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In Glasgow this weekend? Still time to arrange to pop along to the lovely @wienerlibrary.bsky.social team at the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre to learn more about preserving your family histories 👇🏻

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The previous Wiener Holocaust Library event in Glasgow was excellent, and I'm sure this will be, too. It also includes a visit to the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre. #genealogy

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Newly added to our online archive, our vast collection of digitised images of the remarkable Kindertransport rescue of children from Nazi Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia 📷 Jewish refugee boys playing a violin on train to the Netherlands Explore now 🔗 www.whlcollections.org/kindertransp...

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There's still time to join our family history research experts in Glasgow this weekend! Join them at the Scottish Jewish heritage Centre to find out more about preserving your family histories... wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/recove...

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Our ground-breaking new exhibition, created with NGO Fortify Rights, features the photography of three survivors of the Rohingya Genocide. On display at the Library until 3 April 2025 📍 wienerholocaustlibrary.org/exhibition/a...

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A new national hub designed to preserve and advance Holocaust research is opening in the UK. Find out more about EHRI-UK via BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Our educational website #TheHolocaustExplained includes eyewitness testimonies from survivors to support learning about the essential facts of the Holocaust, as well as unique primary source materials from our archive Explore the site now 🔗

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Our ground-breaking new exhibition, created with NGO Fortify Rights, features the photography of three survivors of the Rohingya Genocide. On display at the Library until 3 April 2025 📍 wienerholocaustlibrary.org/exhibition/a...

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This month we’re hosting fascinating book talks, including the chance to hear from former children’s laureate Michael Rosen about his latest illustrated work, One Day: A True Story of Courage and Survival in the Holocaust. Sign up for your tickets now:

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📚 New free book talk just listed! Next month @hgrporg.bsky.social host Prof. Karolina Krasuska who will speak about her recently published book, Soviet-Born: The Afterlives of Migration in Jewish American Fiction. Sign up to join us at the Library for this fascinating event 🔗

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There's still time to join our family history research experts in Glasgow this weekend! Join them at the Scottish Jewish heritage Centre to find out more about preserving your family histories... wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/recove...

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This report briefly covers the 11 presentations that were given in 4 themed panels which covered a wide array of experiences and areas of research. The workshop was held in partnership between @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @ushmm.bsky.social @claims-conference.bsky.social

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Work with us! We are seeking a highly motivated Finance and Research Development Assistant with strong attention to detail and experience of research administration, post-award administration and budget reporting Find out more and apply: https://buff.ly/3Uttw2t

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A new Call for Papers for @biahs1.bsky.social Conference, 'Contexts of the Holocaust' this July The deadline for submissions is the 28 February Find out more 🔗 biahs.co.uk/conferences/

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🗓️ Next Sunday our International Tracing Service research team are at the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre offering the chance to learn about taking care of the precious documents, photographs, and items that represent your family histories Sign up now 🔗 wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/recove...

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The first major ghetto established by the Nazis was created in Łódź in February 1940. Over the following two years, hundreds of ghettos would be established across Poland. Find out more about the establishment of ghettos and camps via our educational site #TheHolocaustExplained 🔗

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We are a charity reliant on donations from our friends and supporters. No matter how large or small, your support makes a difference. From making a donation to celebrating the life of a loved one on our Wall of Honour, there are many different ways you can support our vital work ➡️

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Newly added to our online archive, our vast collection of digitised images of the remarkable Kindertransport rescue of children from Nazi Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia 📷 Jewish refugee boys playing a violin on train to the Netherlands Explore now 🔗 www.whlcollections.org/kindertransp...

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As a result of decades of human rights violations, Bangladesh was already home to approximately 250,000 #Rohingya refugees from Myanmar when the military commenced attacks in 2017 against the Rohingya minority... https://buff.ly/4gvo0Wu

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"The POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews announced his death, describing him as a person of exceptional moral and intellectual qualities who always stood on the side “of minorities, the excluded, the wronged.” apnews.com/article/pola...

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📌 Our interactive #RefugeeMap brings to life some of the thousands of stories told by our family paper collections Each Collection on the map traces a refugee family or family member's escape from Nazi-occupied Europe Explore now 🔗 https://buff.ly/3qDeWrU

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"The POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews announced his death, describing him as a person of exceptional moral and intellectual qualities who always stood on the side “of minorities, the excluded, the wronged.” apnews.com/article/pola...

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As a result of decades of human rights violations, Bangladesh was already home to approximately 250,000 #Rohingya refugees from Myanmar when the military commenced attacks in 2017 against the Rohingya minority... https://buff.ly/4gvo0Wu

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"Now, more than half a decade since the Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate in Syria and Iraq fell, nearly 2,600 Yazidis remain unaccounted for" @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/w...

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"The letters depict a landscape of despair as the depths of Nazi depravity began to become clearer, but the options for escape had dwindled" @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/a...

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The Łódź Ghetto was established by the Nazis as the first major ghetto in February 1940. In our collection, and recently added to our digital archive, we hold a remarkable photograph collection which documents life in the ghetto... https://buff.ly/40Uhfai

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Come work with us @wienerlibrary.bsky.social! Are you interested in research development? Find out more and apply here: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/what-we-do/s...

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We are a charity reliant on donations from our friends and supporters. No matter how large or small, your support makes a difference. From making a donation to celebrating the life of a loved one on our Wall of Honour, there are many different ways you can support our vital work ➡️

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The Łódź Ghetto was established by the Nazis as the first major ghetto in February 1940. In our collection, and recently added to our digital archive, we hold a remarkable photograph collection which documents life in the ghetto... https://buff.ly/40Uhfai

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"The letters depict a landscape of despair as the depths of Nazi depravity began to become clearer, but the options for escape had dwindled" @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/a...

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"Now, more than half a decade since the Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate in Syria and Iraq fell, nearly 2,600 Yazidis remain unaccounted for" @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/w...

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We're constantly updating our YouTube channel to give all of our friends and followers access to some of our fascinating talks and events. Subscribe now to be the first to know when new videos are released:

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"It is on the last stages of our ordeal that I am going to report" Fanny Heilbut and her family were deported to Bergen-Belsen #OnThisDay in 1944. In her eyewitness account she describes the horrible conditions of the camp Explore our digitised testimony collection 🔗 https://buff.ly/3EunCcT

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Do you have questions about how to preserve materials related to your family history? Join our ITS Archive team next Sunday for a free event at the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre offering the chance to learn about taking care of precious documents and photos. Sign up now:

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This banknote, worth 10 cents, was issued #OnThisDay in 1944 in Westerbork camp in the Netherlands As normal currency was banned and confiscated within the camp these vouchers were distributed as an incentive for inmates to work Find out more at #TheHolocaustExplained 🔗 https://buff.ly/382tqFo

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The first major ghetto established by the Nazis was created in Łódź in February 1940. Over the following two years, hundreds of ghettos would be established across Poland. Find out more about the establishment of ghettos and camps via our educational site #TheHolocaustExplained 🔗

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This banknote, worth 10 cents, was issued #OnThisDay in 1944 in Westerbork camp in the Netherlands As normal currency was banned and confiscated within the camp these vouchers were distributed as an incentive for inmates to work Find out more at #TheHolocaustExplained 🔗 https://buff.ly/382tqFo

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Do you have questions about how to preserve materials related to your family history? Join our ITS Archive team next Sunday for a free event at the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre offering the chance to learn about taking care of precious documents and photos. Sign up now:

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"It is on the last stages of our ordeal that I am going to report" Fanny Heilbut and her family were deported to Bergen-Belsen #OnThisDay in 1944. In her eyewitness account she describes the horrible conditions of the camp Explore our digitised testimony collection 🔗 https://buff.ly/3EunCcT

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We're constantly updating our YouTube channel to give all of our friends and followers access to some of our fascinating talks and events. Subscribe now to be the first to know when new videos are released:

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Online Book Talk: Next Thursday! Prof Hermann Beck @univmiami.bsky.social in conversation with Dr Toby Simpson @wienerlibrary.bsky.social “Before the Holocaust: Antisemitic Violence and the Reaction of German Elites and Institutions during the Nazi Takeover” Book now: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/beck-25

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🗓️ Next Sunday our International Tracing Service research team are at the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre offering the chance to learn about taking care of the precious documents, photographs, and items that represent your family histories Sign up now 🔗 wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/recove...

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A new Call for Papers for @biahs1.bsky.social Conference, 'Contexts of the Holocaust' this July The deadline for submissions is the 28 February Find out more 🔗 biahs.co.uk/conferences/

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Launching next week! A powerful new exhibition of the award-winning photography of three Rohingya refugees whose work captures the resilience, struggle, and humanity of their community amid the ongoing genocide in Rakhine State Find out more 🔗 www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025...

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