Christine Schmidt
@ceschmidt.bsky.social
Yankee Londoner, feminist, Holocaust historian, all-purpose nerd
Interests: archives, gender, public history, research ethics, coffee, books, music, etc.
Deputy Director and Head of Research @wienerlibrary.bsky.social
https://christineeschmidt.com
Interests: archives, gender, public history, research ethics, coffee, books, music, etc.
Deputy Director and Head of Research @wienerlibrary.bsky.social
https://christineeschmidt.com
I was honoured to chair this wonderful discussion last night between Debórah and Dan. A mentor and friend, Debórah encouraged us to reconsider seriously the role of the irrational and unpredictable in making sense of the past. Grateful to have her contributions to this conference!
A lively, engaging, warm and intellectually rich keynote from Prof Debórah Dwork of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity, Graduate Center @cuny.edu
this evening, led in conversation by Prof Dan Stone. Thank you, Prof Dwork!
this evening, led in conversation by Prof Dan Stone. Thank you, Prof Dwork!
January 9, 2026 at 7:19 AM
I was honoured to chair this wonderful discussion last night between Debórah and Dan. A mentor and friend, Debórah encouraged us to reconsider seriously the role of the irrational and unpredictable in making sense of the past. Grateful to have her contributions to this conference!
We’re sharing impressions from our three days of gathering together for the @bcflconference.bsky.social conference at this dedicated account. @wienerlibrary.bsky.social is proud to co-host this dynamic international conference!
Good morning, day two of Beyond Camps! Another day full of groundbreaking new research in the field. To start the morning, currently in a panel on “Memory, testimony, and remembrance” hearing from Alisa Miller of Vilnius University on collective memory of the Kovno Ghetto.
January 8, 2026 at 2:56 PM
We’re sharing impressions from our three days of gathering together for the @bcflconference.bsky.social conference at this dedicated account. @wienerlibrary.bsky.social is proud to co-host this dynamic international conference!
Reposted by Christine Schmidt
And we begin! Acting Co-Director of the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social Dr @ceschmidt.bsky.social giving the first opening remarks, followed shortly by Professor David Feldman, Director of @bisa-bkk.bsky.social !
January 7, 2026 at 9:48 AM
And we begin! Acting Co-Director of the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social Dr @ceschmidt.bsky.social giving the first opening remarks, followed shortly by Professor David Feldman, Director of @bisa-bkk.bsky.social !
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📣 Freelance opportunity!
We're seeking to engage an experienced provenance researcher to conduct a detailed provenance and restitution investigation into the St Lambrecht collection, currently held at the FCDO archive.
Find out more and apply🔗
We're seeking to engage an experienced provenance researcher to conduct a detailed provenance and restitution investigation into the St Lambrecht collection, currently held at the FCDO archive.
Find out more and apply🔗
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December 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
📣 Freelance opportunity!
We're seeking to engage an experienced provenance researcher to conduct a detailed provenance and restitution investigation into the St Lambrecht collection, currently held at the FCDO archive.
Find out more and apply🔗
We're seeking to engage an experienced provenance researcher to conduct a detailed provenance and restitution investigation into the St Lambrecht collection, currently held at the FCDO archive.
Find out more and apply🔗
Check out the rich programme of new research on survivors of Nazi persecution featured @bcflconference.bsky.social January 2026 conference - and register to attend today!
The programme and registration is LIVE! wienerholocaustlibrary.org/what-we-do/r...
fees: £120 3 days; £60 single day. Subsidised tickets avail for PhD students. Register now! @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @bisa-bkk.bsky.social @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social @hgrporg.bsky.social @lbilondon.bsky.social
fees: £120 3 days; £60 single day. Subsidised tickets avail for PhD students. Register now! @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @bisa-bkk.bsky.social @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social @hgrporg.bsky.social @lbilondon.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Check out the rich programme of new research on survivors of Nazi persecution featured @bcflconference.bsky.social January 2026 conference - and register to attend today!
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We are devastated to learn of an antisemitic attack that has targeted Chanukah celebrations in Sydney. Our thoughts are with the Australian Jewish community and all those affected by this horrific event...
December 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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88% of the way toward @wienerlibrary.bsky.social’s Big Give fundraising challenge! Can you help us reach 💯?
Your gift is doubled until Tuesday, 9 Dec! Everything helps! Please give and share widely
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Your gift is doubled until Tuesday, 9 Dec! Everything helps! Please give and share widely
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Support our vital work in these challenging times – Big Give
We are the world’s oldest and the UK’s largest archive on the Nazi era and the Holocaust. Please help us raise £64,000 so we can continue to be a freely accessible tool to combat Holocaust denial, a...
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December 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
88% of the way toward @wienerlibrary.bsky.social’s Big Give fundraising challenge! Can you help us reach 💯?
Your gift is doubled until Tuesday, 9 Dec! Everything helps! Please give and share widely
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Your gift is doubled until Tuesday, 9 Dec! Everything helps! Please give and share widely
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
We are now live! Thank you @drcweissenberg.bsky.social and everyone who has given so far!
Please give generously @wienerlibrary.bsky.social Big Give.
All donations are match-funded.
Let’s support the Wiener Holocaust Library, which supports so much of our work.
All donations are match-funded.
Let’s support the Wiener Holocaust Library, which supports so much of our work.
📣 The Big Give is now live!
This week all donations to support our work made through the Big Give will be matched, meaning they have double the impact on our work.
You have until Tuesday 9 December to help us raise £64,000 as part of this important campaign.
Donate now:
This week all donations to support our work made through the Big Give will be matched, meaning they have double the impact on our work.
You have until Tuesday 9 December to help us raise £64,000 as part of this important campaign.
Donate now:
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
We are now live! Thank you @drcweissenberg.bsky.social and everyone who has given so far!
It’s that time of year! If you’ve taken part in our vibrant free events programme, exhibitions or made use of our amazing collections, please consider donating.
Double your gift now - every bit helps! And please share 🙏
Double your gift now - every bit helps! And please share 🙏
📣 From 2 - 9 December we’re taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge match-funding campaign!
We’re asking our friends and supporters to help us meet our £64,000 target.
For one week only, your generosity will be matched, meaning double the impact on our work. buff.ly/DA2hrk0
We’re asking our friends and supporters to help us meet our £64,000 target.
For one week only, your generosity will be matched, meaning double the impact on our work. buff.ly/DA2hrk0
The Big Give 2025: Support our vital work in these challenging times - The Wiener Holocaust Library
This year we are taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge, a matched fundraising campaign which will help us to continue our vital work.
buff.ly
December 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
It’s that time of year! If you’ve taken part in our vibrant free events programme, exhibitions or made use of our amazing collections, please consider donating.
Double your gift now - every bit helps! And please share 🙏
Double your gift now - every bit helps! And please share 🙏
So honoured to give the opening keynote on @wienerlibrary.bsky.social testimony collections, past & present, with Dr Rebecca Jinks for the Collecting the Holocaust Conference in Stockholm. A stimulating and challenging programme made even better with dear friends. Thank you to the organisers!
November 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
So honoured to give the opening keynote on @wienerlibrary.bsky.social testimony collections, past & present, with Dr Rebecca Jinks for the Collecting the Holocaust Conference in Stockholm. A stimulating and challenging programme made even better with dear friends. Thank you to the organisers!
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Thank you to everyone who attended the launch of our latest exhibition! Eldercide: Older Jews and the Holocaust is now open to the public, Monday to Friday, 10am - 5pm, with free entry.
Find out more about the launch via @jewishnews.bsky.social www.jewishnews.co.uk/wiener-holoc...
Find out more about the launch via @jewishnews.bsky.social www.jewishnews.co.uk/wiener-holoc...
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Thank you to everyone who attended the launch of our latest exhibition! Eldercide: Older Jews and the Holocaust is now open to the public, Monday to Friday, 10am - 5pm, with free entry.
Find out more about the launch via @jewishnews.bsky.social www.jewishnews.co.uk/wiener-holoc...
Find out more about the launch via @jewishnews.bsky.social www.jewishnews.co.uk/wiener-holoc...
Just a few days left to apply!
📣 We're hiring!
Join us for a fixed-term part time role at the Library as our Research and Engagement Officer.
We are seeking a highly motivated and knowledgeable individual with a postgraduate qualification in Holocaust Studies or a closely related field.
Find out more and apply: buff.ly/KuadEMU
Join us for a fixed-term part time role at the Library as our Research and Engagement Officer.
We are seeking a highly motivated and knowledgeable individual with a postgraduate qualification in Holocaust Studies or a closely related field.
Find out more and apply: buff.ly/KuadEMU
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November 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Just a few days left to apply!
Thank you, @ankahajkova.bsky.social! Really enjoyed the long chat with Bea @theajruk.bsky.social and Natalia about Eva Reichmann’s postwar work for @wienerlibrary.bsky.social and her German Jewish networks in exile. With thanks to @lbilondon.bsky.social for this event and to everyone for coming!
What a treat listening to @ceschmidt.bsky.social talk on Eva Reichmann, the Holocaust testimony, and narrativity, following Natalia Aleksiun and Bea Lewkowicz @wienerlibrary.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Thank you, @ankahajkova.bsky.social! Really enjoyed the long chat with Bea @theajruk.bsky.social and Natalia about Eva Reichmann’s postwar work for @wienerlibrary.bsky.social and her German Jewish networks in exile. With thanks to @lbilondon.bsky.social for this event and to everyone for coming!
Are you a postgrad with a passion for public history and engaging different publics with the latest Holocaust research? Join our team! Details ⬇️
📣 We're hiring!
Join us for a fixed-term part time role at the Library as our Research and Engagement Officer.
We are seeking a highly motivated and knowledgeable individual with a postgraduate qualification in Holocaust Studies or a closely related field.
Find out more and apply: buff.ly/KuadEMU
Join us for a fixed-term part time role at the Library as our Research and Engagement Officer.
We are seeking a highly motivated and knowledgeable individual with a postgraduate qualification in Holocaust Studies or a closely related field.
Find out more and apply: buff.ly/KuadEMU
Work With Us - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Find out about our employment opportunities
wienerholocaustlibrary.org
October 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Are you a postgrad with a passion for public history and engaging different publics with the latest Holocaust research? Join our team! Details ⬇️
Looking for short-term Holocaust research-related fellowships in the UK? Our second @ehri-uk.bsky.social Fellowship call is now live! Details below and spread the word!
The Second Call for EHRI-UK National Research Fellowships is live 📅 Apply by 30 Nov 2025
Find out more 👇
www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-fell...
@wienerlibrary.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @hgrporg.bsky.social @holocaustnorth.bsky.social @biahs1.bsky.social @parkesinstitute.bsky.social
Find out more 👇
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@wienerlibrary.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @hgrporg.bsky.social @holocaustnorth.bsky.social @biahs1.bsky.social @parkesinstitute.bsky.social
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October 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Looking for short-term Holocaust research-related fellowships in the UK? Our second @ehri-uk.bsky.social Fellowship call is now live! Details below and spread the word!
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I am so pleased the important work on Eva Reichmann by my friend Christine @ceschmidt.bsky.social is now coming out. Reichmann was the grande dame of the early Holocaust studies and her biography has been long overdue.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Eva G. Reichmann and Holocaust Scholarship
German-British Jewish scholar, Dr Eva Gabriele Reichmann made significant contributions to the postwar historiography of the Holocaust, well before ‘Holocaust studies’ was established as a field. She ...
www.degruyterbrill.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I am so pleased the important work on Eva Reichmann by my friend Christine @ceschmidt.bsky.social is now coming out. Reichmann was the grande dame of the early Holocaust studies and her biography has been long overdue.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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On display now until 5 November, Finding Ivy: A Life Worthy of Life....
This important travelling exhibition tells the stories of disabled British-born victims of Nazi persecution in the wider context of the Nazis’ T4 ‘euthanasia’ programme.
Find out more: buff.ly/1qhoBfN
This important travelling exhibition tells the stories of disabled British-born victims of Nazi persecution in the wider context of the Nazis’ T4 ‘euthanasia’ programme.
Find out more: buff.ly/1qhoBfN
October 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
On display now until 5 November, Finding Ivy: A Life Worthy of Life....
This important travelling exhibition tells the stories of disabled British-born victims of Nazi persecution in the wider context of the Nazis’ T4 ‘euthanasia’ programme.
Find out more: buff.ly/1qhoBfN
This important travelling exhibition tells the stories of disabled British-born victims of Nazi persecution in the wider context of the Nazis’ T4 ‘euthanasia’ programme.
Find out more: buff.ly/1qhoBfN
Reposted by Christine Schmidt
The Wiener Holocaust Library stands in solidarity with Britain’s Jewish community after yesterday's horrific attack targeting Jews on Yom Kippur. Our thoughts are with the families of Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz, the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation & all who have been affected by these events.
October 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The Wiener Holocaust Library stands in solidarity with Britain’s Jewish community after yesterday's horrific attack targeting Jews on Yom Kippur. Our thoughts are with the families of Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz, the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation & all who have been affected by these events.
Thank you very much to @uolsbc.bsky.social @svenjabethke.bsky.social, Paul Moore, Bright Chimezda, and Jaspreet Singh for being such wonderful hosts and to all who came out to see the exhibition last week. First time in Leicester! And hope to return @hgrporg.bsky.social @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social
We recently hosted @ceschmidt.bsky.social from the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social and Prof. Dan Stone from Royal Holloway, University of London, for an exhibition sharing heartbreaking cases from the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social International Tracing Service, used to locate missing Holocaust victims
September 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Thank you very much to @uolsbc.bsky.social @svenjabethke.bsky.social, Paul Moore, Bright Chimezda, and Jaspreet Singh for being such wonderful hosts and to all who came out to see the exhibition last week. First time in Leicester! And hope to return @hgrporg.bsky.social @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social
We have a cover! Coming in March 2026: our edited volume on the experiences of older Jews during the Holocaust. And in November 2025 @wienerlibrary.bsky.social - a temporary exhibition on the same topic. Stay tuned…
How does age affect people’s experiences in times of humanitarian crisis? This forthcoming book coedited by @ceschmidt.bsky.social, Betsy Anthony, and me explores the lives of #OlderJews before, during, and after the #Holocaust. wsupress.wayne.edu/9780814352052/
August 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
We have a cover! Coming in March 2026: our edited volume on the experiences of older Jews during the Holocaust. And in November 2025 @wienerlibrary.bsky.social - a temporary exhibition on the same topic. Stay tuned…
Reposted by Christine Schmidt
Upcoming Event! Co-curators of the 'Fate Unknown' exhibition Christine Schmidt @wienerlibrary.bsky.social + Dan Stone @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social + expert researchers will discuss the ITS archive in Birmingham on 17 Sep and Leicester on 18 Sep.
Birmingham: bit.ly/3Um2CtN
Leicester: bit.ly/4lmMOSw
Birmingham: bit.ly/3Um2CtN
Leicester: bit.ly/4lmMOSw
August 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Upcoming Event! Co-curators of the 'Fate Unknown' exhibition Christine Schmidt @wienerlibrary.bsky.social + Dan Stone @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social + expert researchers will discuss the ITS archive in Birmingham on 17 Sep and Leicester on 18 Sep.
Birmingham: bit.ly/3Um2CtN
Leicester: bit.ly/4lmMOSw
Birmingham: bit.ly/3Um2CtN
Leicester: bit.ly/4lmMOSw
Last evening event until September! Thank you to @helencfinch.bsky.social @ankahajkova.bsky.social and to all who attended for a smart, illuminating evening on German-Jewish writers after the Holocaust @wienerlibrary.bsky.social
All prepped for Helen’s talk in one hour! @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @helencfinch.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Last evening event until September! Thank you to @helencfinch.bsky.social @ankahajkova.bsky.social and to all who attended for a smart, illuminating evening on German-Jewish writers after the Holocaust @wienerlibrary.bsky.social
Last week to apply!
📣Calling all UK-based researchers, archivists, curators, librarians!📣The new @ehri-uk.bsky.social National Fellowship programme is now live! Deadline to apply: 23 July @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @holocaustnorth.bsky.social www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-fell...
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July 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Last week to apply!
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Our Director of Research, @ceschmidt.bsky.social, will be speaking at the Women's History Network's Annual Conference this September!
Find out more and register to attend online below ⬇
Find out more and register to attend online below ⬇
📢 Just announced! The programme & booking is now live for our Annual Conference 2025.
🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections.
🔗 womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
#WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage
🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections.
🔗 womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
#WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage
July 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Our Director of Research, @ceschmidt.bsky.social, will be speaking at the Women's History Network's Annual Conference this September!
Find out more and register to attend online below ⬇
Find out more and register to attend online below ⬇
📣Calling all UK-based researchers, archivists, curators, librarians!📣The new @ehri-uk.bsky.social National Fellowship programme is now live! Deadline to apply: 23 July @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @holocaustnorth.bsky.social www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-fell...
EHRI-UK Fellowships | EHRI-UK
www.ehri-uk.org
July 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
📣Calling all UK-based researchers, archivists, curators, librarians!📣The new @ehri-uk.bsky.social National Fellowship programme is now live! Deadline to apply: 23 July @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @holocaustnorth.bsky.social www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-fell...