Tuesday Tours of the Library
Founded in 1933, the Library is Britain’s largest and most important collection of material relating to the Holocaust and genocide. We are pleased to announce that our public archive tours […]
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The Kohn Family & Austrian Antisemitism
Des Maguire is a Glasgow-born Scot who was educated at universities in both Scotland and England. He has an M.Sc. in Genealogy, Heraldry and Palaeography from the University of Strathclyde. […]
Recovery & Repair: Supporting Jewish Family Histories of the Holocaust in Britain
This is an in-person event taking place at Leeds Central Library on Thursday 24 and Friday 25 November. The Wiener Holocaust Library is home to the UK’s International Tracing Service […]
Recovery & Repair: Supporting Jewish Family Histories of the Holocaust in Britain
This in-person event is taking place at Holocaust Centre North in Huddersfield on 23 November 2022. The Wiener Holocaust Library is home to the UK’s International Tracing Service digital archive, […]
Heckling Mosley
Gillian Lazarus is a blogger and activist against antisemitism. She is a mother and grandmother, and has studied Philosophy and Jewish Studies. In this blog she details her experience protesting […]
In the Third Reich, the Private was Political: The Case for Cultural Family Histories
With the slogan, ‘the private is political’, second-wave feminists in the late 1960s drew attention to the inescapable influence of political structures on personal experiences – especially those of women.
Joint Statement for Refugee Week
The Wiener Holocaust Library and Waging Peace This Refugee Week, The Wiener Holocaust Library remembers its refugee origins and insists that all refugees must be treated with dignity and respect. […]
Opening up the Library’s Family Collections
The Library’s Assistant Curator reflects on the projects and archival work accomplished through Arts Council England funding between 2020 and 2022.
The Levy Family Papers
The Library’s Photo Archivist explores a recently catalogued and digitised Family Papers collection, supported by Arts Council England funding.
The Rosenberg Family Papers
The Library’s Senior Archivist explores a recently catalogued and digitised Family Papers collection, supported by Arts Council England funding.
