If you missed our latest monthly newsletter you can catch up with the full August edition via our website. Find out more: buff.ly/NYSgNFR

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 ⬇️ wienerholocaustlibrary.org/2026/07/08/a...

On sale now... Our latest publication accompanies our current exhibition, Nazi Slave Labour: Perpetrators & Victims, and provides additional insights into some of the remarkable items from our collection which are on display. Visit our onsite bookshop or order your copy online. buff.ly/11QFFuE

📣Call for applications now open for an EHRI Transnational Workshop taking this December The workshop - Documentation as Resistance: Methodologies for Reconstructing Early Postwar Transnational Jewish Knowledge Networks - will take place at the Library wienerholocaustlibrary.org/2026/07/07/e...

How did concentration camp inmates' clothing impact their physical and psychological survival? Do the infamous striped uniforms conceal complex and overlooked realities of clothing in Auschwitz? Join us for the launch of a groundbreaking new book, Dress in Auschwitz, next month buff.ly/e5Cjfwo

How did concentration camp inmates' clothing impact their physical and psychological survival? Do the infamous striped uniforms conceal complex and overlooked realities of clothing in Auschwitz? Join us for the launch of a groundbreaking new book, Dress in Auschwitz, next month buff.ly/e5Cjfwo

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📣Call for applications now open for an EHRI Transnational Workshop taking this December The workshop - Documentation as Resistance: Methodologies for Reconstructing Early Postwar Transnational Jewish Knowledge Networks - will take place at the Library wienerholocaustlibrary.org/2026/07/07/e...

Our August newsletter is making its way to subscribers now! Don't miss the latest edition with updates about our exhibition, news of forthcoming events, Open House Festival 2026, and a tribute to our amazing Senior Archivist on his 25 years at the Library Read now:

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Our monthly newsletter contains information about all our recent news and upcoming events.

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On 1 August 1944, Anne Frank wrote the last entry in her diary, three days before her family's attic hiding place was raided and its inhabitants arrested. Apart from her father Otto, the entire Frank family died in the camps. 📸 Dutch first edition of Anne Frank’s Diary

on 2 August 1943, prisoners in Treblinka rose up against the SS. They attacked guards and set buildings on fire. Around 300 prisoners manage to escape, but only 100 were not recaptured. All remaining prisoners were murdered. Discover more via The Holocaust Explained

Treblinka Uprising – The Holocaust Explained: Designed for schools

Train station near the Treblinka extermination camp found in the photo album of the final Treblinka camp commandant, Kurt Franz, c. August-November 1943.

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on 2 August 1943, prisoners in Treblinka rose up against the SS. They attacked guards and set buildings on fire. Around 300 prisoners manage to escape, but only 100 were not recaptured. All remaining prisoners were murdered. Discover more via The Holocaust Explained

Treblinka Uprising – The Holocaust Explained: Designed for schools

Train station near the Treblinka extermination camp found in the photo album of the final Treblinka camp commandant, Kurt Franz, c. August-November 1943.

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On 1 August 1944, Anne Frank wrote the last entry in her diary, three days before her family's attic hiding place was raided and its inhabitants arrested. Apart from her father Otto, the entire Frank family died in the camps. 📸 Dutch first edition of Anne Frank’s Diary

On 31 July 1941 Hermann Goering authorised SS General Reinhard Heydrich to commence preparations for the implementation of the Nazis' planned 'complete solution to the Jewish question'. This followed the Wansee Conference in which plans were made by leading Nazis to exterminate Europe's Jews...

Join Booker nominated novelist Rachel Seiffert in conversation with our Co-Director Dr Christine Schmidt as they discuss our current exhibition and Seiffert’s latest novel, Once the Deed is Done, shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2026. Free tickets: buff.ly/hNxPctc

Exhibition and Book Talk: Once the Deed is Done, Rachel Seiffert in conversation with Dr Christine Schmidt - The Wiener Holocaust Library

Join Booker nominated novelist Rachel Seiffert in conversation with Wiener Holocaust Library Co-Director Dr Christine Schmidt as they discuss the Library’s current exhibition Nazi Forced Labour:…

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We're delighted that the 2025 Ernst Fraenkel Prize has been awarded to Amber Nickell, for their work, Brotherlands to Bloodlands: Ethnic Germans and Jews in Southern Ukraine, Late Tsarist to Postwar The judges found it ‘an ambitious and profound study which has the potential to make a great impact'

We're delighted that the 2025 Ernst Fraenkel Prize has been awarded to Amber Nickell, for their work, Brotherlands to Bloodlands: Ethnic Germans and Jews in Southern Ukraine, Late Tsarist to Postwar The judges found it ‘an ambitious and profound study which has the potential to make a great impact'

📣 Book Talk at the Library 📆 7 September, 6:30 - 8pm Paper Tombs: Post-Holocaust Memorial Books and Prewar Jewish Life explores these extraordinary works of collective memory - yizker bikher - powerful archives of Jewish life before the Holocaust and moving acts of remembrance buff.ly/k8V6Qcj

We're constantly adding new materials to our digital archive, Wiener Digital Collections. Some of the most significant documents, photographs and testimonies from our collection can be found for free online now. Start your search at www.whlcollections.org

📣 Book Talk at the Library 📆 7 September, 6:30 - 8pm Paper Tombs: Post-Holocaust Memorial Books and Prewar Jewish Life explores these extraordinary works of collective memory - yizker bikher - powerful archives of Jewish life before the Holocaust and moving acts of remembrance buff.ly/k8V6Qcj

We're constantly adding new materials to our digital archive, Wiener Digital Collections. Some of the most significant documents, photographs and testimonies from our collection can be found for free online now. Start your search at www.whlcollections.org

Join us for the London launch of Dress in Auschwitz: Clothing and Survival in the Holocaust by Dr Sofia Pantouvaki Drawing on more than twenty years of research, the book explores the experience of Auschwitz prisoners through the lens of dress and clothing 🗓️ 8 September, 6:30 - 8pm buff.ly/e5Cjfwo

Book Launch and Special Exhibition: Dress in Auschwitz: Clothing and Survival in the Holocaust, with Sofia Pantouvaki - The Wiener Holocaust Library

The Wiener Holocaust Library is pleased to host the London launch of Dress in Auschwitz: Clothing and Survival in the Holocaust by Dr Sofia Pantouvaki, recently published by Bloomsbury. Dr Pantouvaki…

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Every Tuesday we lead a behind the scenes tour of our archive! If you've never seen our stores, including some of the unique photos and documents within them, join us this Tuesday at 2pm... Sign up here: buff.ly/wpxDiat

Every Tuesday we lead a behind the scenes tour of our archive! If you've never seen our stores, including some of the unique photos and documents within them, join us this Tuesday at 2pm... Sign up here: buff.ly/wpxDiat

Join us for the London launch of Dress in Auschwitz: Clothing and Survival in the Holocaust by Dr Sofia Pantouvaki Drawing on more than twenty years of research, the book explores the experience of Auschwitz prisoners through the lens of dress and clothing 🗓️ 8 September, 6:30 - 8pm buff.ly/e5Cjfwo

Book Launch and Special Exhibition: Dress in Auschwitz: Clothing and Survival in the Holocaust, with Sofia Pantouvaki - The Wiener Holocaust Library

The Wiener Holocaust Library is pleased to host the London launch of Dress in Auschwitz: Clothing and Survival in the Holocaust by Dr Sofia Pantouvaki, recently published by Bloomsbury. Dr Pantouvaki…

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We’re once again taking part in the fantastic Open House festival! We’ll be open on Tuesday 15th September when visitors can sign up for guided tours of our archive stores, our current exhibition, and a wider look at our beautiful Russell Square home. Find out more ⬇

Open House London 2026: See the behind the scenes of our remarkable archive - The Wiener Holocaust Library

This year we're once again taking part in the fantastic Open House Festival. We’ll be open on Tuesday 15th September when visitors can sign up for guided tours of our archive stores, see our current…

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Join Booker nominated novelist Rachel Seiffert in conversation with our Co-Director Dr Christine Schmidt as they discuss our current exhibition and Seiffert’s latest novel, Once the Deed is Done, shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2026. Free tickets: buff.ly/hNxPctc

Exhibition and Book Talk: Once the Deed is Done, Rachel Seiffert in conversation with Dr Christine Schmidt - The Wiener Holocaust Library

Join Booker nominated novelist Rachel Seiffert in conversation with Wiener Holocaust Library Co-Director Dr Christine Schmidt as they discuss the Library’s current exhibition Nazi Forced Labour:…

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We’re once again taking part in the fantastic Open House festival! We’ll be open on Tuesday 15th September when visitors can sign up for guided tours of our archive stores, our current exhibition, and a wider look at our beautiful Russell Square home. Find out more ⬇

Open House London 2026: See the behind the scenes of our remarkable archive - The Wiener Holocaust Library

This year we're once again taking part in the fantastic Open House Festival. We’ll be open on Tuesday 15th September when visitors can sign up for guided tours of our archive stores, see our current…

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The 22 July 1942 marked the start of systematic mass deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto. Over the following weeks more than 25,000 Jews were transported by train to the Treblinka extermination camp and murdered. Discover more via our educational site, The Holocaust Explained

Case Study: Treblinka – The Holocaust Explained: Designed for schools

Train station near the Treblinka extermination camp found in the photo album of the final Treblinka camp commandant, Kurt Franz, c. August-November 1943.

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Buchenwald concentration camp was initially set up in July 1937, on the Ettersburg hill that sits north of Weimar in central Germany The camp was continually expanded through the 1930s and 1940s, with buildings added such as the infamous Bunker, the camp prison where many prisoners were tortured