Call For Papers – Echoes of Fascism: The Radical Right in the Twenty-First Century
The Library is hosting a one-day conference exploring the position of the radical right around the world today.
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Rare anti-Nazi resistance pamphlets at the Library
In February 2021, The Wiener Holocaust Library began a one-year project to digitise and produce metadata for our entire rare and diverse collection of Tarnschriften (disguised anti-Nazi resistance pamphlets), as well as a small cross-section of the Library’s wider pamphlet collection.
Being Human 2021 – Loss and Renewal: Tracing the Holocaust
In this two-day event series we invite those interested in the history of the Second World War, the Holocaust and its aftermath to participate and reflect on the legacies of confronting difficult histories, both on the personal and broader, historical level.
A joint statement by René Cassin and The Wiener Holocaust Library on Roma and Sinti Genocide Memorial Day, 2 August 2021
A joint statement for Roma and Sinti Genocide Memorial Day (2 August 2021) by René Cassin and The Wiener Holocaust Library.
Gerty Simon’s subjects in London
Senior Curator, Dr Barbara Warnock, explores the subjects that the German-Jewish artist, Gerty Simon, photographed in her London studio.
Entangled Histories: Jewish and Roma and Sinti Victims of the Death Marches
Exhibition co-curators, Dr Christine Schmidt and Professor Dan Stone, examine the case of Karl Franz, a German Sinto man who likely died on a death march in the last days of the Second World War.
Reflecting on the legacies of eugenics
Professor Marius Turda introduces the Library’s upcoming temporary exhibition which will explore the history and the legacies of the global eugenics movement.
Trude Levi: The After-effects of the Death Marches and ‘Liberation’
This blog examines several accounts given by Hungarian Holocaust survivor and former Library staff member Trude Levi.
Jewish child survivors and the reconstruction of Jewish families in the aftermath of the Holocaust
In this guest blog, Joanna Beata Michlic explores two cases of missing child Holocaust survivors for whom searches continue to this day.
‘Untold Killing’ a podcast created by Remembering Srebrenica
Kate Williams, from Remembering Srebrenica, talks about their award-winning new podcast which tells the little-known story of genocide and ethnic cleansing right in the heart of Europe through the voices of those who survived it.
