Our collection of newspapers and journals runs from the late 19th century up to today. It comprises more than 3,000 titles on paper and microfilm, including 140 Current Subscriptions.

The periodicals catalogue is accessible via our website. You can access the serials section by going to the online searches section on the website and selecting the online catalogue. We use our in-house thesaurus and special press subject terms for indexing.

Subjects covered

1. German-Jewish periodicals

2. Regional publications

3. Periodicals by Jewish organisations

4. Special interest publications

5. Anti-Nazi & Exile periodicals/publications:

• Non-German Anti-Nazi publications
• Illegal periodicals
• Periodicals by refugees and exiles.

6. Post-war periodicals:

• DP camp periodicals
• Post-war publications by former refugees
• Holocaust & genocide studies.

7. National socialist periodicals

8. Wiener Library publications

• Nazis at War (1940-45)
• Jewish News (1942-45)
• The Wiener Library Bulletin (1946-81)
  Find the first editions here:
  Nazis at War, No 1 of October 1940 (pdf)
  Jewish News, No 1 of January 1942 (pdf)
  Wiener Library Bulletin, Vol 1, No 1 of November 1946

9. Wiener Library Newsletter (1985 -)
   






Freiheit : Organ für Frieden, Freiheit, Recht und Wohlstand,
No. 1, January 1938
This communist periodical was published in Amsterdam by the German Communist Party, Group West. Camouflaged as an innocuous calendar for health and safety it was smuggled into Germany to inform and support anti-Nazis in their fight against Hitler