We have been collecting material related to the Holocaust and other genocides since 1933. Our holdings contain approximately 70,000 books and pamphlets, 2,000 physical document collections, 45,000 photographs and 3,000 periodical titles (including 110 current subscriptions), 1 million press cuttings, as well as posters, objects, artworks, digital collections, and audiovisual materials.
Collections Catalogue / Visit the catalogue to start your research
Search across our documents, books, periodicals, pamphlets and more.
Staff Picks / Collections Highlights
We asked our staff, trustees and friends of the Library to choose a special selection of items from our collection.
Visit Us / The Wolfson Reading Room
Using our collections for the first time? Read our helpful guidance prior to your visit
Digital Resources
Refugee Map / Documents from the Library
Drawn from our Family Papers Collections, this digital map traces refugee journeys through photographs, diaries, letters, and interviews.
Pogrom: November 1938 / Testimonies from ‘Kristallnacht’
In the months following November 1938, the Wiener Library collected over 350 reports of the November Pogrom in Germany and Austria.
Testifying to the Truth / Eyewitnesses to the Holocaust
Our collection of over 1,000 from eyewitnesses accounts to Nazi persecution and genocide are available in English for the first time
Collection Services
Collections / Image Licensing
Remote Access / Document Delivery Service
For those unable to visit us in person we offer a document delivery service where our Collections Team will provide scans on your behalf.
Grow the Collection / Suggest a Book
Reading Room / Digital resources available onsite at The Wiener Holocaust Library
Discover audio-visual resources, documents and databases which are available onsite to readers and visitors in the Wolfson Reading Room.