Current and upcoming exhibitions
The Blumenfeld Family: An International Tracing Service Case Study
This exhibition is a case study of the Blumenfeld family, the owners of one of the most famous German-Jewish travelling circuses of the 20th century, passed down through generations following its first tour in 1811. The circus was truly a family affair, with mother Rosa working as co-director with her son Fritz, eldest son Alex performing dressage on his famous horse ‘Puppchen’ and Willy Blumenfeld performing as ‘Kucki the Clown’.
Traces of Belsen
The traces remaining of the Prisoner of War and Nazi concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen are faint, but this new exhibition uncovers evidence of the camp from records in our archive, testimonies, photographs and archaeological digs, revealing the history of the camp beyond the well-known story of its liberation by British Forces.
Looted: Two Families, Nazi Theft and the Search for Restitution
Property valuing hundreds of billions of pounds was looted from Jews in Europe under the Nazis. Our latest exhibition explores an ordinary object with an extraordinary history. It unearths difficult questions about memory, responsibility and justice through the personal story of two families' project of restitution and restoration.
Upcoming events
Hybrid Book Talk: Vanishing Vienna with Frances Tanzer
In Vanishing Vienna historian Frances Tanzer traces the reconstruction of Viennese culture from the 1938 German annexation through the early 1960s. Join us for the latest event in our new Academic Books series.
Book Talk: Burning Psalms – Menachem Rosensaft in Conversation with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg
Join us for an evening with Menachem Rosensaft, author of Burning Psalms: Confronting Adonai after Auschwitz, who will discuss his book in conversation with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. This event will explore Rosensaft’s reflections on faith, memory, and resilience in the aftermath of the trauma of the Shoah.
Hybrid Event: A Quirk of History – The Logistics of Destruction in Hungary
The Wiener Holocaust Library is pleased to host a panel presentation of new, cutting-edge research on the Holocaust in Hungary, in particular the role of transportation in accelerating the Final Solution there. Researchers will present their new findings on the deportation of Jews by train in Hungary in 1944, with specific focus on the train that left Debrecen, headed to Auschwitz-Birkenau, but that was diverted instead to Strasshof concentration camp in Vienna.
Hybrid Exhibition Talk – “I hope soon to get into a hospital”: Recruiting Jewish refugees into the British nursing profession, with Dr Jane Brooks
Dr Jane Brooks will discuss the recruitment of Jewish refugee nurses to the UK, mapping the challenges and sometimes kindnesses many of these young women faced in trying to gain a place to train as a nurse and their ongoing bravery and determination to create a space of professional independence for themselves.
VE Day 80 – Remembering The Silent Village: The Story of Wales and Lidice
To commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day, please join us for a film screening of The Silent Village featuring guest speakers at Theatr Soar, Merthyr Tydfil.
