert Yasharoff
- Odon Jerzy Wos
- Olga Gelb
- Onti Lazar
- Ossi Stojka
- Otto-Karl Gruenbaum
- Paul Matasovski
- Paula Garfinkel
- Paula Wajcman
- Pavol Kovac
- Pawel Wos
- Pawel Zenon Wos
- Pesia Szczupakiewicz
- Peter Philipps
- Peter Somogyi
- Peter Winternitz
- Pinchas Galperin
- Pinchas Gerszonowicz
- Pola Nussbaum
- Preben Munch-Nielsen
- Ida Baehr Lang
- Hinda Chilewicz
- Hildegard (Hilda) Krakauerova Nitschkeova
- Hilde Verdoner-Sluizer
- Hilda Kusserow
- Hetty d'Ancona
- Herta Scheer-Krygier
- Hersh Gordon
- Herschel Rosenblat
- Herschel Low
- Herschel Gerszonowicz
- Herman Klein
- Herman Judelowitz
- Henryk Lubelski
- Henry Maslowicz
- Henoch Kornfeld
- Henny Schermann
- Henia Rzondzinski
- Henia Ring
- Helga Leeser
- Helene Waldhorn
- Helene Melanie Lebel
- Helene Herta Katz Wohlfarth
- Helene Gotthold
- Helena Manaster
- Helen Lebowitz
- Helen Katz
- Hela Szabszevicz
- Hela Riemer
- Hela Los
- Heinz Rosenberg
- Heinrich Baehr
- Harry Toporek
- Harry Pauly
- Hans Rudelsheim
- Hans Heimann
- Hans (John) Sachs
- Hanna Ellenbogen
- Hanandel Drobiarz
- Hana Mueller
- Hacia Rivkina
- Gyula (Gyuszi) Brieger
- Gyorgy (George) Pick
- Guta Blass Weintraub
- Gucia Grosfeld Frydmacher
- Grietje Polak
- Gregor Wohlfahrt, Sr.
- Gregor Wohlfahrt, Jr.
- Golda (Olga) Bancic
- Gitla Zoberman
- Gisha Galina Bursztyn
- Gisella Renate Berg
- Gideon Boissevain
- Gertruda Nowak
- Gertrud Teppich
- Gertrud Gruenbaum
- Gert Laske
- Gerda Weissman
- Gerda Blachmann
- Gerd Jacob Zwienicki
- Genya Rotenberg
- Gad Beck
- Rachel Lea Galperin
- Rachel Lejzerowicz Rechnitz
- Rachel Saleschutz
- Rachela Rottenberg
- Raizel Kisielnicki
- Raszka (Roza) Galek
- Rebecca Pissirilo
- Regina Gutman
- Reidar Dittmann
- Remy Dumoncel
- Rena Gani
- Renate Guttmann
- Rene Guttmann
- Renee Schwalb
- Rev. Marian Jacek Dabrowski
- Rifka Fass
- Rivka Rzondzinski
- Robert Freund
- Robert Gruber
- Robert Kulka
- Robert Oelbermann
- Robert Skutecky
- Robert T. Odeman
- Robert Weinberger
- Rojske Kisielnicki Sadowsky
- Rosa Israel Waldhorn
- Rosalia Wourgaft Schatz
- Rozia Grynbaum
- Rozia Susskind
- Rubin Segalowicz
- Rudolf Acohen
- Ruth (Huppert) Elias
- Ruth Elisabeth Dahl
- Ruth Freund Reiser
- Ruth Gabriele Silten
- Ruth Singer
- Ruth Warter
- Gabrielle Weidner
- Fryda Litwak
- Sabina Low (Green)
- Sabina Szwarc
- Fruma Lieberman Perlmutter
- Sally Izikowitz
- Sam Spiegel
- Samson Reichstein
- Samuel Zoltan
- Sandor Alexander Bokshorn
- Sandor Braun
- Sara Galperin
- Sarah Judelowitz
- Fritz Silten
- Fritz Alexander Rosenberg
- Frimit Bursztyn
- Friedrich-Paul von Groszheim
- Frieda Greinegger
- Sarah Rivka Felman
- Frieda Altman Felman
- Saul Ingber
- Frida Adler
- Schloma Wolf (Willy) Szapiro
- Freya Karoline Lang
- Selma Schwarzwald
- Frederik Polak
- Selma Wijnberg
- Frederick R. Wohl
- Frederick Fleszar
- Semyon Menyuk
- Frederick Dermer
- Settchen Oppenheimer
- Frederic Bernard
- Fred Bachner
- Sevek Fishman
- Franz Wohlfahrt
- Shaul Himmelfarb
- Franz Monjau
- Shaye Rothkopf
- Franz Anton Ledermann
- Shlomo Reich
- Frank Meissner
- Franco Cesana
- Francis Ofner
- Flora Mendelovicz
- Shlomo Szczupakiewicz
- Fischel Felman
- Shmuel David Bursztyn
- Fischel (Philip) Goldstein
- Shulamit Perlmutter (Charlene Schiff)
- Felix Krakauer
- Shulim Saleschutz
- Feliks Bruks
- Siegfried Wohlfarth
- Simcha Perlmutter
- Simone Arnold
- Felicia Karo
- Fela Perznianko
- Simone Weil
- Feige Schwarzfink
- Feiga Malnik
- Smiljka Ljoljic Visnjevac
- Feiga Kisielnicki
- Fanny Judelowitz
- Sophie Weisz
- Faiga Grynbaum
- Sossia Frenkiel
- Ezra Zelig Szabasson
- Ezra BenGershom
- Eva Rapaport
- Eva Miodelska
- Stefan Moise
- Eva Heyman
- Stefania (Fusia) Podgorska
- Stevo Jugovic
- Susan Strauss
- Eva Gredinger
- Eva Brigitte Marum
- Susanne Ledermann
- Eva Braun Levine
- Eugeniusz Rozenblum
- Susi Hilsenrath
- Ethel Stern
- Eszter Mendel Braun
- Esther Morgensztern
- Sylvia Winawer
- Erzsebeth Buchsbaum
- Erzsebet Markovics Katz
- Ernst Silten
- Ernst Reiter
- Szlamach Radoszynski
- Ernest G. Heppner
- Ernest Domby
- Erna Schumer Unger
- Erika Neuman
- Erich Schon
- Emma Freund
- Emma Arnold
- Emanuel Litwak
- Emanuel (Manny) Mandel
- Ema Schwarzova Skutezka
- Elzbieta Lusthaus
- Elya Rosenblat
- Else Rosenberg
- Elsa (Eliska) Skutezka Kulkova
- Elka Rosenstein
- Elizabeth Kaufmann
- Elias (Elya) Grosmann
- Edith Riemer
- Edith Goldman Bielawski
- Edith Fuhrmann Brandmann
- Edit Gruenberger
- Edit Grinsphun
- Edek Blonder
- Tania Marcus
- Taube Fishman Rosenblat
- Tchiya Perlmutter
- Terez Goldberger Kalman
- Terez Spitz Katz
- Thomas Buergenthal
- Thomas Elek
- Thomas Pfeffer
- Tomas Kulka
- Tomasz (Toivi) Blatt
- Tonie Frederika Kaufmann Soep
- Bruno Klein
- Bruna Sevini
- Boria Lerner
- Boleslaw Brodecki
- Blimcia Lische
- Betty Leiter Lauchheimer
- Betje Jakobs
- Bertha Wolffberg Gottschalk
- Bertha Falkenstein
- Bertha Adler
- Berta Rivkina
- Berta Koselova Krakauerova
- Bernhard Liebster
- Bernard Rechnitz
- Bernard Krakauer
- Bernard (Green) Greenspan
- Beno Helmer
- Benjamin Soep
- Benjamin Frydmacher
- Benjamin Bornstein
- Ben Stern
- Bella Judelowitz
- Bella Jakubowicz
- Bela Blau
- Barbara Nemeth Balint
- Barbara Marton
- Barbara Ledermann
- Barbara Kertesz Nemeth
- Arthur Menke
- Arthur Karl Heinz Oertelt
- Aron Tabrys
- Aron Dereczynski
- Arlette Waldmann
- Aranka Ecksdein Muhlrad
- Anna Pfeffer
- Andras Muhlrad
- Amalie Petranker
- Alta Koppff Himmelfarb
- Urszula Kaczmarek
- Valtr Krakauer
- Vita Rivkina
- Vladan Popovic
- Walter Schnell
- Walter Szczeniak
- Walther Hamann
- Welek Luksenburg
- Welwel Kisielnicki
- Welwel Rzondzinski
- Welwel Wainkranc
- Werner Katzenstein
- Wilek Loew
- Wilhelm Edelstein
- Wilhelm Kusserow
- Willem Arondeus
- Zofia Rapaport
- Zofia Yamaika
- Zuzana Gruenberger
- Alida Nathans Wijnberg
- Alice Lok
- Alice Krakauerova Seelenfriedova
- Alice Edelstein-Friedmann
- Alfred (Fredl) Krakauer
- Alexandra Schicharva
- Alexander Bernstein
- Albert Gani
- Agnes Mandl
- Adolphe Arnold
- Adela Low
- Adela Litwak
- Abram Kisielnicki
- Abraham Wijnberg
- Abraham Soep
- Abraham Roman Ellenbogen
- Abraham Bergman
- Willibald Wohlfahrt
- Wilma Schlesinger Mahrer
- Wladyslaw Piotrowski
- Wladyslaw Tadeusz Surmacki
- Wolf Himmelfarb
- Wolf Wajsbrot
- Wolfgang Kusserow
- Wolfgang Lachman
- Wolfgang Munzer
- Yakob Braun
- Yakov Biber
- Yennj Baehr
- Yitzhak (Irving) Balsam
- Yona Wygocka Dickmann
- Yosel Coller
- Yves Oppert
- Zalie Waldhorn
- Zdenka Popper
- Zelda Piekarska
- Zigmond Adler
- Zuzana Gruenberger
- Abraham Malnik
- Abraham Lewent
- Abraham Roman Ellenbogen
- Aaron Lejzerowicz
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