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The Leo Baeck Institute London announces the rescheduled third lecture in the LBI London Lecture Series 2025. Join Prof Erin Hochman online, 7pm (UK time) Thu 9 October, for Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period. Book now: lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25 @ghilondon.bsky.social

Leopold Zunz: The Revolutionary Who Transformed Jewish Scholarship and Integration www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/09...

The Leo Baeck Institute London offers internships of varying length to students specialising in German-Jewish studies or a related field. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/vacancies

Hugo Haase (1863–1919) was a lawyer, Social Democrat, and later co‑founder of the USPD. Discover his role in German politics and Jewish experiences of democracy in our latest feature: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/research/lbi...

Library of Lost Books in the EVZ Foundation Magazine www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/09... @leobaeckjeru.bsky.social @evzfoundation.bsky.social

The Leo Baeck Institute warmly wishes Shanah Tovah to all who celebrate. This image comes from Dreams of Childhood, a German-Jewish children’s book from our collection. Explore the flipbook here: lbilondon.ac.uk/flipbooks/dr...

New Event Series by the Leo Baeck Institute New York | Berlin: Backing Up History 🎤 Next event: 16 October 2025, 6:00 pm 👉 All details & registration via this link: www.lbi.org/events/backu...

Meet the Leo Baeck Fellows: Anna Marion Weber, 2024/25 cohort We are delighted to introduce Anna Marion Weber, whose doctoral research explores Jewish identity and cultural life in post-war Germany lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/09...

Vacancy - EHRI-UK Project Assistant www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/09...

We're hiring! EHRI-UK Project Assistant - remote work w/ some travel @wienerlibrary.bsky.social Part time (0.4-0.5FTE depending on candidate). Initially 9 months but anticipating extension. Perfect for #PhD students - spread the word! Closing date 26/09/25 wienerholocaustlibrary.org/what-we-do/s...

The @bbcworldservice did a two part radio documentary in 2022 entitled: Anne Frank's stepsister: How I survived Auschwitz which is still available on @BBCSounds . Here's a link to Part 1: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Coming this September at the LBI Film Club: Eva’s Promise Everyone knows the story of Anne Frank – but few know about her stepsister, Eva Schloss, or the extraordinary promise she made to her brother, Heinz. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/09...

Only 19 days remain to listen to the Library of Lost Books feature on the BBC World Service. What happened to 60,000 Jewish books looted by the Nazis? 🎧 Listen here (from 44:35): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/09...

New Event Series by the Leo Baeck Institute New York | Berlin: Backing Up History 🎤 Next event: 9 September 2025, 6:00 pm 👉 All details & registration via this link: www.lbi.org/events/backu...

We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Dr Edgar Feuchtwanger OBE (1924–2025) at the age of 100. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/09...

New Event Series by the Leo Baeck Institute New York | Berlin: Backing Up History www.lbilondon.ac.uk/events/exter... #GermanStudies #JewishStudies #GermanHistory #JewishHistory #AcademicResearch #LBILondon #MemoryCulture #SocialMedia #BACKUPderGeschichte

What happened to 60,000 Jewish books looted by the Nazis? 🎧 Listen here (from 44:35): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/09... #LibraryOfLostBooks #LeoBaeckInstitute #CulturalRestitution #HolocaustStudies #JewishHistory #ProvenanceResearch @leobaeckjeru.bsky.social

New Publication: ‘Constructing Identity and Belonging in the Diaries and Memoirs of Kindertransport Refugees’ 🔗 Read it online (paid access): doi.org/10.1093/leob... www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/09... #LeoBaeckInstituteLondon #GermanStudies #JewishStudies #GermanHistory @monjast96.bsky.social

Please join us Tuesday, September 2 for an invited talk by Dr. Prof. Michael Brenner (Munich/Washington DC). Details at: tinyurl.com/MBrenner @samirakmehta.bsky.social @hfalbk.bsky.social

The Leo Baeck Institute for the Study of the History and Culture of German-speaking Jewry is inviting submissions for its 2027 Year Book Essay Prize. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/essay-prize

In case you missed it: Lisa Pine’s lecture, ‘Hitler’s Mein Kampf: Reflections 100 Years On’, is now available to stream. Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, all major podcast platforms, and the LBI London YouTube channel. lbilondon.ac.uk/pine-25 lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify

Deutschlandfunk Feature on 70 Years of the Leo Baeck Institute Listen to the full (German-language) broadcast here: www.deutschlandfunk.de/70-jahre-leo... Read more: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/08...

In case you missed it: Nicholas Courtman’s recent lecture, ‘(Un)Welcome Returns? Re-Naturalisation Rights of German Jews in Germany’, is now available to stream. lbilondon.ac.uk/courtman-25 lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify apple.co/45jkHzq @ncourtman.bsky.social @ghilondon.bsky.social

We are very pleased to announce the addition of 100+ Synagogen in Deutschland by Alex Jacobowitz to the LBI London Library. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/07...

The Leo Baeck Institute’s Library of Lost Books project - developed jointly by LBI London and LBI Jerusalem - was recently featured at the Connective Holocaust Commemoration Expo 2025, hosted by the Landecker Digital Memory Lab at the University of Sussex. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/07...

Dr Monja Stahlberger is the Leo Baeck Institute London’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow for 2025–26. Her current research project explores how German-Jewish exile families have transmitted cultural memory across borders and generations. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/research/lbi...

Exploring German-Jewish Memory at the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre Dr Monja Stahlberger www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/07...

We are delighted to announce that the Leo Baeck Institute London’s 2025 Summer Lecture, delivered by Dr Lisa Pine (IHR, University of London), is now available to stream on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Listen now: lbilondon.ac.uk/pine-25 @ihr.bsky.social @lisapine.bsky.social

German-Jewish Responses to the Rise of Hitler: Online Lecture with LBI International President Michael Brenner www.lbilondon.ac.uk/events/exter...

It was an honour to deliver the LBI Summer Lecture 2025 at Senate House. Thank you to @j-cronin.bsky.social for the kind invitation.

Last week, the Leo Baeck Institute London hosted an academic workshop centred on a forthcoming monograph by historian and LBI London board member Professor Abigail Green (University of Oxford). www.lbilondon.ac.uk/...

TOMORROW: LBI London Summer Lecture 2025 Hitler’s Mein Kampf: Reflections 100 Years On Dr Lisa Pine Tomorrow, Thursday 10 July 2025, 5:30pm–7:00pm Senate House, London Free admission Sign up: lbilondon.ac.uk/pine @ghilondon.bsky.social @lisapine.bsky.social

The Leo Baeck Institute London is pleased to announce Angelina Palmén as the winner of the 2026 LBI Year Book Essay Prize for her essay, Rethinking the Jewish Public Sphere: The Case of the Imperial German Trade Journal Der Confectionair. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/07...

The Leo Baeck Institute London held a Fellowship Seminar at Birkbeck, University of London, on 1 and 2 July 2025. The event brought together doctoral fellows and scholars to discuss research in German-Jewish history and culture. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/07... @dubnow.bsky.social

The Leo Baeck Institute London is pleased to announce that its publication series, Schriftenreihe wissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen des Leo Baeck Instituts, is now available open access. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/publications...

The Leo Baeck Institute London is honoured to receive a donation of four books from the personal library of Pauline Paucker, widow of the late Dr Arnold Paucker, who served as Director of LBI London from 1959 to 2001. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/07...

As the Leo Baeck Institute marks its 70th anniversary, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle has published a feature on the Institute’s mission to preserve the cultural achievements and everyday lives of German-speaking Jews. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/06...

Last week, the Leo Baeck Institute London joined over 250 guests at the Jewish Museum Berlin to mark the 70th anniversary of the Leo Baeck Institute. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/06...

We’re excited to launch our new interview series: ‘Civil Engagement and Democracy in German History: Jewish Experiences and Perspectives’. Read the first interview here: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/research/eng... Upcoming features include Lina Morgenstern, Hugo Preuß, and more.

We warmly invite you to join us for the LBI Summer Lecture 2025. Hitler’s Mein Kampf: Reflections 100 Years On Dr Lisa Pine Thu 10 July 2025 5:30 - 7:00pm Senate House, London Book now: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/pine

LBI International President Michael Brenner talks to the Jüdische Allgemeine about Preserving History and Academic Freedom in Challenging Times www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/06...

LBI London is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Alice Riegler as Programme and Development Officer. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/06... #LeoBaeckInstituteLondon #GermanStudies #JewishStudies #GermanHistory #JewishHistory #AcademicResearch #LBILondon

The lecture on West Germany’s handling of Jewish naturalisation rights I gave at the @lbilondon.bsky.social at the end of March is now up on YouTube! We had to battle with some tech problems for the first twenty minutes or so, so please excuse any odd bits in the beginning. youtu.be/kSYk9AajwuU?...

His doctoral research, ‘The Afterlife of the Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums in Post-War Anglo-Jewry’, explores the legacy of Weimar-era German Jewish intellectual traditions in Britain, focusing on the émigré founders of the London Jewish Theological Seminary (now Leo Baeck College).

"I still believe that people are really good at heart" #AnneFrank was born #OnThisDay in 1928. The diary she kept whilst in hiding in Amsterdam has become a symbol of the fight for human dignity 📷 Dutch first edition of Anne Frank's Diary buff.ly/Gj4nj9V

📣 New exhibition event! At the end of this month we welcome Sue Vice and Dan Stone in conversation about Bergen-Belsen’s importance in British Holocaust awareness. Sign up for your free tickets now: buff.ly/nqEeISP

In case you missed it: Nicholas Courtman’s recent lecture, ‘(Un)Welcome Returns? Re-Naturalisation Rights of German Jews in Germany’, is now available to stream. Listen now on Spotify, Apple podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel. Links: lbilondon.ac.uk/courtman-25

Historian Michael Brenner Urges Germany: ‘Do Not Forget What Was Destroyed’ www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/06...

The Leo Baeck Institute London is delighted to announce that Daniel Lichman will join us this September as the first holder of our new PhD Scholarship. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/06...