Dr C Weissenberg
@drcweissenberg.bsky.social
Research: Micro archive of Werner Weissenberg.
Designer & editor: the Kitchener Camp Project & the Leave to Land exhibition
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/24/kitchener-camp-sandwich-kent-german-jews-haven
Www.fromnumberstonames.com
Designer & editor: the Kitchener Camp Project & the Leave to Land exhibition
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/24/kitchener-camp-sandwich-kent-german-jews-haven
Www.fromnumberstonames.com
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For those who don't know me: I work independently at an intersection of Holocaust history, migration history, & German Jewish genealogy, utilising micro archives, macro archives, collaborative project work, digital methods, & digital outputs.
For those who don't know me: I work independently at an intersection of Holocaust history, migration history, & German Jewish genealogy, utilising micro archives, macro archives, collaborative project work, digital methods, & digital outputs.
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As Ukraine marks Holodomor Remembrance Day, mourning millions of victims of Stalin's genocidal famine, it feels as though the Trump administration is happy to give Putin another chance to finish off what Stalin started. Europe should do everything in its power to help Ukraine & defeat Russia.
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
As Ukraine marks Holodomor Remembrance Day, mourning millions of victims of Stalin's genocidal famine, it feels as though the Trump administration is happy to give Putin another chance to finish off what Stalin started. Europe should do everything in its power to help Ukraine & defeat Russia.
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'It is time to rethink how we teach the Holocaust’, op ed piece by Centre's @andypearce.bsky.social, via www.schoolmanagementplus.com/teaching-lea...
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@arthurjchapman.bsky.social
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'It is time to rethink how we teach the Holocaust' | School Management Plus
As survivors' voices fade, we need to be clear about why and how we teach the Holocaust, writes Dr Andy Pearce
www.schoolmanagementplus.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
'It is time to rethink how we teach the Holocaust’, op ed piece by Centre's @andypearce.bsky.social, via www.schoolmanagementplus.com/teaching-lea...
@eddorrell.bsky.social
@arthurjchapman.bsky.social
@eddorrell.bsky.social
@arthurjchapman.bsky.social
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This article should be read by every teacher of history. A powerful analysis of the why and the how of teaching about the Holocaust in an age of misinformation and conspiracy theory. Brilliant writing from @andypearce.bsky.social
'It is time to rethink how we teach the Holocaust’, op ed piece by Centre's @andypearce.bsky.social, via www.schoolmanagementplus.com/teaching-lea...
@eddorrell.bsky.social
@arthurjchapman.bsky.social
@eddorrell.bsky.social
@arthurjchapman.bsky.social
'It is time to rethink how we teach the Holocaust' | School Management Plus
As survivors' voices fade, we need to be clear about why and how we teach the Holocaust, writes Dr Andy Pearce
www.schoolmanagementplus.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 AM
This article should be read by every teacher of history. A powerful analysis of the why and the how of teaching about the Holocaust in an age of misinformation and conspiracy theory. Brilliant writing from @andypearce.bsky.social
Witkoff’s nickname being Dim Philby is a light in much darkness this morning.
Witkoff is probably too ignorant to realize this should hurt. /2
November 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Witkoff’s nickname being Dim Philby is a light in much darkness this morning.
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On the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Nuremberg Trials Harvard Law School Library releases the first set of digitised records.
hls.harvard.edu/today/harvar...
hls.harvard.edu/today/harvar...
Harvard Law School Library releases first complete set of digitized Nuremberg Trials records - Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School's Nuremberg Trials Project has finalized the first complete, keyword searchable online collection of more than 750,000 pages of Nazi war tribunal documents.
hls.harvard.edu
November 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
On the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Nuremberg Trials Harvard Law School Library releases the first set of digitised records.
hls.harvard.edu/today/harvar...
hls.harvard.edu/today/harvar...
Making himself more popular with every decision
Starmer expected to approve China’s ‘mega’ embassy in London on.ft.com/47UxgSF
Starmer expected to approve China’s ‘mega’ embassy in London
PM likely to green light project despite concerns about Beijing’s efforts to spy on Britain
on.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Making himself more popular with every decision
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This is what happens when you put a preening, lazy, populist, dilettante in charge of a country.
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is what happens when you put a preening, lazy, populist, dilettante in charge of a country.
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
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To become a member of the British-German Association, visit britishgermanassociation.org/memberships/
December 17, 2024 at 12:51 PM
To become a member of the British-German Association, visit britishgermanassociation.org/memberships/
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I know Londoners are keen to help.
If you see someone sleeping on the streets, alert StreetLink to connect them to local services: thestreetlink.org.uk
You can also support London homelessness charities by donating to TAP London: www.taplondon.org
If you see someone sleeping on the streets, alert StreetLink to connect them to local services: thestreetlink.org.uk
You can also support London homelessness charities by donating to TAP London: www.taplondon.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I know Londoners are keen to help.
If you see someone sleeping on the streets, alert StreetLink to connect them to local services: thestreetlink.org.uk
You can also support London homelessness charities by donating to TAP London: www.taplondon.org
If you see someone sleeping on the streets, alert StreetLink to connect them to local services: thestreetlink.org.uk
You can also support London homelessness charities by donating to TAP London: www.taplondon.org
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Ask a stupid question, dry up a river.
November 19, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Ask a stupid question, dry up a river.
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Join us for the final lecture in our 2025 Lecture Series, Belonging and Exclusion.
Dr Julia Ng from Goldsmiths, University of London, will present A Politics of Inaction: Daoism in German-Jewish Thought on Thursday 27 November at 5.30pm.
Book now:
lbilondon.ac.uk/ng-25
Dr Julia Ng from Goldsmiths, University of London, will present A Politics of Inaction: Daoism in German-Jewish Thought on Thursday 27 November at 5.30pm.
Book now:
lbilondon.ac.uk/ng-25
November 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Join us for the final lecture in our 2025 Lecture Series, Belonging and Exclusion.
Dr Julia Ng from Goldsmiths, University of London, will present A Politics of Inaction: Daoism in German-Jewish Thought on Thursday 27 November at 5.30pm.
Book now:
lbilondon.ac.uk/ng-25
Dr Julia Ng from Goldsmiths, University of London, will present A Politics of Inaction: Daoism in German-Jewish Thought on Thursday 27 November at 5.30pm.
Book now:
lbilondon.ac.uk/ng-25
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Our friends Jewish History Association of South Wales are expanding their scope to the whole of Wales and have plenty of new projects celebrating Welsh Jewish heritage.
Find out more: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/the-jew...
#JewishHistory #JewishCulture #Archives #Wales #NewBlogPost
Find out more: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/the-jew...
#JewishHistory #JewishCulture #Archives #Wales #NewBlogPost
The Jewish History Association of Wales: From South Wales Roots to a National Vision - hiddentreasurenew
The Jewish History Association of South Wales turns eight this year. Laura Henley Harrison, project manager, tells us about how the organisation is changing to celebrate more of the Jewish heritage ac...
celebratingjewisharchives.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Our friends Jewish History Association of South Wales are expanding their scope to the whole of Wales and have plenty of new projects celebrating Welsh Jewish heritage.
Find out more: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/the-jew...
#JewishHistory #JewishCulture #Archives #Wales #NewBlogPost
Find out more: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/the-jew...
#JewishHistory #JewishCulture #Archives #Wales #NewBlogPost
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Anyone else with a refugee background finding *all this* triggering?
It is not ‘about me’. I live safe in a warm house and have two global north citizenships.
But I grew up with a parent with a suitcase of all the documents he might ever need tucked under his bed.
Don’t follow this route, people.
It is not ‘about me’. I live safe in a warm house and have two global north citizenships.
But I grew up with a parent with a suitcase of all the documents he might ever need tucked under his bed.
Don’t follow this route, people.
On leaving Nazi Germany
10) The inclusion of jewellery & valuables is prohibited
With the exception of:
Wedding ring of the emigrant
Pocket watch value to 100 RM
Used cutlery – silver 1 set pp for a family of 3, 1 extra set for family of 5. Each piece total weight 40 gm
👇🏻 translation & original
10) The inclusion of jewellery & valuables is prohibited
With the exception of:
Wedding ring of the emigrant
Pocket watch value to 100 RM
Used cutlery – silver 1 set pp for a family of 3, 1 extra set for family of 5. Each piece total weight 40 gm
👇🏻 translation & original
November 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Anyone else with a refugee background finding *all this* triggering?
It is not ‘about me’. I live safe in a warm house and have two global north citizenships.
But I grew up with a parent with a suitcase of all the documents he might ever need tucked under his bed.
Don’t follow this route, people.
It is not ‘about me’. I live safe in a warm house and have two global north citizenships.
But I grew up with a parent with a suitcase of all the documents he might ever need tucked under his bed.
Don’t follow this route, people.
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With the 80th anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials approaching, this is a valuable resource for teachers bringing the IMT legacy into the classroom.
How did the Allies try & punish Nazi war criminals?
What was the reaction from the British public?
& why have other trials been largely overlooked?
How did the Allies try & punish Nazi war criminals?
What was the reaction from the British public?
& why have other trials been largely overlooked?
November 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
With the 80th anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials approaching, this is a valuable resource for teachers bringing the IMT legacy into the classroom.
How did the Allies try & punish Nazi war criminals?
What was the reaction from the British public?
& why have other trials been largely overlooked?
How did the Allies try & punish Nazi war criminals?
What was the reaction from the British public?
& why have other trials been largely overlooked?
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Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.
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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:
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
📣 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:
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:
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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
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
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
Discover the full testimony collection via our online archive buff.ly/xmB0rV5
Anyone else with a refugee background finding *all this* triggering?
It is not ‘about me’. I live safe in a warm house and have two global north citizenships.
But I grew up with a parent with a suitcase of all the documents he might ever need tucked under his bed.
Don’t follow this route, people.
It is not ‘about me’. I live safe in a warm house and have two global north citizenships.
But I grew up with a parent with a suitcase of all the documents he might ever need tucked under his bed.
Don’t follow this route, people.
On leaving Nazi Germany
10) The inclusion of jewellery & valuables is prohibited
With the exception of:
Wedding ring of the emigrant
Pocket watch value to 100 RM
Used cutlery – silver 1 set pp for a family of 3, 1 extra set for family of 5. Each piece total weight 40 gm
👇🏻 translation & original
10) The inclusion of jewellery & valuables is prohibited
With the exception of:
Wedding ring of the emigrant
Pocket watch value to 100 RM
Used cutlery – silver 1 set pp for a family of 3, 1 extra set for family of 5. Each piece total weight 40 gm
👇🏻 translation & original
November 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Anyone else with a refugee background finding *all this* triggering?
It is not ‘about me’. I live safe in a warm house and have two global north citizenships.
But I grew up with a parent with a suitcase of all the documents he might ever need tucked under his bed.
Don’t follow this route, people.
It is not ‘about me’. I live safe in a warm house and have two global north citizenships.
But I grew up with a parent with a suitcase of all the documents he might ever need tucked under his bed.
Don’t follow this route, people.
But your average Brit is way too cautious and should invest more!
I know this because my government tells me it’s so.
I know this because my government tells me it’s so.
November 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
But your average Brit is way too cautious and should invest more!
I know this because my government tells me it’s so.
I know this because my government tells me it’s so.
Nazi Germany, 1939 👇🏻
Refugees can take their wedding ring and a watch, but other jewellery was forfeit to the state.
Either on leaving, or on relatives’ deportation a couple of years later.
Apropos nothing much, in current UK politics…
Refugees can take their wedding ring and a watch, but other jewellery was forfeit to the state.
Either on leaving, or on relatives’ deportation a couple of years later.
Apropos nothing much, in current UK politics…
On leaving Nazi Germany
10) The inclusion of jewellery & valuables is prohibited
With the exception of:
Wedding ring of the emigrant
Pocket watch value to 100 RM
Used cutlery – silver 1 set pp for a family of 3, 1 extra set for family of 5. Each piece total weight 40 gm
👇🏻 translation & original
10) The inclusion of jewellery & valuables is prohibited
With the exception of:
Wedding ring of the emigrant
Pocket watch value to 100 RM
Used cutlery – silver 1 set pp for a family of 3, 1 extra set for family of 5. Each piece total weight 40 gm
👇🏻 translation & original
November 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Nazi Germany, 1939 👇🏻
Refugees can take their wedding ring and a watch, but other jewellery was forfeit to the state.
Either on leaving, or on relatives’ deportation a couple of years later.
Apropos nothing much, in current UK politics…
Refugees can take their wedding ring and a watch, but other jewellery was forfeit to the state.
Either on leaving, or on relatives’ deportation a couple of years later.
Apropos nothing much, in current UK politics…
Instructions for refugees leaving Nazi Germany, 1939
There were many conditions to be met (see Werner Weissenberg’s page, Kitchener camp website, for more:
kitchenercamp.co.uk/list-of-name...)
There were strict limits on money and valuables, and further restrictions & taxes on arrival.
There were many conditions to be met (see Werner Weissenberg’s page, Kitchener camp website, for more:
kitchenercamp.co.uk/list-of-name...)
There were strict limits on money and valuables, and further restrictions & taxes on arrival.
November 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Instructions for refugees leaving Nazi Germany, 1939
There were many conditions to be met (see Werner Weissenberg’s page, Kitchener camp website, for more:
kitchenercamp.co.uk/list-of-name...)
There were strict limits on money and valuables, and further restrictions & taxes on arrival.
There were many conditions to be met (see Werner Weissenberg’s page, Kitchener camp website, for more:
kitchenercamp.co.uk/list-of-name...)
There were strict limits on money and valuables, and further restrictions & taxes on arrival.
On leaving Nazi Germany
10) The inclusion of jewellery & valuables is prohibited
With the exception of:
Wedding ring of the emigrant
Pocket watch value to 100 RM
Used cutlery – silver 1 set pp for a family of 3, 1 extra set for family of 5. Each piece total weight 40 gm
👇🏻 translation & original
10) The inclusion of jewellery & valuables is prohibited
With the exception of:
Wedding ring of the emigrant
Pocket watch value to 100 RM
Used cutlery – silver 1 set pp for a family of 3, 1 extra set for family of 5. Each piece total weight 40 gm
👇🏻 translation & original
November 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
On leaving Nazi Germany
10) The inclusion of jewellery & valuables is prohibited
With the exception of:
Wedding ring of the emigrant
Pocket watch value to 100 RM
Used cutlery – silver 1 set pp for a family of 3, 1 extra set for family of 5. Each piece total weight 40 gm
👇🏻 translation & original
10) The inclusion of jewellery & valuables is prohibited
With the exception of:
Wedding ring of the emigrant
Pocket watch value to 100 RM
Used cutlery – silver 1 set pp for a family of 3, 1 extra set for family of 5. Each piece total weight 40 gm
👇🏻 translation & original
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A few weeks ago I wrote a piece on the 75th anniversary of the ECHR - and how it is threatened by the vicious politics of resentment that Labour and the Tories have enabled/encouraged in the past 20 years. This to me is what lies beneath the asylum "debate".
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How the European convention on human rights became a battleground between the centre and the right | Daniel Trilling
For 20 years, populists have been blaming the ECHR for endangering Britain by offering basic protections to immigrants, says author Daniel Trilling
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
A few weeks ago I wrote a piece on the 75th anniversary of the ECHR - and how it is threatened by the vicious politics of resentment that Labour and the Tories have enabled/encouraged in the past 20 years. This to me is what lies beneath the asylum "debate".
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
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Once upon a time the Labour Party believed it should develop new progressive ideas and policies that would enthuse and inspire the public into the belief that a better world is possible even if if needs some effort now to achieve it.
November 16, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Once upon a time the Labour Party believed it should develop new progressive ideas and policies that would enthuse and inspire the public into the belief that a better world is possible even if if needs some effort now to achieve it.