Traces of Belsen launches at the Library
Last night we welcomed special guests to the launch of our latest exhibition, Traces of Belsen, with a chance to see this ground-breaking project first hand.
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Older People and the Holocaust Workshop Report
On 5 and 6 December 2024, The Wiener Holocaust Library hosted a workshop aimed at doctoral and early-career scholars to explore older people’s daily lives, deaths, and movements during the Holocaust. This workshop built upon the work that has been done by Christine Schmidt, Elizabeth Anthony, and Joanna Sliwa for their upcoming edited volume, Older Jews and the Holocaust (Wayne State University Press, 2026).
Award-Winning Photography by Rohingya Artists to be shown at the Wiener Holocaust Library
A powerful new exhibition of the award-winning photography of three Rohingya refugee artists and genocide survivors from Myanmar will debut at the Wiener Holocaust Library this month.
Wiener Digital Collections: Thousands of pages documenting Nazi persecution digitised for unprecedented online access
To mark International Holocaust Memorial Day, the Wiener Holocaust Library, one of the largest Nazi-era archives in the world, has launched a new online portal putting over a quarter of a million pages of evidence of the Holocaust and those who resisted it at the hands of researchers worldwide.
European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) Becomes an ERIC to Secure the Future of Holocaust Research
On the eve of the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI), of which the Wiener Holocaust Library is a proud founding member, will be inaugurated as a permanent European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) during a ceremony at the Polin Museum in Warsaw.
Getting Away With Murder(s) – An exclusive online screening for Holocaust Memorial Day
To mark Holocaust Memorial Day we’re delighted to be able to present an exclusive screening of the award-winning documentary film, Getting Away With Murder(s), to audiences in the UK, Ireland and North America.
Director of the Library, Dr Toby Simpson, to receive OBE for services to Holocaust memory
We are delighted that our Director Toby Simpson, will be awarded an OBE in this year’s New Years Honours. This prestigious award recognises his contribution to Holocaust memory through his leadership of the Library.
We did it! Thanks to your generosity we raised over £35,000 during this year’s Big Give Christmas Challenge
We’re delighted to announce that we have exceeded our target for this year’s Big Give Christmas Fundraising Challenge!
Announcing a new Chair of our Board of Trustees
From January 2025, Anthony Landes will step down as Chair of the Wiener Holocaust Library after six years of service in which the Wiener has transformed and expanded its collections and services as a world leading Holocaust repository, both physical and digital.
Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 – For a Better Future
To mark Holocaust Memorial Day staff at the Library are using their expertise, and deploying our valuable collections in various ways, to encourage as many people as possible to engage with this important occasion.
