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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).

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.

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.

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