Director’s statement on the current Israel-Palestine conflict
The Wiener Holocaust Library’s Director, Dr Toby Simpson, writes a statement on the current Israel-Palestine conflict.
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Remembering Metzmama
Alan Whitehorn, emeritus professor of political science at the Royal Military College of Canada, reflects on his grandmother, an orphan of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
Highlighting the Voices of Survivors
In this staff blog, Dr Christine Schmidt, Deputy Director and Head of Research at the Library, reflects on the prevailing power of survivor testimony.
Armenian Genocide and Loss of Sense of Reality
Historian Ümit Kurt has written this article exploring the Armenian genocide and loss of sense of reality to mark the 106th anniversary of the genocide.
Buried Revisited
A special guest blog written by Charles Fox to commemorate the Cambodian Genocide.
WHL Director expresses dismay over Ken Loach event
The Wiener Holocaust Library’s Director, Dr Toby Simpson writes to St Peter’s College expressing dismay over Ken Loach event.
Statement on the suing of Holocaust historians in Poland
The Wiener Holocaust Library expresses great concern, along with IHRA, Yad Vashem, and other organisations, about litigation being used to intimidate scholars of the Holocaust in Poland.
Statement condemning the attack on the US Capitol
We were appalled to witness Trump supporters attacking the US Congress this week. Though these events were shocking, they were sadly predictable. The President of the United States not only […]
The Wiener Holocaust Library’s Director calls for judicious use of evidence in the fight against anti-Gypsyism
The Wiener Holocaust Library’s Director, Dr Toby Simpson, wrote to The Times in response to Oliver Moody’s article Porajmos: the Nazi genocide forgotten by the world (29 September 2020). We were pleased […]
To Replicate or Not to Replicate? Our Question (and Reflections)
Staff of the Library consider the ethics and practice of Holocaust-era artefact reproduction Recently, an institution approached The Wiener Holocaust Library to enquire if they could create a replica of […]
