Index created, final proofing done! The publication of my book is so close now!
Dr Uta Rautenberg
@utarautenberg.bsky.social
Holocaust, Jewish, gender and queer History, genocide, feminism. Author of ‘Homophobia in Nazi Concentration Camps’. Educator and senior leader at secondary level in England. My views are my own.
A new open access article co-authored by our Co-Director Dr Christine Schmidt, is available now via the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Journal. Find out more and read the full article now ⬇️
A new publication explores the role of Holocaust-era letters from our archive
A new open access article draws on the remarkable Holocaust-era letters we hold, contributing to a new tranche of research on this under-utilised collection.
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Honoured to share a panel with Jennifer Geddes, @pdavies.bsky.social @ankahajkova.bsky.social for @biajs.bsky.social! With special thanks to @bryan-cheyette.bsky.social for excellent chairing and to @ankahajkova.bsky.social for bringing us all together in smart conversation and solidarity.
Dr Anna Hájková@ankahajkova.bsky.social · 3w agoWe are having a nice, tight panel on women’s testimonies from the Holocaust, solidarity, and uncovering marginalized voices. First, Jennifer Geddes on Charlotte Delbo’s Le Convoi du 24 janvier.
Hamburg, 7. Juli:
KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme@neuengamme-mem.bsky.social · last mo.Das letzte Ghetto. Eine Alltagsgeschichte von Theresienstadt Dienstag, 7. Juli 19–21 Uhr: Buchvorstellung mit Historikerin @ankahajkova.bsky.social am Geschichtsort Stadthaus, Stadthausbrücke 6, Hamburg Anmeldung: www.gedenkstaetten-hamburg.de/de/veranstal...
If you are in Leeds on 6 October, @krheyam.bsky.social and @helencfinch.bsky.social will be discussing with me People Without History Are Dust thebookishtype.co.uk/products/que...
Queer History Club: People Without History Are Dust - Queer Desire and
People Without History Are Dust: Queer Desire and the Holocaust Where are the stories of great queer love in the Shoah? There are almost none. Anna Hájková explains why the history of same-sex desire ...
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Join us on 16 July for the launch of a new Holocaust Studies special issue on queer experiences during the Holocaust at which we will hear from a panel of editors and contributors to the special issue including Helen Finch, Rosie Ramsden, Matt Smith, and William Jones. Free tickets:
Special Issue Launch: Queer Experiences in the Holocaust - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Join us for the launch of a new Holocaust Studies special issue on queer experiences during the Holocaust at which we will hear from a panel of editors and contributors to the special issue including…
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Book Talk coming up! Wiener Library, 23rd September, 6:30-8pm! wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/book-t... Looking forward!! @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @williamrossjones.bsky.social
Book Talk - Homophobia in Nazi Concentration Camps: Perceptions in Prisoner Narratives, by Dr Uta Rautenberg - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Join us for an evening talk by Dr Uta Rautenberg on her new book Homophobia in Nazi Concentration Camps, a seminal study of the often-stigmatised topic of homophobia among prisoners in Nazi camps.
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Last night Professor Mary Fulbrook delivered the 6th Annual Alfred Wiener Holocaust Memorial Lecture. She spoke to a packed audience about her research into the communities and groups who refused to look the other way during the Holocaust... wienerholocaustlibrary.org/2026/05/19/a...
Professor Mary Fulbrook explores 'islands of compassion in a sea of hostility' for Annual Alfred Wiener Holocaust Memorial Lecture - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Professor Mary Fulbrook delivered this year's Annual Alfred Wiener Holocaust Memorial Lecture, exploring experiences of hiding and help during the Holocaust across Europe.
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Happening next week! Don't miss a fascinating free evening talk about the experience of Nazi slave labourers on the Channel Islands Tickets available here: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/exhibi...
Exhibition Talk - A Proximity to Violence: What Channel Islands’ labourers experienced in Alderney, by Gilly Carr - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Join us for a special presentation by Dr Gilly Carr highlighting aspects of our newest exhibition Nazi Slave Labour: Perpetrators and Victims.
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The Wiener Holocaust Library@wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe 8,000 slave labourers who passed through Alderney during the course of the war were witnesses to much of what was happening on the island while it was in the hands of German forces. Find out more about their experiences at an evening talk by Prof Gilly Carr
Happy birthday, Anne Frank, whose short life was part of queer history. #pridemonth
Dr Anna Hájková@ankahajkova.bsky.social · last yr.#OTD in 1929, a Jewish girl was born in Frankfurt/Main. Her parents named her Annelies, but the world knows her as Anne Frank. After the Nazis came to power in Germany, the Franks emigrated to the Netherlands. In July 1942, to avoid the deportation, they went into hiding.
I will be talking about queer Holocaust history in the age of extreme right at @bisa-bkk.bsky.social on 30 June. I am grateful to @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social for the invitation; I admire the Birkbeck colleagues deeply, speaking there has been my long standing dream. bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/people...
People without history are dust: queer desire and the Holocaust | Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism
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The proofs are in!! Not long now until the publication of Homophobia in Nazi Concentration Camps!
Liebe Hamburger*innen, ich wollte Euch gerne zu meiner Buchvorstellung am 7. Juli einladen organisiert von Stiftung Hamburger Gedenkstätten und Lernorte @neuengamme-mem.bsky.social www.gedenkstaetten-hamburg.de/de/veranstal...
Das letzte Ghetto. Eine Alltagsgeschichte von Theresienstadt
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In December @sarahfren.bsky.social and I are inviting you to Geneva to discuss Europeanization, mobility, and the teaching of European History in a global perspective. Here's our CfP 👇 The deadline for your abstracts is June 10. Looking forward to discussing our teaching with all of you 🤗
Europeanization through Mobility? Teaching the Social and Cultural History of Europe in the Context of Borders and Migration from the End of the 19th Century to the Present
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What happened after liberation when Jewish survivors tried to reclaim what had been stolen from them? Join us for an event with Adena J. Bernstein as she discusses her new book, Stolen Legacies: The Fight for Nazi-Looted Art 📅 4 June, 6:30 - 8pm 📍 The Wiener Holocaust Library 🎫
Book Talk - Stolen Legacies: The Fight for Nazi-Looted Art, by Adena Bernstein - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Drawing from her book Stolen Legacies, author and prosecutor Adena J. Bernstein explores how restitution processes frequently placed impossible burdens on those who had already lost…
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A series of evening events throughout the run of our latest exhibition will see experts on the subject from around the world offer their perspective on aspects of the display. Find out more and sign up for free tickets:
Nazi Slave Labour: Perpetrators and Victims - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Between 1939 and 1945, 20 million individuals were exploited as slave and forced labourers by the Nazi regime. This exhibition will explore how perpetrators profited off and exploited slave…
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It’s officially publication day!!
University of Toronto Press@uoftpress.bsky.social · 4mo ago"We have not abandoned each other, because we love each other." In 1943, a young French woman spoke these words to a Nazi interrogator. I Will Not Abandon You by @schuneke.bsky.social recovers the hidden history of queer women in Nazi Germany. Discover more: bit.ly/4bW6Z70 @ankahajkova.bsky.social
📢 Paid student summer placement opportunity (London area)🔊 @wienerlibrary.bsky.social is hosting a 150-hours work placement. This would suit a student of Library and Information Studies with some volunteering experience in libraries. ⏳ Apply by Sunday 19 April 2026 ❗ www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-plac...
Our current exhibition, Eldercide: Older Jews and the Holocaust, is closing in one week! Visit Monday - Friday, 10am - 5pm to see this fascinating display including never before seen sources from our archive.
Our next event is the annual Howard Rein Memorial Lecture. Join @yairwallach.bsky.social (@soasuni.bsky.social) for a talk on 'Ashkenazi Medical professionals in the Arab Middle East: Rethinking the stories we know'. 📍 Hybrid 📅 Tues 5 May, 6pm (BST) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ashkenazi-...
Ashkenazi Medical professionals in the Arab Middle East
Rethinking the stories we know. Please join us for a talk with Yair Wallach for the Annual Howard Rein Memorial Lecture
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My friend Flora Cassen will present her new book 'Stained Glass: A Reflective History of Antisemitism' @uoftpress.bsky.social in London on 11 May: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
BOOK LAUNCH: 'Stained Glass: A Reflective History of Antisemitism'
Flora Cassen will talk about her new book. Tickets include a copy of the book, nibbles and a glass of wine.
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📣 Launching next week! We're excited to be hosting this fascinating collaborative display exploring one person's experience of violence, loss and forced relocation under the Khmer Rouge. Join us for the launch or pop in and see the exhibition next week: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/exhibition/h...
Hidden: Photography and displacement under the Khmer Rouge - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Hidden is a long-term collaborative project by Charles Fox and Prum Sisaphantha, also known as Pantha. The exhibition follows Pantha’s personal journey during the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia (1975–...
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The Wiener Holocaust Library@wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 4mo agoJoin us on 5 May for the launch of a new visiting exhibition, Hidden: Photography and displacement under the Khmer Rouge, a long-term collaborative project by photographer Charles Fox and Cambodian teacher and historian Prum Sisaphantha. Find out more and sign up to attend:
Not all lesbians are heroines, and not all lesbian stories are of people seeing them positively. @utarautenberg.bsky.social book will tell some hard hitting histories utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
Homophobia in Nazi Concentration Camps - University of Toronto Press
Perceptions in Prisoner Narratives
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OUT NOW: The Queer Scrapbook tells our history through the playful, messy, personal stories we save. Huge thanks to MUP and 'dream team' co-editors Matt Cook, Rebecca Jennings and E-J Scott. Check out the book, recommend it, and please share widely! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526165312/
Manchester University Press - A queer scrapbook
A queer scrapbook - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of A queer scrapbook by Justin Bengry
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Join global voices shaping gender, equality, and inclusion 🌍 11th Global Summit on Feminist and LGBTQ+ Studies 📍 Berlin | 🌐 Hybrid 📅 24–25 Sept 2026 Share research, connect, and drive impact across disciplines. 🔗 genderandfeminist.com #FeministStudies #LGBTQStudies #GenderEquality #Conference2026
Honoured and delighted to have launched our new edited volume, Older Jews and the Holocaust, this week @lbilondon.bsky.social! With huge gratitude to them, especially Dr Magda Wrobel and @joannasliwa24.bsky.social @claims-conference.bsky.social for all their work planning this terrific event!
The Wiener Holocaust Library@wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 5mo agoLast night saw the New York launch of a new book, Older Jews and the Holocaust: Persecution, Displacement, and Survival, thanks to the Leo Baeck Institute New York and to @claims-conference.bsky.social for their support of this project!
Die jüdische Wochenmagazin Tachles berichtet über den National Jewish Book award für Menschen ohne Geschichte sind Staub. Die Preisverleihung ist morgen abend und die deutsche Ausgabe seit letzter Woche wieder im Handel erhältlich. www.tachles.ch/artikel/kult...
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Die Historikerin Anna Hájková ist mit dem National Jewish Book Award ausgezeichnet worden, wie der Jewish Book Council bekannt gab. Hájková erhielt den Preis in der Kategorie Holocaust Studies f...
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Fans of @schuneke.bsky.social (which is to say, all of us) should listen! @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Episode 128 -- Queer Women in Nazi Germany
Podcast Episode · In Bed With The Right · March 24 · 1h 5m
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Congratulations to @ankahajkova.bsky.social, whose book People without History Are Dust has won the National Jewish Book Award (Holocaust category). This book magnificently reframes Holocaust history by centering queer desire and intimacy. @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social #BookAward #JewishHistory
