Historians estimate that more than 1,000 survivors of the Nazi Holocaust eventually settled in Wisconsin. Nationally, about 140,000 survivors came to the United States after World War II.

Interviews with Survivors

Between 1974 and 1981, Wisconsin Historical Society archivists interviewed 22 survivors. The complete audio recordings and transcripts of those interviews are available online at Wisconsin Survivors of the Holocaust.

Any document in the collection may be printed or downloaded at no cost for nonprofit educational use by teachers, students and researchers. Nothing may be reproduced in any format for commercial purposes without prior permission. Purchase the book, Remembering the Holocaust, that was based on the interviews.

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