Family Histories of the Holocaust Archives - The Wiener Holocaust Library

The Blumenfeld Family: An International Tracing Service Case Study

February 11th, 2025

This exhibition is a case study of the Blumenfeld family, the owners of one of the most famous German-Jewish travelling circuses of the 20th century, passed down through generations following its first tour in 1811. The circus was truly a family affair, with mother Rosa working as co-director with her son Fritz, eldest son Alex performing dressage on his famous horse ‘Puppchen’ and Willy Blumenfeld performing as ‘Kucki the Clown’.

Recovery & Repair: Supporting Jewish Family Histories of the Holocaust in Britain, with Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre and the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre

February 6th, 2025

Following our successful visit to the SJAC and SJHC in September 2023, a team from the Wiener Holocaust Library is returning to Glasgow to deliver another in-person event, aimed at helping people learn how best to look after their family history.

Recovery & Repair: Supporting Jewish Family Histories of the Holocaust in Britain, with Holocaust Centre North

September 13th, 2024

Following our successful visit to Holocaust Centre North in November 2022, a team from the Wiener Holocaust Library is returning to Huddersfield to deliver another in-person event, aimed at helping people learn how best to look after their family history.

Vergiss mich nicht: Stolpersteine, The Stones of Remembrance

June 24th, 2024

This Reading Room exhibition dives into our unique family papers collections and explores the personal stories of Inge Buchdahl and Alfred Katz behind the Stolpersteine ('stumbling stones') memorials to their lives.

Online Lunchtime Talk: Refugee Family Stories in the Wiener Holocaust Library’s Collections

June 18th, 2024

This talk will bring to life poignant refugee family stories from the Library’s rich collection. We will trace these families’ journeys through an exploration of historical documents and Survivors’ family archives. Don’t miss this enlightening opportunity to uncover the powerful narratives preserved within the Wiener Holocaust Library.

Book Talk & Performance: The Piano Player of Budapest – Unearthing a family’s melodies and memories

April 24th, 2024

Join us for a Q&A with author Roxanne de Bastion to learn about her grandfather’s remarkable story of survival, as well as his music. Roxanne will be joined by her aunt Julie de Bastion, as they share thoughts on how trauma is passed down through generations and how shining a light on the past can be healing for future generations.

Recovery and Repair – Fate Unknown Exhibition Curator Talk & Drinks Reception

March 27th, 2024

Join the co-curators of the Fate Unknown exhibition, Prof Dan Stone and Dr Christine Schmidt, who will explore the remarkable, little-known story of the search for the missing after the Holocaust. Fate Unknown draws upon The Wiener Holocaust Library’s family document collections and the International Tracing Service archive to illustrate the legacy of the ongoing search for missing victims.

Hybrid Book Talk: Anne Berest in Conversation with Rachel Seiffert, The Postcard

March 4th, 2024

The Wiener Holocaust Library is delighted to host this in conversation book talk event with author Anne Berest on her latest book, The Postcard as part of our Family Histories of the Holocaust series.

I Seek a Kind Person by Julian Borger book cover

Book Talk: I Seek a Kind Person, Julian Borger

January 8th, 2024

In 1938, Jewish families were scrambling to get out Vienna. In desperation, children were advertised in the Manchester Guardian. The right words in the right order could mean the difference between life and death. I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children and the Adverts that Helped them Escape the Holocaust is a powerful and personal investigative memoir of survival and loss, spanning generations within families shaped by the long shadow of history.

Daniel Finkelstein in conversation with Debórah Dwork at the Leo Baeck Institute, New York

October 12th, 2023

This special event hosted in partnership with the Centre for Jewish History will see British journalist and politician, Daniel Finkelstein OBE, in conversation with Prof Debórah Dwork in celebration of Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin and the Miraculous Survival of My Family, Daniel Finkelstein’s remarkable new book. Learn more about the legacy of the Wiener Library and the tragic personal histories embedded in its founding.

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The Blumenfeld Family: An International Tracing Service Case Study

Recovery & Repair: Supporting Jewish Family Histories of the Holocaust in Britain, with Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre and the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre

Recovery & Repair: Supporting Jewish Family Histories of the Holocaust in Britain, with Holocaust Centre North

Vergiss mich nicht: Stolpersteine, The Stones of Remembrance

Online Lunchtime Talk: Refugee Family Stories in the Wiener Holocaust Library’s Collections

Book Talk & Performance: The Piano Player of Budapest – Unearthing a family’s melodies and memories

Recovery and Repair – Fate Unknown Exhibition Curator Talk & Drinks Reception

Hybrid Book Talk: Anne Berest in Conversation with Rachel Seiffert, The Postcard

Book Talk: I Seek a Kind Person, Julian Borger

Daniel Finkelstein in conversation with Debórah Dwork at the Leo Baeck Institute, New York

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