This is a series of in-person events taking place at the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre in Glasgow and the Scottish Story Telling Centre in Edinburgh this September.
The Wiener Holocaust Library is home to the UK’s International Tracing Service digital archive, which holds millions of documents related to the Holocaust and Nazi era. The archive preserves the shared past of victims and survivors of the Holocaust and helps support family research of Nazi persecution.
Our free programme includes the chance to view our pop-up exhibition, Fate Unknown: The Search for the Missing after the Holocaust, as well as the opportunity to learn more about the archive. We welcome historians, archivists, family historians, heritage practitioners, and anyone interested in Jewish and Holocaust history and its aftermath.
Event programme:
Family History Research Workshop
Sunday 10 September – SJAC, Glasgow
This workshop will help you take the first steps in conducting your own family research using the International Tracing Service digital archive, including using sources freely available online. Join our Senior ITS Archive Team Manager, Elise Bath and ITS Researcher Ian Rich as they demonstrate the uses of this important archive.
The workshop will also feature family research support services available from Edinburgh-based partner organisations, soon to be announced. Bring along your research questions!
Participants will also have the chance to sign up for one-on-one consultations with The Wiener Holocaust Library’s expert researchers. Please indicate your interest at the registration link below.
This event is free but space is limited. Please register here.
Fate Unknown: The Search for the Missing after the Holocaust
Monday 11 September, 4pm – SJAC, Glasgow
Join the co-curators of the Fate Unknown exhibition, Prof Dan Stone and Dr Christine Schmidt, who will explore the remarkable, little-known story of the search for the missing after the Holocaust.
Fate Unknown draws upon The Wiener Holocaust Library’s family document collections and the International Tracing Service archive to illustrate the legacy of the ongoing search for missing victims. They will be joined by Dr Mia Spiro (Senior Lecturer in Modern Jewish Culture and Holocaust Studies, University of Glasgow) where they will discuss the development of the exhibition and reflect on some of the issues and themes it highlights.
This event is free but space is limited. Please register here.
Fate Unknown Travelling Exhibition Launch and Drinks Reception
Monday 11 September, 6pm – SJAC, Glasgow
Take part in an exciting launch event that will feature talks by the co-curators, Professor Dan Stone and Dr Christine Schmidt, special guests, a drinks reception, and an opportunity to view the Fate Unknown travelling exhibition.
This event is free but space is limited. Please register here.
Family History Research Workshop
Tuesday 12 September – Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
Attend a family history research workshop (with details above) with the team in Edinburgh.
This event is free but space is limited. Please register here.
Fate Unknown: The Search for the Missing after the Holocaust
Tuesday 12 September, 4pm – Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
Join the co-curators of the Fate Unknown exhibition, Prof Dan Stone and Dr Christine Schmidt, who will explore the remarkable, little-known story of the search for the missing after the Holocaust.
This event is free but space is limited. Please register here.
Fate Unknown Travelling Exhibition Launch and Drinks Reception
Tuesday 12 September, 6pm – Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
Take part in an exciting launch event that will feature talks by the co-curators, Professor Dan Stone and Dr Christine Schmidt, special guests, a drinks reception, and an opportunity to view the Fate Unknown travelling exhibition.
This event is free but space is limited. Please register here.
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This will be my chance to tell my parents remarkable story, father from Vienna mother from Danzig.(as it was called then) I have attempted to make a record and really don’t know where to begin. Both were child refugees. Some of Mother’s family survived, Father’s was decimated. I have a one sided letter communication (in German, now translated) from father’s sister as he was holed up later in Australia as an enemy alien. Though Mother made it to England her parents were imprisoned in Mauritius. I can’t wait to get some advice or even help for direction. Many thanks in anticipation.
I am a baby holocaust survivor from Brussels. One Belgian father and English mother. I give talks for H E T.