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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 15h

📢 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.

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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 · 16h

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 · 19h

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

📣 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 · 1d

📣 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 · 1d

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 · 5d

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 · 3d

#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 · 2d

📣 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 · 2d

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 · 5d

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 · 2d

“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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

Did you know we offer free visits for school, college, and university groups to visit our archive and learn from the thousands of important documents it holds?

Last year we undertook 40 educational visits, reaching 1,328 students and 142 teachers

Find out more: buff.ly/azV0oPc

Learn - The Wiener Holocaust Library

We have an active outreach programme for the public, for schools, and for scholars.

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

“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 · 12d

In this online workshop, Sütterlin specialist Carolin Sommer shines a light on the mysterious Sutterlin writing script. We uncover why it was introduced, why it was abandoned, and why it appears so hieroglyphic even when written in a neat hand.

Catch up now:

Decoding Sütterlin: Reading Handwritten Holocaust Documents Workshop

Handwritten documents from the Holocaust, whether in the form of diaries, personal letters or official forms, sometimes seem to have been written in an unreadable scrawl. Often, the reason they…

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 8d

Drawing in over 2m visitors each year, our educational website plays an important role in online Holocaust education worldwide, ensuring that high-quality learning is not limited by geography or means

In 2024 #TheHolocaustExplained received 3.6m page views!

Visit now: buff.ly/yMxTIoF

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

"...on the way to Theresienstadt… it will be quite a time until you get any more news..."

On 2 October 1942, Dr Hans Schmoller sent this telegram to his sister in law who had emigrated to England. Exactly a month later he died in unknown circumstances at the hands of the Nazis in the ghetto...

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

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

📢 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:

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

📣 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

wienerholocaustlibrary.org

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

At the Battle of Cable Street on 4 October 1936, at least 100,000 people, including Jewish residents, Irish dock workers, Communists and Labour Party members prevented a march by Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists (BUF) from passing through the East End...

Pamphlet - They did not pass : 300,000 workers say no to Mosley. A souvenir of the East London workers' victory over fascism, produced by the Independent Labour Party. Wiener Holocaust Library collections.

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Institut für die Geschichte der deutschen Juden @igdjhh.bsky.social · 4d

Trading Liberty for Security? On 6 October 2025 @wienerlibrary.bsky.social will host the launch of a double special issue on wartime internment which features an article by @dinalog.bsky.social and Kim Wünschmann on tribunals as a system for legalising WWII-internment t1p.de/zmlxx Registration free👇

Trading Liberty for Security? 35 Years of Research into Internment in the Two World Wars - The Wiener Holocaust Library

A presentation and panel discussion on a new double special edition on wartime internment in Britain.

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

#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.

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