The Museum of Jewish Heritage is located in Battery Park, New York City. While the museum explores area other than the Holocaust its main focus is surrounding the Holocaust: the time period before, during and after[1]. The museum includes close to 4,000 hours of video and audio testimony: including from Holocaust survivors, veterans who served during World War II as well as concentration camp liberators.
Within the museum there are over thirty thousand artifacts including but not limited to propaganda, the detailed notes of SS officer Heinrich Himmler as written in Mein Kampf as well as other objects of historical relevance related to the Holocaust. Finally, along with JewishGenthe Museum of Jewish Heritage has partnered with MyHeritage in allowing for easier access to cemetery and burial records from over 130 countries.[2] These countries include:
Australia - Teacher index from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
England- Burial and tax records dating back to the mid and late 17th century.
USA- Obituaries, marriage and death records from the mid - late 19th century.
JewishGen- Focusing on Jewish Geneology, JewishGen is unique in that it provides millions of records free of cost. Additionally, JewishGen is greatly assisted by almost 1,000 volunteers from across the world it has on board.
MyHeritage Headquarters. Or Yehuda, Israel.MyHeritage - In partnership with the Museum of Jewish Heritage, users are able to explore their roots. This includes but isn't limited to birth, property, marriage and death records related to their family history. As of September 2023 there are close to 90 million records available to help with ones genealogy research.[2] Finally, over 19 billion genealogical records and documents from 48 countries are also powerful tools that can be utilized.
BillionGraves - A unique service, BillionGraves is the worlds largest collection of searchable GPS cemetery data. A great deal of the information provides by BillionGraves is user generated. This includes the capturing and/or transcription of photos taken in cemeteries.Tombstone of Corporal Werner Salomon uploaded to BillionGraves.
Programs and centersPrograms and centers
The Heritage Testimonies program - This program focuses on connecting the history of the Holocaust to groups across the spectrum on a personal level. With the guidance of the Museums professional staff, the program speakers and presenters are all multi-generational descendants of Holocaust survivors[3]. They present to student and other groups of varied age ranges and backgrounds.
The Peter and Mary Kalikow Jewish Genealogy Research Center - A tool that visitors to the center can use in genealogical research is the ability to print records and/or documents at on premises computer stations . The center allows for access to resources found within their affiliate; JewishGen. Finally, on-site volunteers that can assist or guide in genealogical research is another benefit that can be utilized at the research center[4].
Other collectionsOther collections
Ordinary Treasures: Highlights from the Museum of Jewish Heritage Collection - This a collection of items donated by survivors or family members of survivors. Such examples include drawings done while being interned in concentration camps and holiday post cards from one love one to another
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