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!

Jürgen Habermas ist heute im Alter von 96 Jahren in Starnberg verstorben.

Thrilled and honoured to be taking up this post together with Barbara. We’re looking forward to leading @wienerlibrary.bsky.social through its next, exciting chapter! With many thanks to our Trustees, staff and friends for their support and confidence in us.

Christine Schmidt explaining things to the NYT! @ceschmidt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/w...

"The Holocaust was not only perpetuated by ideologues but also carried out through bureaucratic means.” Our acting Co-Director @ceschmidt.bsky.social spoke to @nytimes.com for this fascinating feature out today ➡️ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/w...

EHRI-PL Call for Papers | International #Conference “Documenting the Holocaust: #Testimonies as Historical Evidence” Date: June 16–17, 2026 | Location: The Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw, Poland | Language: English | Deadline for applications: March 31, 2026

Thrilled to see our beautiful book, Holocaust Letters, out soon from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social! With huge thanks to my amazing co-editors @sandralipner.bsky.social @charlieknight.bsky.social & Clara Dijkstra. Launching soon @wienerlibrary.bsky.social: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/book-l...

Over the next week we'll be featuring articles from @ehri-project.eu document blog. Today's blog is by @ceschmidt.bsky.social Acting Co-Director of @wienerlibrary.bsky.social and is a great resource for researchers & students using Holocaust testimony blog.ehri-project.eu/2019/04/17/h... #HMD2026

I was honoured to chair this wonderful discussion last night between Debórah and Dan. A mentor and friend, Debórah encouraged us to reconsider seriously the role of the irrational and unpredictable in making sense of the past. Grateful to have her contributions to this conference!

We’re sharing impressions from our three days of gathering together for the @bcflconference.bsky.social conference at this dedicated account. @wienerlibrary.bsky.social is proud to co-host this dynamic international conference!

And we begin! Acting Co-Director of the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social Dr @ceschmidt.bsky.social giving the first opening remarks, followed shortly by Professor David Feldman, Director of @bisa-bkk.bsky.social !

📣 Freelance opportunity! We're seeking to engage an experienced provenance researcher to conduct a detailed provenance and restitution investigation into the St Lambrecht collection, currently held at the FCDO archive. Find out more and apply🔗

Check out the rich programme of new research on survivors of Nazi persecution featured @bcflconference.bsky.social January 2026 conference - and register to attend today!

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88% of the way toward @wienerlibrary.bsky.social’s Big Give fundraising challenge! Can you help us reach 💯? Your gift is doubled until Tuesday, 9 Dec! Everything helps! Please give and share widely donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

We are now live! Thank you @drcweissenberg.bsky.social and everyone who has given so far!

It’s that time of year! If you’ve taken part in our vibrant free events programme, exhibitions or made use of our amazing collections, please consider donating. Double your gift now - every bit helps! And please share 🙏

So honoured to give the opening keynote on @wienerlibrary.bsky.social testimony collections, past & present, with Dr Rebecca Jinks for the Collecting the Holocaust Conference in Stockholm. A stimulating and challenging programme made even better with dear friends. Thank you to the organisers!

Thank you to everyone who attended the launch of our latest exhibition! Eldercide: Older Jews and the Holocaust is now open to the public, Monday to Friday, 10am - 5pm, with free entry. Find out more about the launch via @jewishnews.bsky.social www.jewishnews.co.uk/wiener-holoc...

Just a few days left to apply!

Thank you, @ankahajkova.bsky.social! Really enjoyed the long chat with Bea @theajruk.bsky.social and Natalia about Eva Reichmann’s postwar work for @wienerlibrary.bsky.social and her German Jewish networks in exile. With thanks to @lbilondon.bsky.social for this event and to everyone for coming!

Are you a postgrad with a passion for public history and engaging different publics with the latest Holocaust research? Join our team! Details ⬇️

Looking for short-term Holocaust research-related fellowships in the UK? Our second @ehri-uk.bsky.social Fellowship call is now live! Details below and spread the word!

I am so pleased the important work on Eva Reichmann by my friend Christine @ceschmidt.bsky.social is now coming out. Reichmann was the grande dame of the early Holocaust studies and her biography has been long overdue. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

On display now until 5 November, Finding Ivy: A Life Worthy of Life.... This important travelling exhibition tells the stories of disabled British-born victims of Nazi persecution in the wider context of the Nazis’ T4 ‘euthanasia’ programme. Find out more: buff.ly/1qhoBfN

The Wiener Holocaust Library stands in solidarity with Britain’s Jewish community after yesterday's horrific attack targeting Jews on Yom Kippur. Our thoughts are with the families of Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz, the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation & all who have been affected by these events.

Thank you very much to @uolsbc.bsky.social @svenjabethke.bsky.social, Paul Moore, Bright Chimezda, and Jaspreet Singh for being such wonderful hosts and to all who came out to see the exhibition last week. First time in Leicester! And hope to return @hgrporg.bsky.social @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social

We have a cover! Coming in March 2026: our edited volume on the experiences of older Jews during the Holocaust. And in November 2025 @wienerlibrary.bsky.social - a temporary exhibition on the same topic. Stay tuned…

Upcoming Event! Co-curators of the 'Fate Unknown' exhibition Christine Schmidt @wienerlibrary.bsky.social + Dan Stone @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social + expert researchers will discuss the ITS archive in Birmingham on 17 Sep and Leicester on 18 Sep. Birmingham: bit.ly/3Um2CtN Leicester: bit.ly/4lmMOSw

Last evening event until September! Thank you to @helencfinch.bsky.social @ankahajkova.bsky.social and to all who attended for a smart, illuminating evening on German-Jewish writers after the Holocaust @wienerlibrary.bsky.social

Last week to apply!

Our Director of Research, @ceschmidt.bsky.social, will be speaking at the Women's History Network's Annual Conference this September! Find out more and register to attend online below ⬇

📣Calling all UK-based researchers, archivists, curators, librarians!📣The new @ehri-uk.bsky.social National Fellowship programme is now live! Deadline to apply: 23 July @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @holocaustnorth.bsky.social www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-fell...

Thank you to @selbstzeugnisse.bsky.social for a very thoughtful & engaging workshop today! Was honored to share @wienerlibrary.bsky.social history and to discuss different types of sources as testimonies and their mediation. Check out the site by @selbstzeugnisse.bsky.social if you haven’t already!

Very proud to have contributed to this wonderful resource! The first of two articles is now avail - on Eva Reichmann, first @wienerlibrary.bsky.social Director of Research and one of my inspirations: diaspora.jewish-history-online.net/preview/arti...

A terrific end to our joint Research Explainer series with colleagues @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social. Thank you also to everyone who attended, and for your engaged discussion and questions these past four weeks. Looking forward to our next joint activities! Stay tuned…

📣Calling all undergrad and postgrad students!📣 if you’re looking for a paid summer placement check out @ehri-uk.bsky.social’s new opps here: www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-plac... Hosts: @wienerlibrary.bsky.social, Public Record Office-NI, QUB, Imperial War Museum, @warburginstitute.bsky.social and more!

Florian Zabransky discussing his new book on Jewish male sexuality in the concentration camps @degruyterbrill.bsky.social @wienerlibrary.bsky.social

Such a privilege to host Florian Zabransky’s talk tonight! His new book is available here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... Thank you to all who attended!

Thank you to University of Amsterdam, SPUI25, @niodamsterdam.bsky.social for hosting this fascinating talk about Sieg Maandag! Christine Schmidt @wienerlibrary.bsky.social and Dan Stone @rhulholocaustri.bsky.social spoke alongside other researchers about Maandags art and experiences in the Holocaust

🗓️ New Academic Book Talk Hans Soetart's latest work is the first book reporting in detail on what happened in the years 1932–1935 before Jewish sexologist and LGBT-rights activist Magnus Hirschfeld’s death and, especially, during the seven years that followed. Free tickets: buff.ly/hC9fd0E

How do the voices and experiences of older Jews expand our understanding of the Holocaust? Join us @clarkuniversity.bsky.social in person or online. Details ⤵️

Final week to apply!

If you missed this event, you can view it on Youtube here: youtu.be/a8ZC4-cwluI?...

Last weeks to apply! @bisa-bkk.bsky.social @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @hgrporg.bsky.social @lbilondon.bsky.social

It is the last week to apply to our Research Explainer workshops, led by experts in the field and held in May!

"The library contains hundreds upon hundreds of testimonies of survivors and refugees, but when Barkow started working there, he was completely unaware that he too had a family story from the Holocaust to tell" www.thejc.com/community/i-...

A true pleasure to host @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social and Benjamin Phillips @wienerlibrary.bsky.social last night who discussed their beautiful new book, ‘One Day’. And a sheynem dank for the impromptu Yiddish lesson, Michael! Learn more @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social: www.walker.co.uk/978152951598...

Welcome @holocaustnorth.bsky.social @alessandrobucci.bsky.social! 👋 Please check out HCN’s excellent work and give them a follow!

Really looking forward to coming to @ox.ac.uk tomorrow and to re-connecting with @caileedavis.bsky.social and Zoe Waxman - thanks so much for the invitation!