Events

See what’s coming up at the library, or you may be interested in past events.

Laurien Vastenhout: The Holocaust in the Netherlands: the ‘Dutch paradox’

The Wiener Holocaust Library The Wiener Holocaust Library, London, United Kingdom

In this talk, Dr Laurien Vastenhout presents an explanatory framework for this so-called ‘Dutch paradox’. In doing so, she not only provides an insight into how the Holocaust unfolded in the Netherlands, but also address some persistent misconceptions about the role of the Jewish community leadership – specifically, the Dutch Jewish Council – in the process of isolation and deportation of the Jews during the German occupation.

Book talk: ‘The Forgers: The Forgotten Story of the Holocaust’s Most Audacious Rescue Operation’ by Roger Moorhouse

The Wiener Holocaust Library The Wiener Holocaust Library, London, United Kingdom

The Ładoś operation was one of the largest rescue missions of the Holocaust, and The Forgers tells this extraordinary story for the first time. The author, Roger Moorhouse, will give a short talk about this remarkable book which follows the desperate bids of Jews to obtain life-saving documents, and their painful uncertainty over whether they will be able to escape the murderous machinery of the Holocaust.

Heritage Fund The Association of Jewish Refugees Federal Foreign Office
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