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Records in the collections of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum help us to document the experiences of individual survivors and victims of the Holocaust. They usually include dates and places of birth and, less often, the names of parents and spouses; they are of obvious interest to genealogists. The International Tracing Service (ITS) collection is richer for persons persecuted in Western Europe than those who were persecuted in Eastern Europe. It nevertheless remains the single largest collection of records that allows us to document the fates of individuals during the Holocaust. This talk will demonstrate how the ITS collection and other collections at USHMM can be of value to genealogists and especially those researching ancestors from Ukraine and Galicia. Jude C. Richter received his PhD in Russian history from Indiana University. From 2002 through 2006 he worked for the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany conducting research in the collections of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) to document Holocaust survivors’ claims. Since 2006, he has worked for USHMM. He is currently a Research and Reference Specialist in the Museum’s Survivors and Victims Resource Center.
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