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The world's oldest Holocaust archive and Britain's largest collection on the Nazi era.

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Our latest @hgrporg.bsky.social exhibition uncovers the untold story of elderly Jews during and after the Holocaust through the eyes of people for whom 1945 often marked the end of their long lives.

Eldercide: Older Jews and the Holocaust is on display until April 2026
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The Wiener Library is one of the world's leading and most extensive archives on the Holocaust and Nazi era. Formed in 1933, the Library's unique collection of over one million items includes…
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November 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
📣 Discover the stories behind our latest exhibition, Eldercide: Older Jews and the Holocaust.

Join us on 2 December for a roundtable discussion with curators Christine Schmidt, Dan Stone, and Roxy Moore that will explore the untold history of of elderly Jews during the Holocaust: buff.ly/LK10rJX
November 18, 2025 at 2:48 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...
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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We were honoured to launch our newest exhibition 'Eldercide: Older Jews and the Holocaust' at @wienerlibrary.bsky.social with @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social last week. Thank you to Dr Christine Schmidt, Dr Dan Stone, Nicola Loftus, and Dr Toby Simpson for the introduction to the material and topic.
November 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Our November newsletter has just made its way to subscribers!

Find out more about forthcoming free exhibitions and events, newly digitised collections, and all the latest updates from the Library: mailchi.mp/wienerholoca...
📧 The Wiener Holocaust Library November Newsletter
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November 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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In the months following November 1938, Alfred Wiener and his colleagues at the JCIO in Amsterdam collected over 350 contemporary testimonies and reports of the November Pogrom in Germany and Austria.

Discover the full testimony collection via our online archive buff.ly/xmB0rV5
Search - The Wiener Holocaust Library
On 9 and 10 November 1938, simultaneously in hundreds of towns and villages in Germany and Austria, thousands of Jews were terrorised, persecuted and victimised.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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'He was sitting in a Jewish café when a gang of young uniformed SA men stormed into the café holding raised revolvers and cried, "Revenge for Paris!“ He heard a shot and at the same moment the entire café was smashed to pieces, during which this gentleman was able to escape...

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Report regarding the November Pogrom events in Düsseldorf
Report regarding the November Pogrom events in Düsseldorf
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November 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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📣 Discover the stories behind our latest exhibition, Eldercide: Older Jews and the Holocaust.

Join us on 2 December for a roundtable discussion with curators Christine Schmidt, Dan Stone, and Roxy Moore that will explore the untold history of of elderly Jews during the Holocaust:
Curators Roundtable - Eldercide: Older Jews and the Holocaust  - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Discover the stories behind The Wiener Holocaust Library's latest exhibition, Eldercide: Older Jews and the Holocaust. Join curators Christine Schmidt, Dan Stone, and Roxy Moore for a roundtable…
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November 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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The Warsaw ghetto was segregated from the rest of the population by a wall and sealed on 15 November 1940

Jewish policemen guarded the inside of the wall, and Nazi and Polish officers patrolled the outside. Over 400,000 people were imprisoned.

Learn more via #TheHolocaustExplained
Case Study: Warsaw Ghetto – The Holocaust Explained: Designed for schools
This map shows the boundaries of the Warsaw Ghetto, where 400,000 people were incarcerated. It was published by the Yiddish Scientific Institute in 1944.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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This postcard was sent from Ludwig Marx to his wife Regina from Dachau concentration camp on this day in 1938.

Part of our vast archive of family document collections, the full digitised collection can now be viewed via our digital archive, Wiener Digital Collections 🔗 buff.ly/a0w4x27
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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"Smaller and larger mobs appeared in numerous homes and senselessly destroyed their fixtures and fittings. Furniture was smashed up, and they took particular pleasure in shattering mirrors, crystal and similar objects..."

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November 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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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, featuring previously unseen…
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November 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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New show exposes Nazi persecution of elderly Jews, spotlighting resilience, cultural resistance and generational memory
Wiener Holocaust Library unveils ‘Eldercide’ exhibition on fate of older Jews
New show exposes Nazi persecution of elderly Jews, spotlighting resilience, cultural resistance and generational memory
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November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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On 10 December 2025, the Holocaust and Genocide Research Partnership (HGRP) @hgrporg.bsky.social will be hosting two events with Dr Anna Hájková on her latest book, 'People Without History Are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust'.

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November 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In the months following November 1938, Alfred Wiener and his colleagues at the JCIO in Amsterdam collected over 350 contemporary testimonies and reports of the November Pogrom in Germany and Austria.

Discover the full testimony collection via our online archive
buff.ly
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Every month we collate exciting news and send it directly to your inbox. including information around new acquisitions, forthcoming exhibitions and events

We have been keeping up to date with our friends through a newsletter or bulletin throughout our 90 year history

Subscribe:
Home - The Wiener Holocaust Library
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, featuring previously unseen…
buff.ly
November 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
"Smaller and larger mobs appeared in numerous homes and senselessly destroyed their fixtures and fittings. Furniture was smashed up, and they took particular pleasure in shattering mirrors, crystal and similar objects..."

🔗 buff.ly/Y9kdpBw
November 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This postcard was sent from Ludwig Marx to his wife Regina from Dachau concentration camp on this day in 1938.

Part of our vast archive of family document collections, the full digitised collection can now be viewed via our digital archive, Wiener Digital Collections 🔗 buff.ly/a0w4x27
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The Warsaw ghetto was segregated from the rest of the population by a wall and sealed on 15 November 1940

Jewish policemen guarded the inside of the wall, and Nazi and Polish officers patrolled the outside. Over 400,000 people were imprisoned.

Learn more via #TheHolocaustExplained
Case Study: Warsaw Ghetto – The Holocaust Explained: Designed for schools
This map shows the boundaries of the Warsaw Ghetto, where 400,000 people were incarcerated. It was published by the Yiddish Scientific Institute in 1944.
buff.ly
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
📣 Discover the stories behind our latest exhibition, Eldercide: Older Jews and the Holocaust.

Join us on 2 December for a roundtable discussion with curators Christine Schmidt, Dan Stone, and Roxy Moore that will explore the untold history of of elderly Jews during the Holocaust:
Curators Roundtable - Eldercide: Older Jews and the Holocaust  - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Discover the stories behind The Wiener Holocaust Library's latest exhibition, Eldercide: Older Jews and the Holocaust. Join curators Christine Schmidt, Dan Stone, and Roxy Moore for a roundtable…
buff.ly
November 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
'He was sitting in a Jewish café when a gang of young uniformed SA men stormed into the café holding raised revolvers and cried, "Revenge for Paris!“ He heard a shot and at the same moment the entire café was smashed to pieces, during which this gentleman was able to escape...

🔗 buff.ly/PjpuCyK
Report regarding the November Pogrom events in Düsseldorf
Report regarding the November Pogrom events in Düsseldorf
www.whlcollections.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In the months following November 1938, Alfred Wiener and his colleagues at the JCIO in Amsterdam collected over 350 contemporary testimonies and reports of the November Pogrom in Germany and Austria.

Discover the full testimony collection via our online archive buff.ly/xmB0rV5
Search - The Wiener Holocaust Library
On 9 and 10 November 1938, simultaneously in hundreds of towns and villages in Germany and Austria, thousands of Jews were terrorised, persecuted and victimised.
whlcollections.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Following Kristallnacht, antisemitism in Germany intensified further. This shop had 'On holiday in Dachau' painted onto the front, referring to the owners' arrest and deportation to the concentration camp.

Learn more via #TheHolocaustExplained buff.ly/COGS9AJ
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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How were 160,000 Łódź Jews forced from across the city to a small ghetto? How can digital methods allow us to visualize the historical sources that tell this story?

PhD students are invited to join our next PhD & a Cup of Tea seminar in which Ruthie Kaplan will explain her findings
PhD and a Cup of Tea - Spatial Research of Łódź's Jewish Middle and Upper-Class Before the Holocaust - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Part of our PhD and a Cup of Tea series of academic seminars. Ruthie Kaplan will discuss her research exploring the spatial conduct of Łódź's Jewish middle—and upper-class in the interwar period.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Elderly Jews Were Among the Most Likely to Die in the Holocaust. Why Has History Forgotten About the Genocide’s Oldest Victims?

Our latest groundbreaking @hgrporg.bsky.social exhibition is featured in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social 🔗 www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/e...
Elderly Jews Were Among the Most Likely to Die in the Holocaust. Why Has History Forgotten About the Genocide's Oldest Victims?
A new exhibition at London's Wiener Holocaust Library spotlights the unique challenges faced by European Jews who were over the age of 55 during World War II
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM