We Don’t Drink the Sunscreen: The fallibility of electronic translation
Nicola Keller discusses the process of translating family Holocaust letters from Hungarian to English, and what she discovers along the way.
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‘I am sitting on a dead branch’: Dr Hedwig Leibetseder’s letters from Lichtenburg
In 1936, Dr Hedwig Leibetseder (née Abranowicz 1900-1989) jumped from the rear window on the 5th floor of no. 14 Düsseldorfer Strasse in Berlin. She had just travelled to Prague to retrieve a microphotography copy of the indictment of the first trial against Neu Beginnen, the anti-Nazi resistance group to which she belonged, but the Gestapo were lying in wait to seize the document upon her return.
Governments must show compassion and give safe harbour to those in danger: Joint statement from the Wiener Holocaust Library and the Association of Jewish Refugees
Two British organisations have chronicled the lives and represented the interests of the Jewish refugees from Nazism – The Wiener Holocaust Library and The Association of Jewish Refugees. And we are both increasingly concerned about the impact of the government’s proposed Illegal Migration Bill and the discourse and language surrounding its formulation.
Recovery & Repair: Supporting Jewish Family Histories of the Holocaust in Britain
This is an in-person event taking place at The Scottish Jewish Archives Centre (SJAC) on Sunday 10 and Monday 11 September.
Symposium: New Directions in the Study of the Roma Genocide
This two-day, in-person symposium, organised by The Wiener Holocaust Library and the University of Cambridge, will be held at the Library 10- 11 May 2023. It will bring together early career researchers and senior academics to discuss new directions in the study of the Roma genocide.
Holocaust family memoirs – Yes, another one!
Sandra Lipner is a techne (AHRC)-funded PhD student at Royal Holloway, University of London. In her doctoral thesis, she uses a cultural family history approach to investigate German bourgeois subjectivities within the context of the Third Reich. This blogpost asks what unites these family histories, what sets them apart, and why they matter.
A new seminar series: Humanitarianism, Refugees and the Holocaust
We are pleased to announce a new seminar series ‘Humanitarianism, Refugees, and the Holocaust’, which will run throughout the 2023/2024 academic year.
Women’s History Month – Using The Holocaust Explained to teach about women in the Third Reich
March is Women’s History Month. In this article we explore how are educational website, The Holocaust Explained, can support those teaching about women in the Third Reich.
International Women’s Day: Witnessing, Resisting, Documenting
To celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day, we look at notable women in the archival collections of The Wiener Holocaust Library, who stand out in various ways in their contributions to Holocaust memory and history.
Holocaust Letters: “A gift, a privilege and a huge task”
On 23 February we welcomed special guests to the Library for the launch of our latest exhibition, Holocaust Letters. Our speakers for the evening included the Director of the Library Dr Toby Simpson, our Director of Research Dr Christine Schmidt, and those who have generously donated their own family’s Holocaust-era letters and curated a panel of the exhibition.
