The Wiener Library has been cutting newspaper articles on a daily basis since 1933. They are drawn from an international range of newspapers and now number several million. The articles cover a wide range of subjects relating to events in Europe and elsewhere before, during and after the Second World War.
The articles are arranged by subject according to an in-house classification and thus allow researchers to trace changing attitudes and perceptions towards the Holocaust. The press cuttings also reflect changes after the Cold War and the re-unification of Germany. The availability of press cuttings from such diverse sources over such a long period of time makes the Wiener Library Press Cuttings Archive a unique source for researchers.
- Restitution and looted art
- Historical debates such as the Goldhagen debate
- War crime trials
- Antisemitism in Germany and elsewhere
- The rise of the New Right post-1945, particularly in Germany
- Holocaust memorials and museums
- Book reviews
The archive also has a huge biographical section which has information about many Nazis and war criminals as well as exiles from Nazi persecution and eminent survivors and German Jews of today.
Finding aids to the Press Cuttings Archive are available in our reading room.