The experiences and testimonies of survivors and their descendants have been vital to building awareness and understanding of the Holocaust. The Library has a function not just as a repository for these testimonies, but as a place of continuing importance for subsequent generations.
Holocaust family histories
In this panel discussion, authors Peter Bradley and Arianna Neumann discuss the significance of their family document collections for writing Second Generation memoirs.
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad
In a new book, the grandson of our founder, Lord Daniel Finkelstein, elucidates his family’s struggle for survival against two tyrannical regimes. The Wiener and Finkelstein family stories are also explored in our exhibition, The Wiener Library at 90.
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