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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...

On 31 July 1942 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...

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

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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

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 LibraryThe 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…wienerholocaustlibrary.org

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 LibraryJoin 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:…buff.ly

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 LibraryThis 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…buff.ly

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

There are some changes to our regular opening hours in the coming weeks and months. Please check our website for up to date information before you plan your visit to our exhibition gallery or Reading Room!

When We're Open - The Wiener Holocaust LibraryPlanning a visit? Check when we’re openbuff.ly

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

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 archiveThis 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 exhibition, and explore our beautiful Russell Square home.buff.ly

On 16 July 1936, following a decree issued by the Reich Interior Minister Wilhelm Frick for ‘Combating the Gypsy Plague’, 600 Roma and Sinti living in Berlin were arrested and taken to the Marzahn detention camp.

Many well-known companies that still operate today, such as the engineering company Siemens, the designer Hugo Boss and the pharmaceutical company Bayer, used forced and slave labour during the Nazi era... 📸 I.G. Farben factory at Auschwitz Birkenau, 1941.

📣 A call for applications is 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 Wiener Holocaust Library

EHRI Transnational Workshop Call for Applications – Documentation as ResistanceA call for applications is now open for the EHRI Transnational Workshop taking place on 1-2 December 2026 at the Wiener Holocaust Library – Documentation as Resistancebuff.ly

📣 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

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

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 archiveA 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.buff.ly