The process for making a request consists of four simple steps:
Part 1: Who are you?
Part 2: Who are you searching for?
Part 3: Review and Submission
Part 4: Confirmation
The average time required to complete the research request form from start to finish is 5-10 minutes. Please use the navigation buttons provided for your convenience at the bottoms of the pages.
Before proceeding to Part 1, please note that:
Priority is given to Holocaust survivors and their immediate families. The Museum defines a survivor as a person who was displaced, persecuted and/or discriminated against by the racial, religious, ethnic, social and political policies of the Nazis and their allies. In addition to former inmates of concentration camps and ghettos this includes, among others, refugees and people in hiding.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum respects your right to privacy. Personal information collected in this form will not be sold or disseminated and will remain confidential and accessible only to authorized personnel. Read the USHMM's full privacy statement.
Before you start, please assemble any relevant records, including full names, dates and places (towns and countries). Be as precise as possible. For example, providing exact birth dates, correct spellings and precise locations before, during and after the war, will maximize the chances of locating relevant records.
If you would prefer to submit your request by regular mail or fax, you may download a copy of the request form, which can be printed and sent by mail or fax.
To begin filling out the form to submit via the Internet, please click the NEXT button at the bottom of this page.
Questions
If you have questions about how to fill out this form, or to request a paper form be mailed to you, please send us an e-mail or call us at 866.912.4385 (toll-free) or 202.488.6130.
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