Collection highlights

We asked our staff, trustees and friends of the Library to choose a special selection of items from our collection.

Survivors at Theodor Herzl’s grave in Austria

Holocaust survivors at the grave of Theodor Herzl, ‘the father of modern Zionism’.

Tarnschriften: Tomato Seed Envelope

A disguised anti-Nazi pamphlet is hidden inside this packet of tomato seeds.

Tatjana Barbakoff (1899-1944) by Gerty Simon, Berlin.

Portrait of Tatjana Barbakoff, a Russian-Jewish dancer murdered at Auschwitz by Gerty Simon, a German Jewish photographer who sought refuge in Britain.

The Civil War in Spain by Frank Jellinek

A Left Book Club edition of The Civil War in Spain by Frank Jellinek.

The Crime of Belsen: A Pen Portrait

An eyewitness account of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen by Reverend David Stewart.

The Fascist: The Organ of Racial Fascism

An example from our collection of interwar far-right British publications.

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh

A book credited with bringing awareness of the Armenian Genocide to European audiences.

The Last Time I Saw Paris

Part of the Reigner Collection, generously donated by Gerhard Riegner, former Secretary General of the World Jewish Congress.

The Motorcycle Album

An image taken from our motorcycle album collection shows antisemitic signage in interwar Germany.

The Onchan Pioneer: Lagerzeitung

A newsletter published by internees at the Onchan internment camp on the Isle of Man.

The Red Triangle: Symbol of Dachau

A memoir written by a British political prisoner from Guernsey about his experience in Landsberg am Lech, a subcamp of Dachau.

Heritage Fund The Association of Jewish Refugees Federal Foreign Office
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