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.
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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 […]
Homophobia in the Nazi Camps
I am a History PhD student at the University of Warwick and this is my first blog for The Wiener Holocaust Library. Having conducted research at the library, particularly using […]
Seeing the Holocaust through the Lens of Family History
Sandra Lipner is working on a historical research project into German-Jewish identity, family histories, and the Holocaust. As a History teacher originally from Germany, she was asked to talk to […]
