Current and upcoming exhibitions
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.
‘She still had to endure’: Treating Illness and Injury in the Post-War Displaced Persons Camps
Holocaust survivors continued to face challenges after liberation, with many suffering from injuries and illnesses caused by Nazi persecution. This exhibition uses items held in The Wiener Holocaust Library’s archives to tell the story of survivors with health concerns in Displaced Persons (DP) camps after the end of the war and how humanitarian aid organisations worked to create hospitals and provide care.
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
Online Book Talk: Spaces of Treblinka with Jacob Flaws
The Holocaust and Genocide Research Partnership (HGRP), an initiative of The Wiener Holocaust Library and the Holocaust Research Institute, Royal Holloway University of London, as part of the New Academic Book Series, are pleased to announce a lecture with Jacob Flaws on his new book Spaces of Treblinka, chaired by Dan Stone.
Book Talk: German-Jewish Life Writing in the Aftermath of the Holocaust with Helen Finch in Conversation with Anna Hájková
How did German-speaking Holocaust survivors pursue literary careers in an often-indifferent postwar society? How did their literary life writings reflect their postwar struggles? This monograph focuses on four authors who bore literary witness to the Shoah - H. G. Adler, Fred Wander, Edgar Hilsenrath, and Ruth Klüger. It analyzes their autofictional, critical, and autobiographical works written between the early 1950s and 2015, which depict their postwar experiences of writing, publishing, and publicizing Holocaust testimony.
Online Lunchtime Workshop: Anti-fascism and Anti-racism in 1970s Britain and Beyond
Join us this South Asian Heritage Month for a lunchtime workshop exploring anti-fascism and anti-racism in 1970s Britain. This interactive online workshop will delve into the experiences of South Asian communities during a pivotal era of political resistance.
B’nai B’rith World Jewish Heritage Days: Revealing suppressed culture – Lost histories in the archives of the Wiener Holocaust Library
In this talk, Dr Barbara Warnock, Senior Curator and Head of Education at The Wiener Holocaust Library, will explore some of the traces and records of culture suppressed during the Nazi era that are contained in the Library’s extensive archives.
Hybrid Lecture: Leo Baeck Institute 70th Anniversary Celebrations – The Eva Reichmann Memorial Lecture
Join us for the inaugural Eva Reichmann Lecture: Eva Reichmann: Witness, Historian, Legacy, co-hosted by the The Leo Baeck Institute London and The Wiener Holocaust Library. This special event celebrates the legacy of Dr. Eva Reichmann, a pioneering historian whose ground-breaking work continues to shape our understanding of Nazi persecution and Holocaust historiography.
