Current and upcoming exhibitions
Fred Kormis: Sculpting the Twentieth Century
Our new exhibition surveys the life and career of Jewish émigré sculptor Fred Kormis and reunites some of the most important of his diverse works, from the woodcut prints he produced in a Prisoner of War camp, to the medallions he made of leading figures in British life, and the first memorial in Britain to the victims of Nazi concentration camps.
Fred Kormis – Lost Works
Our latest Reading Room mini exhibition explores the lost works of Fred Kormis. Kormis made and commissioned photographs of much of his work, and these preserved images, held in The Wiener Holocaust Library’s collections, create a record of what has been lost. It is believed that the works depicted in these photographs are lost.
Upcoming events
Black History Month Talk: The Persecution of the Black Community in Nazi Germany, with Lambeth Archives
This is an event hosted for Black History Month at Lambeth Archives. Led by the Library’s Digital Engagement and Community Outreach Officer Yasmin Gledhill, the talk will include an exploration of the story of Ronald Roberts, who was born in Wiesbaden to a white German mother and a British/Barbadian father. The talk will draw on the memoir that Ronnie dictated towards the end of his life, as well as documents and photographs in the Library’s collections.
Exhibition Talk – ‘The Handicaps of Exile’: Fred Kormis and Refugee Sculptors in Britain, c. 1933–45
When Fritz (later Fred) Kormis arrived in England (via Holland) in 1934 he was among more than 300 artists, around one-sixth of them sculptors, who found refuge from Nazism in Britain. This talk situates Kormis within this wider context and among a cohort of refugee sculptors who included Benno Elkan, Georg Ehrlich and Willi Soukop, among many others.
Virtual Ernst Fraenkel Prize Lecture: Anne Berg, Empire of Rags and Bones
The Wiener Holocaust Library is delighted to host the 2023 winner of the Ernst Fraenkel Prize, Prof Anne Berg, who will speak about her prize-winning book, Empire of Rags and Bones: Waste and War in Nazi Germany in this special online event.
Exhibition Talk – Insiders/Outsiders: Refugees from Nazi Europe and their Contribution to British Public Sculpture
Join us for an illustrated lecture by London-based art historian Monica Bohm-Duchen about the émigré sculptors who created so many of the works still visible in public spaces throughout the UK, whose names and life stories nevertheless remain too little examined.
Talk: 40 Years On – Witness to the Anti-Sikh Massacres of November 1984
To mark the 40th anniversary of the November 1984 anti-Sikh pogroms, the Wiener Holocaust Library will host an event in conversation with Pav Singh and Bobby Friction.
