See what’s coming up at the library, or you may be interested in past events.
This virtual panel will discuss how primary source documentation related to the activities of the transnational jihadist terrorist organisation, Islamic State (IS, or ISIS), has been collected, archived and made accessible for research, intelligence and other purposes over the last two decades.
This virtual panel will bring together speakers in conversation, moderated by Dr Rebecca Jinks, to discuss their foundational and wide-ranging work on interviewing survivors of the Holocaust and genocide.
This education talk looks at the experiences of different groups within the Soviet POW population and how they were affected by Nazi racial, demographic and economic policies in occupied Eastern Europe.
Join the co-curators of the Fate Unknown exhibition, Prof Dan Stone and Dr Christine Schmidt, who will explore the remarkable, little-known story of the search for the missing after the Holocaust. Fate Unknown draws upon The Wiener Holocaust Library’s family document collections and the International Tracing Service archive to illustrate the legacy of the ongoing search for missing victims.
This workshop will help you take the first steps in conducting your own family research using the International Tracing Service digital archive, including using sources freely available online. The workshop will also feature family research support services available from other partner organisations.
The Wiener Holocaust Library is delighted to host this in conversation book talk event with author Anne Berest on her latest book, The Postcard as part of our Family Histories of the Holocaust series.
This event is organised as part of the Genocidal Captivity exhibition events series. The PhD and a Cup of Tea doctoral seminar series is designed for early-career researchers and PhD candidates to present their research for feedback from other researchers, PhD candidates, and faculty.
What are the challenges facing Yezidi genocide survivors and internally displaced people living in the camps of northern Iraq today? How is Yezidi society changing? How do survivors feel about returning to their homes in Sinjar, the administration of the Iraqi government compensation scheme, and efforts to seek justice and accountability? And how are humanitarian organisations trying to help them meet these needs? Find out more from an expert panel as part of our Genocidal Captivity exhibition events series.
In his presentation Zoltán Kékesi talks about his work with the Final Account collection and focuses on one particular aspect: “Watching the interviews, I was struck by how vividly men and women late in their life remembered songs from a remote past, and by the range of emotional responses they exhibited when asked about them: from zest to shame, from remorse to nostalgia. Even when they refused to sing, songs took interviewees back in time; and with the songs came a multitude of experiences and personal stories.”
Join us for a Q&A with author Roxanne de Bastion to learn about her grandfather's remarkable story of survival, as well as his music. Roxanne will be joined by her aunt Julie de Bastion, as they share thoughts on how trauma is passed down through generations and how shining a light on the past can be healing for future generations.
Around 80,000 Jewish refugees arrived to the UK between 1933 and 1945. Aimed at GCSE and A-Level students, this talk will utilise sources from the Library’s unique archive to trace some of the journeys made by these 80,000 refugees, focusing on ‘ordinary’ people. It will also explore British responses to these refugees, including governmental actions and the activities of community and voluntary organisations.
The US Friends of The Wiener Holocaust Library will host an event featuring the screening of Filmmakers for the Prosecution, a documentary produced by Sandra Schulberg that retraces the steps of two men, Budd and Stuart Schulberg, tasked with gathering evidence for the Nuremberg Trials.
