During the war The Wiener Holocaust Library was based on Manchester Square, just across from @wallacemuseum. This photo shows Library staff members on the balcony, in the 1950s, with the Wallace in the background. Our mission to keep truth alive hasn’t changed. Visit us now on Russell Square!

Privileged to celebrate The Wiener Holocaust Library 90 years Wallace Collection with honoured friends and guests Daniel Finkelstein Tracy-Ann Oberman Jonathan Freedland Luciana Berger thank you everyone who loves this astonishing institution. More than ever, it is our duty to defend the truth about the Holocaust.

An utterly inspiring and moving evening with wonderful The Wiener Holocaust Library supporters and colleagues last night Wallace Collection for our 90th anniversary dinner. Feeling very moved by the tremendous show of support for which we are deeply grateful. A night to cherish!

Happening next week in Cardiff!

Our International Tracing Service team will be at Glamorgan Archives to host a family history research workshop and show our exhibition, Fate Unknown, which explores the legacy of the search for the missing after the Holocaust bit.ly/4ai89I9

Today is #YomHaShoah , the date in the Jewish calendar for Jews around the world to mourn the loss of Jewish people murdered during the Holocaust

Today Jewish people will remember the 6 million who were murdered, and pay tribute to survivors and refugees bit.ly/3y1wyDr

This should be a really great event, not least because of the fantastic guests!

Dr Bea Lewkowicz, Hank Greenspan, and Anika Walke - and their moderators Rebecca Jinks & Dr Christine Schmidt

#History #GenocidalCaptivity #HumanHistory #WorldHistory

We are delighted to invite Holocaust Studies students to apply for an excellent Jewish Digital Archives Discovery Workshop, taking place at Senate House, University of London on 6 June 2024. 

For more information and to apply, follow the link here: buff.ly/4b8ztbD

Wonderful turnout for our first of two film events with Suzanne Khardalian: tonight her poignant film, ‘Grandma’s Tattoos’ and a fascinating discussion. Join us tomorrow for ‘Inside Her, Inside Me’ The Wiener Holocaust Library RHUL Holocaust Research Institute Holocaust and Genocide Research Partnership wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/exhibiti…

On the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, we staged a moving reading of the play, Sorrow is Turned into Joy, performed by women Armenian survivors in 1924, listening to their voices 100 years later. With gratitude to the actors and Armenian Institute RHUL Holocaust Research Institute Holocaust and Genocide Research Partnership

Join us next week for what promises to be a fascinating discussion on archiving and making accessible extremely sensitive materials - sign up below ⬇️

📢 New exhibition event!

On 2 May we welcome an expert panel to discuss how primary source documentation related to the #IslamicState #ISIS has been collected, archived and made accessible for research, intelligence and other purposes bit.ly/3IRiyya

Friends in Cardiff! You’re our next stop for the #RecoveryandRepair programme, which includes curator talks, hands-on family research workshops with my wonderful colleagues and the chance to see the #FateUnknown exhibition - sign up below ⬇️

There's still time to sign up for tomorrow's online book talk with Janine Holc and Dr Anna Hájková

They will be discussing an important new work, The Weavers of Trautenau: Jewish Female Forced Labor in the Holocaust

Register now: bit.ly/3VIPJf9

One year ago today fighting broke out in Khartoum. This was only the latest escalation in a conflict that has caused the most urgent humanitarian crisis in the world

We have published a briefing on Sudan, drawing on recent reporting and our collections wienerholocaustlibrary.org/2024/04/15/a-b…

📢 New exhibition event!

On 2 May we welcome an expert panel to discuss how primary source documentation related to the #IslamicState has been collected, archived and made accessible for research, intelligence and other purposes bit.ly/3IRiyya

Looking forward to this! Sign up ⬇️

Our latest exhibition explores the stories of survivors of the #YezidiGenocide in their own words

Almost a decade after ISIS' atrocities, women survivors are still experiencing the effects of #GenocidalCaptivity

Find out more: bit.ly/49iVvYi

If you missed our #HolocaustLetters exhibition last year, now’s your chance to read some of the fascinating, poignant collections of private correspondence we hold The Wiener Holocaust Library. With huge thanks to Sandra Lipner German History Society, and our Weiss-Livnat International MA in Holocaust Studies intern Sam ter Welle