A Lecture by Roger Moorhouse to mark the publication of his new book, Berlin at War: Life and Death in Hitler’s Capital. Held at The Wiener Library, 4 Devonshire Street, London W1W 5BH.
A lecture by Prof Marianne Hirsch and Prof Leo Spitzer (Columbia University) inspired by the recent publication of their book Ghosts of Home: The Afterlife of Czernowitz in Jewish Memory. Held at The Wiener Library, 4 Devonshire Street, London, W1W 5BH.
The last in the Library's lecture series, 'Writing Wrongs: The Nazi Era in Fiction'. Held at The Wiener Library, 4 Devonshire Street, London, W1W 5BH.
This lecture took the film A Foreign Affair (Billy Wilder 1948) as a starting point to explore the sexual and political ambiguities surrounding Dietrich's star image, and considered her mixed reception by German audiences.
Held at The Wiener Library, 4 Devonshire Street, London, W1W 5BH.
A one day conference in partnersthip with Kingston University London held at The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH.
A special lecture by Professor Detlev Claussen, organised in collaboration with the Leo Baeck Institute.
Held at The Wiener Library, 4 Devonshire Street, London, W1W 5BH.
Part of the Wiener Library/Birkbeck Lecture Series 2009-10.
Held at the Clore Lecture Theatre, Birkbeck College, University of London.
Part of the FilmTalk series Jews, Nazis, Hollywood, this lecture investigates these questions by analysing the beginning of the film Jud Süss by Veit Harlan (1940).
Held at The Wiener Library, 4 Devonshire Street, London, W1W 5BH.
The fourth in the Library's lecture series, 'Writing Wrongs: The Nazi Era in Fiction', examining the historical perspective of Nazi era fiction.
The lecture was chaired by Eva Hoffman, writer and academic.
Held at The Wiener Library, 4 Devonshire Street, London, W1W 5BH.
The third in the Library's lecture series, 'Writing Wrongs: The Nazi Era in Fiction', examining the historical perspective of Nazi era fiction.
The lecture was chaired by Guy Walters, author and editor.
Held at The Wiener Library, 4 Devonshire Street, London, W1W 5BH.
A special pre-launch lecture on a new prize-winning book from Vallentine Mitchell. The evening featured a short lecture by Dr Paul Levine as well as a question and answer session and book signing.
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To mark the long-awaited publication of the English translation of Philipp Manes' wartime diaries, co-editors Ben Barkow and Klaus Leist presented the work at Jewish Book Week in an event chaired by Victoria Glendinning.
Held at the Royal National Hotel, Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0DG.
Part of the Wiener Library/Birkbeck Lecture Series 2009-10, Prof Foot investigated the status of fascism, the war and the Holocaust in post-war Italian culture.
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A special lecture given at The Wiener Library by Anne Sebba as part of 'Past Caring: A Celebration of Love in History', to celebrate the lives of Ida and Louise Cook and their efforts to rescue Jews from Europe.
To find out more about 'Past Caring', please visit the website.
This lecture was supported by the Transformation Fund.
The second in the Library's lecture series, 'Writing Wrongs: The Nazi Era in Fiction', examining the historical perspective of Nazi era fiction.
The lecture was chaired by Paul Salmons, Head of Curriculum and Development at the Holocaust Education Development Programme at London University's Institute of Education.
Held at The Wiener Library, 4 Devonshire Street, London, W1W 5BH.
Rescheduled from 8 December 2009, this was the first in the Library's new series 'Writing Wrongs: The Nazi Era in Fiction' examining fiction set in the Nazi era.The subject of this lecture was Rachel Seiffert's first novel, The Dark Room, which explores the legacy of Nazi guilt in Germany through the related stories of three 20th century Germans.
The lecture was chaired by Prof Robert Eaglestone, Professor of Contemporary Literature and Thought at Royal Holloway, University of London, and Deputy Director of Royal Holloway’s Research Centre of the Holocaust and Twentieth Century History.
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother: The War Years
A special evening at the Residence of the Austrian Ambassador featuring a talk by The Hon William Shawcross, official biographer of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Shawcross presented new findings regarding Queen Elizabeth’s thoughts and attitudes during this critical period.
The evening was held to raise funds for the Library’s move to new premises in Spring 2011.
First lecture of the Wiener Library/Birkbeck Lecture Series 2009-10.
Dr Lovell is a Reader in Modern European History at King's College London. His research interests lie in the social and cultural history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russia. He is the author of the prize-winning Summerfolk: A History of the Dacha, 1710-2000 (Cornell University Press, 2003), a book on the Russian out-of-town weekend or summer house. He has also written on reading and print culture, generations, and various other topics in Russian history. His latest book is an overview of the Soviet experience, The Soviet Union: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2009).
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The first in the FilmTalk series Jews, Nazis, Hollywood, the lecture placed migration patterns of Jewish exiles to Hollywood within wider industrial and political contexts, and analysed some distinctive career trajectories, such as those of Felix Bressart and Curt Bois. Film examples drawn from included Casablanca (1942) and To Be or Not To Be (1942).
Lecture: Before the Holocaust: The Nazi concentration camps, 1933-39
by Dr Nik Wachsmann
A lecture by Dr Nik Wachsmann to mark the completion of a 3-year research project at Birkbeck College, University of London. Dr Wachsmann will present research findings on pre-WWII SS camps featuring an overview of the camps before the war, from their chaotic birth in 1933 to the escalation of terror and forced labour in 1938/9. The lecture was followed by the launch of a pre-war camp exhibition and reception.
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A lecture by Chief Rabbi Paul Eisenberg as part of the lecture series, “1938-2008: Legacies and Lessons in post-war Austria”, organised by the Austrian Embassy London, in co-operation with the Wiener Library and the Austrian Cultural Forum London.
A lecture by Tanja Schult of Stockholm University discussing how his story incorporates both a classical hero narrative which has survived the ‘un-heroic’ 20th century, and that Wallenberg indeed succeeds to represent a new hero-type, the non-patriotic or universal hero.
Featuring lectures by Professor Tony Kushner, Dr Anthony Grenville, Dr Olaf Jensen, Dr Bea Lewkowicz and Professor J.A.S. Grenville, the seminar examined the arrival of refugees as a result of war, their contribution to Britain and the historical importance of the stories and testimony they leave behind. The seminar was followed by an evening reception to mark the launch of Refugee Voices, the Association of Jewish Refugee's audio-visual testimony project.
A lecture by Professor Christopher Browning as part of the 2008-9 Wiener Library/Birkbeck Lecture Series.
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Part of the lecture series, “1938-2008: Legacies and Lessons in post-war Austria”, organised by the Austrian Embassy London, in co-operation with the Wiener Library and the Austrian Cultural Forum London.
A lecture by Dr Michele Aaron as part of the Wiener Library/Leo Baeck Institute FilmTalk series. The talk examined Barbra Streisand’s successful career and the way in which she has split opinion, not only on the subject of her beauty but also with regard to her work as an actor and director.
A lecture by Prof Dan Stone, Royal Holloway, University of London, and interdisciplinary colloquium engaging in recent research on Britain’s reactions to the Second World War and the Holocaust during and after the ‘Third Reich’.
A lecture by Professor Michael Mann as part of the 2008-9 Wiener Library/Birkbeck Lecture Series.
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Part of the lecture series, “1938-2008: Legacies and Lessons in post-war Austria”, organised by the Austrian Embassy London, in co-operation with the Wiener Library and the Austrian Cultural Forum London.
Part of the Wiener Library/Leo Baeck Institute FilmTalk series. The talk examined the ambiguities in the film La Grande Illusion (1937).
Part of the lecture series, “1938-2008: Legacies and Lessons in post-war Austria”, organised by the Austrian Embassy London, in co-operation with the Wiener Library and the Austrian Cultural Forum London.
The leading Israeli author David Grossman talked to psychoanalyst Orna Hadary at UCL.
Author Samuel Kassow was in conversation with Ben Barkow, Director of the Wiener Library, to launch the UK publication of his book ‘Who Will Write Our History?’
As part of Jewish Book Week 2009, the Wiener Library’s Bridget McGing from her mother’s book, ‘My Father’s Roses’.
A lecture by Professor Joanna Bourke as part of the 2008-9 Wiener Library/Birkbeck Lecture Series.
Part of the lecture series, “1938-2008: Legacies and Lessons in post-war Austria”, organised by the Austrian Embassy London, in co-operation with the Wiener Library and the Austrian Cultural Forum London.
Rabbi David Goldberg chaired a panel discussion featuring Anita Lasker Wallfisch, Katherine Klinger and Dr Chris Bennett of University of Sheffield to explore whether and how members of the Second and Third generations struggle more than their parents and grandparents with issues of anger, hatred, desire for revenge.
Held at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, 28 St John's Wood Road, London, NW8 7HA
The Wiener Library and Yale University Press hosted a lecture by Dr Neil Gregor to launch his Fraenkel Prize winning book, "Haunted City: Nuremberg and the Nazi Past".
Part of the lecture series, “1938-2008: Legacies and Lessons in post-war Austria”, organised by the Austrian Embassy London, in co-operation with the Wiener Library and the Austrian Cultural Forum London.
For 25 summers a spirited group of Holocaust survivors have gathered at ‘Four Seasons Lodge’ in the Catskill Mountains of New York. Inspired by their camaraderie, and with closure of the Lodge on the cards, New York Times journalist Andrew Jacobs spent three months recording them with a team led by documentary pioneer Albert Maysles (Grey Gardens). Brimming with delight, heartbreak and black comedy, Four Seasons Lodge reminds us not to waste a single moment.
Shown on Sunday 16th November at 4pm, and on Wednesday 19th November at the Odeon Swiss Cottage.
A lecture by Richard Dyer as part of the Wiener Library/Leo Baeck Institute FilmTalk series. The talk will examine the interactions between Jews and African-Americans in popular culture, focusing on the films The Jazz Singer (1927) and Dirty Dancing (1987).
Part of the lecture series, “1938-2008: Legacies and Lessons in post-war Austria”, organised by the Austrian Embassy London, in co-operation with the Wiener Library and the Austrian Cultural Forum London
A lecture by Professor Anthony Julius as part of the 2008-9 Wiener Library/Birkbeck Lecture Series.
A lecture by Ronny Loewy as part of the Wiener Library/Leo Baeck Institute FilmTalk series.
A unique workshop, held at the Wiener Library, that invited second and third generation descendants to discuss together the impact and effects of the past.
A reading by Bridget McGing of extracts from the recently published and acclaimed book My Fathers's Roses by Nancy Kohner, with a prologue by Bridget McGing.
Part of the Wiener/Birkbeck Lecture series on War and Race, a lecture by Professor Jay Winter on The Degeneration of War held at Birkbeck College, London WC1.
An international conference organised by the Wiener Library and the Leo Baeck Institute London as a contribution to the European Network for Research into historical and current antisemitism.
The conference looked at theories of antisemitism and antisemitic legacies in modern cultural and political theories.