See what’s coming up at the library, or you may be interested in past events.
An exhibition event held as part of the Traces of Belsen series. Join us for an evening talk by Peter Lantos, a survivor of Belsen camps and writer of several books about his experiences.
Held as part of the Traces of Belsen Exhibition Event series. In this talk Goldie Morgentaler will be discussing the work of her mother, Belsen survivor and Yiddish author, Chava Rosenfarb.
Join us for an evening with Menachem Rosensaft, author of Burning Psalms: Confronting Adonai after Auschwitz, who will discuss his book in conversation with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. This event will explore Rosensaft’s reflections on faith, memory, and resilience in the aftermath of the trauma of the Shoah.
Dr Jane Brooks will discuss the recruitment of Jewish refugee nurses to the UK, mapping the challenges and sometimes kindnesses many of these young women faced in trying to gain a place to train as a nurse and their ongoing bravery and determination to create a space of professional independence for themselves.
Held as part of the Traces of Belsen Exhibition Event series. Struk’s exploration demonstrates not only the manifold reasons for photographing the crimes committed by the Nazis, but also the ways the images have – and continue to be – interpreted. She questions whether the ways in which we have engaged with them has honoured those who risked their lives to take and secure them.
Held as part of the Traces of Belsen Exhibition Event series. Join us for a talk by Professor Rainer Schulze who will discuss this lesser-known aspect of Belsen camps, exploring how many 'exchanges' actually took place, and why there were not more, including a focus on the role of Britain and the US.
Held as part of our Traces of Belsen exhibition events series. This talk will explore emotions present in liberator narratives of Belsen, the anger of the perpetrators and disgust of the survivors. This research complicates British (and Canadian) reactions to, and actions during, liberation.
Held as part of the Traces of Belsen exhibition event series. We welcome Sue Vice and Dan Stone in conversation about Bergen-Belsen’s importance in British Holocaust awareness. Vice and Stone will describe the significance that the liberation of Bergen-Belsen holds in British public awareness, such as in schools, memorials, museums, and films.
