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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 1h

Every Tuesday we conduct a free tour of our archive, welcoming the public to see behind the scenes of one of the most important Holocaust-era collections in the world.

Sign up for next week's tour here:

Free Tour - Wiener Holocaust Library and Archive (Tuesdays)

Tuesdays 2-3pm

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 5h

There's still a handful of places for PhD students and early career researchers to join us on Monday for the first PhD and a Cup of Tea of this academic year!

Sign up now: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/phd-an...

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 1d

➡️ Project Talk: Why Comics? Telling Survivor Stories through Graphic Novels
🗓️ 23 October, 6:30 - 8pm

Join us next month as we host a talk exploring how graphic novels have proven to be a powerful medium for sharing stories of the Holocaust and other genocides and mass atrocities:

Project Talk: Why Comics? Telling Survivor Stories through Graphic Novels - The Wiener Holocaust Library

As part of its engagement with the international Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives Project, the Wiener Library will host a talk exploring how graphic novels have proven to be a powerful medium for…

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 1d

📣 Work with us!

We're hiring a Visitor Services Assistant (Maternity Cover) to work 5 days per week based onsite at the Library.

The role is a six months fixed term contract, with a possibility of extension, starting in November 2025.

Find out more:

Work With Us - The Wiener Holocaust Library

Find out about our employment opportunities

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 23h

Our friends and supporters are invited to join us for the launch of a travelling exhibition that will be at the Library for a three week showing.

The launch of Finding Ivy: A Life Worthy of Life, will feature guest speakers and a first chance to see this remarkable exhibition

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Exhibition Launch - Finding Ivy: A Life Worthy of Life - The Wiener Holocaust Library

Join us for the launch of Finding Ivy: A Life Worthy of Life. This important travelling exhibition which tells the stories of disabled British-born victims of Nazi persecution in the wider context of…

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 6h

Are you an MA or PhD student working on 20th-century European History or Holocaust studies? Join us for a digital skills workshop to discover highlights from our unique archive collections!

Sign up now: bit.ly/4naClvi

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 23h

Our friends and supporters are invited to join us for the launch of a travelling exhibition that will be at the Library for a three week showing.

The launch of Finding Ivy: A Life Worthy of Life, will feature guest speakers and a first chance to see this remarkable exhibition

🔗

Exhibition Launch - Finding Ivy: A Life Worthy of Life - The Wiener Holocaust Library

Join us for the launch of Finding Ivy: A Life Worthy of Life. This important travelling exhibition which tells the stories of disabled British-born victims of Nazi persecution in the wider context of…

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 1d

📣 Work with us!

We're hiring a Visitor Services Assistant (Maternity Cover) to work 5 days per week based onsite at the Library.

The role is a six months fixed term contract, with a possibility of extension, starting in November 2025.

Find out more:

Work With Us - The Wiener Holocaust Library

Find out about our employment opportunities

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 2d

On 8 October 1939 the first ghetto was opened at Piotrków. This was soon followed by the ghetto in Radomsko, and the first major ghetto in Łódź in February 1940

Over the following two years, hundreds of ghettos would be established across Poland

Learn more #TheHolocaustExplained

What were the ghettos and camps? – The Holocaust Explained: Designed for schools

This map, created by Herbert Froboess and entitled Deutschland 1945, shows some of the camps in Nazi Germany and some of the surrounding occupied countries.

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 1d

📢 In-person Talk: ‘The Ark’ – Wedgwood and European Refugees, 1933 -1945
📆 21 October, 6:30pm

Through archival material held at the V&A Wedgwood Collection, this talk will reveal how the Wedgwood Family & Company worked to help those being oppressed across Central Europe.

Sign up:

In-person Talk: 'The Ark' - Wedgwood and European Refugees, 1933 -1945 - The Wiener Holocaust Library

Through archival material and collections held at the V&A Wedgwood Collection, this talk by Michael Ruddy will reveal how the Wedgwood Family and Company worked resolutely to help those being…

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 1d

➡️ Project Talk: Why Comics? Telling Survivor Stories through Graphic Novels
🗓️ 23 October, 6:30 - 8pm

Join us next month as we host a talk exploring how graphic novels have proven to be a powerful medium for sharing stories of the Holocaust and other genocides and mass atrocities:

Project Talk: Why Comics? Telling Survivor Stories through Graphic Novels - The Wiener Holocaust Library

As part of its engagement with the international Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives Project, the Wiener Library will host a talk exploring how graphic novels have proven to be a powerful medium for…

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 1d

📢 In-person Talk: ‘The Ark’ – Wedgwood and European Refugees, 1933 -1945
📆 21 October, 6:30pm

Through archival material held at the V&A Wedgwood Collection, this talk will reveal how the Wedgwood Family & Company worked to help those being oppressed across Central Europe.

Sign up:

In-person Talk: 'The Ark' - Wedgwood and European Refugees, 1933 -1945 - The Wiener Holocaust Library

Through archival material and collections held at the V&A Wedgwood Collection, this talk by Michael Ruddy will reveal how the Wedgwood Family and Company worked resolutely to help those being…

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 2d

On 8 October 1939 the first ghetto was opened at Piotrków. This was soon followed by the ghetto in Radomsko, and the first major ghetto in Łódź in February 1940

Over the following two years, hundreds of ghettos would be established across Poland

Learn more #TheHolocaustExplained

What were the ghettos and camps? – The Holocaust Explained: Designed for schools

This map, created by Herbert Froboess and entitled Deutschland 1945, shows some of the camps in Nazi Germany and some of the surrounding occupied countries.

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 2d

This month we share the news that our Director will be leaving the Library at the end of the year to start an exciting role at IWM North. We’ll be sad to see Toby go after over a decade of important and instrumental work, but we wish him all the best with this brilliant opportunity buff.ly/4rOXc5K

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 3d

There's a handful of places left to join us at the Library or online for this screening and talk on Thursday!

A fantastic opportunity to find out more about anti-Nazi solidarity and its legacy in Wales... wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/the-se...

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 3d

📣 Launching next week!

This important travelling exhibition tells the stories of British-born victims of Nazi persecution in the wider context of the Nazis’ T4 euthanasia programme, featuring previously unseen materials from Schloss Hartheim memorial and The Wiener Holocaust Library

Travelling exhibition - Finding Ivy: A Life Worthy of Life - 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. It features previous unseen…

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 3d

📣 Launching next week!

This important travelling exhibition tells the stories of British-born victims of Nazi persecution in the wider context of the Nazis’ T4 euthanasia programme, featuring previously unseen materials from Schloss Hartheim memorial and The Wiener Holocaust Library

Travelling exhibition - Finding Ivy: A Life Worthy of Life - 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. It features previous unseen…

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 3d

There's a handful of places left to join us at the Library or online for this screening and talk on Thursday!

A fantastic opportunity to find out more about anti-Nazi solidarity and its legacy in Wales... wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/the-se...

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 7d

Don't just take our word for it...

There's only one more week to see our ground-breaking current exhibition, Looted: Two Families, Nazi Theft, and the Search for restitution.

Click below to see the amazing feedback from recent visitors to our gallery ⬇️

Find out more 🔗 buff.ly/MHVkNZh

A graphic featuring a photo of our current exhibition and wording that reads: A deeply moving and thought-provoking creative collaboration. A great exhibition.

A graphic featuring a close-up photo of a family album featured in our current exhibition and wording that reads: So well curated and a complete revelation for me.

Thank you.

A graphic featuring a close up of one panel in our current exhibition and wording that reads: Fascinating and thought-provoking.

The personal stories really brought the horrors of the period to life.

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 5d

#OnThisDay in 1938 it was agreed by Nazi leaders that all Jewish citizens should have their passports stamped with an identifying letter ‘J’.

The marking of their passports alienated the Jewish community and constituted an important area of persecution.

📸 Ernst Kamm's passport, stamped March 1939.

A scan of a German jewish passport, stamped with a red 'J' in March 1938

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 4d

📣 Work with us!

We're hiring a Visitor Services Assistant (Maternity Cover) to work 5 days per week based onsite at the Library.

The role is a six months fixed term contract, with a possibility of extension, starting in November 2025.

Find out more: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/what-we-do/s...

Work With Us - The Wiener Holocaust Library

Find out about our employment opportunities

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 4d

Only on display until the end of this week!

Don't miss your chance to see this fascinating curation...

The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 7d

Don't just take our word for it...

There's only one more week to see our ground-breaking current exhibition, Looted: Two Families, Nazi Theft, and the Search for restitution.

Click below to see the amazing feedback from recent visitors to our gallery ⬇️

Find out more 🔗 buff.ly/MHVkNZh

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 4d

“Before coming on this trip I had some knowledge of the Holocaust and Nazi Germany from previous studies but going through session I realised that much of my knowledge was surface level, and it was so interesting to hear a more detailed perspective from a specialist in the field”

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 3d

In case you missed it!

You can read our October newsletter via our website now:

Newsletters and Annual Reviews - The Wiener Holocaust Library

Read past editions of our E-Newsletter and Annual Reviews.

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 3d

In case you missed it!

You can read our October newsletter via our website now:

Newsletters and Annual Reviews - The Wiener Holocaust Library

Read past editions of our E-Newsletter and Annual Reviews.

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