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The UK national node of the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure
@ehri-eu.bsky.social
pinned post!
We have exciting news to share! Applications for our 2026 EHRI-UK Regional Placement Scheme for students are now open. We have nine terrific organisations offering placements. Visit our website to find out about eligibility and how to apply.
www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-plac...
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Parkes Institute
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Check out the wonderful
@hartleyspecialc.bsky.social
, home to the Parkes archive and library! Find out more:
southampton.ac.uk/research/ins...
#Archive30
#YourArchive
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Are you a postgraduate student with a demonstrable interest in the history of the Holocaust and research experience? Imperial War Museums are hosting a EHRI-UK Regional Placement at IWM London researching Holocaust collections. For more information visit
www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-plac...
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We have a very exciting opportunity for a student placement at World Jewish Relief (London) this summer researching Kindertransport records. Visit our webite for more information on eligibility.
www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-plac...
⏳Applications close on 19 April 2026
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Are you a student who would benefit from a summer placement working with the world's oldest and Britain's largest collection of original archival material on the Nazi era and the Holocaust at
@wienerlibrary.bsky.social
? Visit
www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-plac...
for more information on eligibility.
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We are pleased to announce our first EHRI-UK student placement at
@sofomuseum.bsky.social
this summer on a research project about the Oxfordshire Yeomanry at the Liberation of Bergen-Belsen. Visit
www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-plac...
for more information on eligibility. ⏳Applications close 19 April 2026.
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Are you a Manchester-based student with a demonstrable interest in the history of the Holocaust who could bring your skills to a placement involving research & data management? The Fed's My Voice Project is hosting an EHRI-UK placement this summer. Find out more
www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-plac...
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We are very excited to announce a summer 2026 student placement at
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Special Collections working on the Heinz Wolff Centenary Project. Visit
www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-plac...
for more details on eligibility. ⏳The deadline for applications is Sunday 19 April 2026.
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We are pleased to announce a student placement at the wonderful
@sussexlibrary.bsky.social
working on German-Jewish archives held at The Keep. For more information on eligibility visit
www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-plac...
⏳The deadline for applications is Sunday 19 April 2026.
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We are pleased to share an exciting student placement opportunity at
@senatehouselib.bsky.social
cataloguing the Lotte Reizenstein Papers. Visit our website for more details on eligibility
www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-plac...
⏳The deadline for applications is Sunday 19 April 2026.
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Are you a student with an interest in the history of German refugees in the 1930s and 1940s? EHRI-UK is offering a student placement with the terrific team at
@hartleyspecialc.bsky.social
curating a refugee archive. For more information on eligibility visit
www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-plac...
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Hartley Special Collections
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Here's a more unusual profession from the papers of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund. This individual, originally from Poland and who arrived in the UK in June 1940 from Paris, records that he had previously worked as a "raincoats-sticker" (i.e. he made raincoats)
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The Wiener Holocaust Library
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A new camp case study via
#TheHolocaustExplained
Treblinka was the second most deadly extermination camp for Jews, behind Auschwitz-Birkenau: only 150 survived the camp. This case study examines conditions there, the prisoner uprising in 1943, and the camp's closure 🔗
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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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This week we are pleased to share a new Holocaust document blog: Disentangling and Presenting Person Data in the Online Collection ‘Wiedergutmachung for National Socialist Injustice’.
blog.ehri-project.eu/2026/03/30/p...
Our thanks to Nastasja Pilz & Inger Banse-Strobel, who co-authored this post.
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Disentangling and Presenting Person Data in the Online Collection “Wiedergutmachung for National Socialist Injustice”
The Online Collection “Wiedergutmachung for National Socialist Injustice” in Archivportal-D – a platform for a comprehensive search for German archival material – will in the future offer access to a…
https://blog.ehri-project.eu/2026/03/30/person-data-online-collection-wiedergutmachung/
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This week’s Holocaust document blog is ‘Tracing the Dislocation of a Sinti Family in a Genocidal Context: the R165 Collection of the German Federal Archives’ by Théophile Leroy, a 2022
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Conny Kristel Fellow.
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The Wiener Holocaust Library
14 days ago
In case you missed it... A new book launched this month, Older Jews and the Holocaust: Persecution, Displacement, and Survival, which offers new insights into the experiences of elderly Jews during the Holocaust. It is available to purchase online now via our book shop:
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Older Jews and the Holocaust: Persecution, Displacement, and Survival
Insight into the lives of older Jews before, during, and after the Holocaust; co-edited by Dr Christine Schmidt, Dr Elizabeth Anthony, and Dr Joanna Sliwa. Elderly Jews were among the most…
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Hidden Treasures
14 days ago
Have you caught up on our latest Archivist in the Spotlight blog yet? Join Cassy Sacher, Senior Librarian
@leobaeckcollege.bsky.social
on the journey of creating their new reading room. Read it here:
celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/archivi...
#ICYMI
#Archives
#JewishCulture
#Libraries
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Archivist in the Spotlight: Building a New Home for Jewish Learning with Cassy Sachar - hiddentreasurenew
In the fourth part of our ongoing Archivist in the Spotlight series shining a light on the people preserving, sharing, and celebrating […]
https://celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/archivist-in-the-spotlight-building-a-new-home-for-jewish-learning-with-cassy-sachar/
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⏳A reminder that you have until Sunday 19 April 2026 to apply to the EHRI-UK Regional Placement Scheme taking place this summer. 💻 For more information on eligibility and how to apply visit
www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-plac...
📢The application form can be found here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/1RIl...
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EHRI-UK Placements | EHRI-UK
https://www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-placements
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27 days ago
Call for Applications | Great opportunity for early-career Holocaust researchers! Free seminar to strengthen your subject expertise, expand your network, engage with leading scholars. By IHRA,
@yadvashem.bsky.social
,
@uscshoahfoundation.bsky.social
and EHRIs MOOC.
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EHRI
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📢 EHRI Webinar | 15 April | 3PM CET Mauthausen Memorial has relaunched its collections database: photography, oral history, artefacts and more are now openly accessible with no registration needed. Join this free webinar for a behind-the-scenes look! 🔗 Details + Zoom link:
#Archives
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EHRI Webinar 15 April | New Database on Mauthausen Memorials’ Collections Online – EHRI Project
https://www.ehri-project.eu/ehri-webinar-15-april-new-database-on-mauthausen-memorials-collections-online/
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We have exciting news to share! Applications for our 2026 EHRI-UK Regional Placement Scheme for students are now open. We have nine terrific organisations offering placements. Visit our website to find out about eligibility and how to apply.
www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-plac...
Image: © IWM (D 8792)
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The Wiener Holocaust Library
25 days ago
"Behind the doors of a handsome Georgian townhouse overlooking leafy Russell Square is the world's oldest collection of material on the Nazi era, an immense archive tracing the rise of the far right and its heinous crimes " We're in Londonist's guide to free museums in the capital!
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Free Museums In London: The Definitive Guide
From cultural behemoths to bijou places you didn't know existed.
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Christine Schmidt
25 days ago
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.
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The Wiener Holocaust Library
25 days ago
"While this is the first instance of women taking the top job at the library, its archive has long benefited from the efforts of female researchers..." Find out more about an exciting new appointment at the Library via
@jewishchron.bsky.social
today!
www.thejc.com/community/wo...
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Leo Baeck Institute London
27 days ago
How has the Kindertransport shaped British culture and memory? Join the Leo Baeck Institute and the British-German Association for an online roundtable. 🗓 19 March 2026 🕖 19:00 – 20:00 💻 Online via Zoom Attendance is free of charge. Register now:
lbilondon.ac.uk/kindertransport-2026
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Françoïs Guesnet
about 1 month ago
Consider applying to the Conference Grant Programme of the European Association of Jewish Studies - details below. Deadline 26 March 2026
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The Wiener Holocaust Library
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📣 It is with great excitement that we announce the appointment of Dr Barbara Warnock and Dr Christine Schmidt as Co-Directors of the Wiener Holocaust Library! Bringing a combined 23 years' experience to their new role, they take the helm at a crucial time.. Full announcement🔗
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New Co-Directors announced to take the helm of the Wiener Holocaust Library - The Wiener Holocaust Library
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Barbara Warnock and Dr Christine Schmidt as Co-Directors. They take the helm of the UK’s foremost institution dedicated to the study of the…
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This week’s Holocaust document blog is a study of the historiography of Babi Yar by Maryna Mykhailiuk which examines historical analysis of perpetrator records, trial materials, eyewitness accounts and collections of memoirs.
blog.ehri-project.eu/2025/02/10/h...
#Ukraine
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Hidden Treasures
28 days ago
In this 2021 blog, Heritage Consultant Rachel Howse Binnington explains how to sort through family papers you may have found in a clear-out, how best to take care of them and where to find help. Read it here:
celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/what-to...
#FamilyArchives
#SpringCleaning
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What To Do With Your Family Papers - hiddentreasurenew
Archivist Rachel Howse Binnington tells us what to do with our 'old stuff'.
https://celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/what-to-do-with-your-family-papers/
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Register now for EHRI-UK's first event in Northern Ireland📢 Holocaust-related and Jewish refugee collections at Queen’s University Belfast Special Collections & Archives 📅 23 April 2026, 13:00-15:30 📍 McClay Library Auditorium QUB, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
tinyurl.com/2z3h8bay
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EHRI-UK is very pleased to announce that we are running our first Northern Ireland event next month at Queen's University Belfast. 📢 EHRI-UK Seminar: Holocaust-related and Jewish refugee collectio...
EHRI-UK is very pleased to announce that we are running our first Northern Ireland event next month at Queen's University Belfast. 📢 EHRI-UK Seminar: Holocaust-related and Jewish refugee collections a...
https://tinyurl.com/2z3h8bay
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📢Call for participants - Reorienting the Holocaust: A training workshop on digital mapping, historical data, and spatial stories 📅 Tuesday 2 June 2026 (9.00-17.00; in person) 📍 Location: The Digital Humanities Hub University of Southampton, UK ⏳ Apply by 10 April
tinyurl.com/yhzv58hf
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📢 Call for papers: Holocaust Heritage in the 21st century 📅 7-8 September 2026 📍 Location: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and online, University of Cambridge ⏳ Deadline: 1 May 2026
tinyurl.com/2zdebm6r
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📢 Call for papers: Holocaust Heritage in the 21st century 📅 7-8 September 2026 📍 Location: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and online, University of Cambridge ⏳ Deadline: 1 May 2026… | ...
📢 Call for papers: Holocaust Heritage in the 21st century 📅 7-8 September 2026 📍 Location: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and online, University of Cambridge ⏳ Deadline: 1 May 2026 Th...
https://tinyurl.com/2zdebm6r
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This week's Holocaust document blog features the Norwegian Digital Prisoner Archive 1940–1945 (
Fanger.no
). This open-access database documents nearly 50,000 individuals imprisoned during the Second World War in and beyond occupied Norway. Find out more here:
blog.ehri-project.eu/2026/02/27/n...
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EHRI
about 1 month ago
ESHEM (European
#Sites
of
#Holocaust
#Memory
) will hold an online Q&A meeting on 5 March at 2:00-3:00 PM CET to present their call in detail and answer any questions you may have. Please register for the meeting here:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/58f062...
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The Wiener Holocaust Library
about 1 month ago
There are still a handful of tickets available for our benefit concert this Thursday evening! World-renowned pianist and conductor, Sir András Schiff, is performing a benefit concert for the Library, with all the funds raised from the concert directly supporting our vital work
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Sir András Schiff Benefit Concert in support of The Wiener Holocaust Library - The Wiener Holocaust Library
We are delighted to announce this benefit performance by world-renowned pianist and conductor, Sir András Schiff. Join us at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue for a truly special evening of music.
https://buff.ly/kTvkVoc
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Leo Baeck Institute London
about 1 month ago
The Leo Baeck Institute London is pleased to announce the programme for its 2026 Lecture Series:
www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2026/02...
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The Wiener Holocaust Library
about 1 month ago
PhDs and ECRs are invited to join our next PhD and a Cup of Tea Online seminar! 📍 Jewish slave labour and the SS concentration camp system through a spatial lens - Part of our latest series, Spatial Histories of the Holocaust 📅 March 10, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm 💻 Online Book now:
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PhD and a Cup of Tea: Jewish Slave Labour and the SS Concentration Camp System Through a Spatial Lens - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Part of our PhD and a Cup of Tea series of academic seminars, Daan de Leeuw will discuss how Dutch Jewish slave labourers experienced frequent relocations, and how they managed life in the…
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Gathering the Voices
about 1 month ago
Thankyou to the British Embassy and the Jewish community of Helsinki for inviting Gathering the Voices to come and talk about our digital archive. We had a wonderful visit
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The Wiener Holocaust Library
about 1 month ago
Hansi Finkler emigrated from Austria to England in early March 1939 on a domestic service visa. Her daughter, Evelyn, had come to England in 1938 where she stayed at the 'Haven' hostel in Camden Town. She reunited with her mother in the early 1940s, and they lived in a bedsit in West London...
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📢 Call for Papers: From Sea to Memory: The Sinking of the Tanaïs and Holocaust Remembrance 📅 11-13 July 2026 📍 Location: Evlagon Institute for Cretan Jewish Studies (Crete, Greece) ⏳ Abstract submission deadline for individual papers: 31 March 2026
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
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REPOST: Call for Papers: From Sea to Memory: The Sinking of the Tanaïs and Holocaust Remembrance | H-Net
Call for Papers: From Sea to Memory: The Sinking of the Tanaïs and Holocaust Remembrance Date: 11-13 July 2026Host Institution: Evlagon Institute for Cretan Jewish Studies (Etz Hayyim Synagogue Chania...
https://networks.h-net.org/group/discussions/20141716/repost-call-papers-sea-memory-sinking-tanais-and-holocaust-remembrance
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The Wiener Holocaust Library
about 1 month ago
PhDs and ECRs are invited to join our next PhD and a Cup of Tea Online seminar! 📍 Jewish slave labour and the SS concentration camp system through a spatial lens - Part of our latest series, Spatial Histories of the Holocaust 📅 March 10, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm 💻 Online Book now:
buff.ly/KLkfgTa
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PhD and a Cup of Tea: Jewish Slave Labour and the SS Concentration Camp System Through a Spatial Lens - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Part of our PhD and a Cup of Tea series of academic seminars, Daan de Leeuw will discuss how Dutch Jewish slave labourers experienced frequent relocations, and how they managed life in the…
https://buff.ly/KLkfgTa
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The Wiener Holocaust Library
about 1 month ago
In February 1941, there was a general strike across Holland as Dutch people stood up in protest against a series of Nazi pogroms and arrests of Dutch Jews in Amsterdam. The strike was organised by the banned Communist Party and approximately 300,000 people joined the strike...
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Sonia Gollance
about 1 month ago
Tomorrow:
@returnstosender.bsky.social
's talk at UCL about his and Harriet Murav's new
@stanfordpress.bsky.social
collection of Soviet stories about the Holocaust. Free event, registration required. Attendees can also purchase the book with a nice discount.
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From our Network | Call for Papers: Holocaust Heritage in the 21st century | 7-8 Sep, Cambridge Conference and resulting handbook want to document the state of Holocaust and Roma genocide sites, showcase good practice, and draw attention to the loss of others.
www.ehri-project.eu/from-our-net...
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EHRI
about 1 month ago
Congratulations Kelsey!
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StanleyBurtonCentre
about 1 month ago
𝐇𝐔𝐆𝐄 congratulations👏👏👏 to our very own Kelsey Akers on being accepted as an
@ehri-project.eu
. Kelsey will spend some time at
@wienerlibrary.bsky.social
and
@holocaustnorth.bsky.social
working closely with curators and subject experts to advance her Holocaust research.
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The Wiener Holocaust Library
about 1 month ago
"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...
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This week's document blog features Eva Strusková’s article ‘Lotte Porges – The Story Behind the Photograph’. Read the article here
blog.ehri-project.eu/2018/05/08/l...
to find out more about Lotte's life and the dispersed & fragmented archival material documenting the Terezín ghetto.
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The Wiener Holocaust Library
about 1 month ago
Next month our Senior Archivist is joining a roundtable discussion
@lbilondon.bsky.social
, Kindertransport in British Memory and Culture The event will bring together scholars and practitioners to examine the Kindertransport through archives, testimony, and reflective practice 🔗
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Kindertransport in British Memory and Culture: A Roundtable Discussion | Leo Baeck Institute London
This online roundtable brings together scholars and practitioners to examine the Kindertransport through archival research, personal testimony, and reflective practice. Exploring sources ranging from…
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Are you using diaries or other autobiographical documents in your Holocaust research? This week’s document blog looks at the diary of Pinus Rubinstein, a Holocaust survivor, who lived with his family in Cernăuți, the second largest city in Romania.
blog.ehri-project.eu/2024/03/25/p...
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Hidden Treasures
about 2 months ago
Congratulations and good luck to our friends
@leobaeckcollege.bsky.social
who are opening their new reading room this week. We'll have more about it in our next Archivist in the Spotlight but in the meantime, find out about their library collection here:
celebratingjewisharchives.org/archives/leo...
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Leo Baeck College Library - hiddentreasurenew
Leo Baeck College Library, part of Leo Baeck College, contains 60,000 volumes exploring Jewish civilisation. The great texts of Jewish tradition are supported […]
https://celebratingjewisharchives.org/archives/leo-baeck-college-library/
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