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Christine Schmidt

@ceschmidt.bsky.social
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Yankee Londoner, feminist, Holocaust historian, all-purpose nerd Interests: archives, gender, public history, research ethics, coffee, books, music, etc. Co-Director @wienerlibrary.bsky.social christineeschmidt.com

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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Excited to share my @britishacademy.bsky.social event in collaboration with @wienerlibrary.bsky.social - www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo... 🗃️ Please share!
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CFP: Far-Right Archives in the Digital Age | UON
Wiener Holocaust Library, London. Friday 27 November 2026, 10.30am-4pm Improved digital access to far-right material at archives, libraries, and beyond...
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Had a wonderful evening @wienerlibrary.bsky.social celebrating Dr Jennifer Rich’s @rowanuniversity.bsky.social latest book, Paper Tombs, on the inner worlds of Yizkor books. We also got the chance to explore some of our collection. Thank you to all who attended & to Dr Rich for the moving lecture
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
In the years after the Holocaust, survivors created yizker bikher — memorial books dedicated to the towns and communities that had been destroyed In her book, Paper Tombs: Post-Holocaust Memorial Books and Prewar Jewish Life, Jennifer Rich explores these extraordinary works of collective memory...
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Away from the office and the online world until 3 August. Have a good summer!
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Honoured to share a panel with Jennifer Geddes, @pdavies.bsky.social @ankahajkova.bsky.social for @biajs.bsky.social! With special thanks to @bryan-cheyette.bsky.social for excellent chairing and to @ankahajkova.bsky.social for bringing us all together in smart conversation and solidarity.
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
With huge thanks to @schuneke.bsky.social for his brilliant talk @wienerlibrary.bsky.social on his moving & incisive book, I Will Not Abandon You: Queer Women in Nazi Germany. Special thanks to @williamrossjones.bsky.social for the insightful conversation. And thanks to all who braved the heat!
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Happening this Thursday! Sign up to attend our latest free exhibition event featuring Prof Dan Stone and our Co-Director @ceschmidt.bsky.social They will highlight aspects of our current exhibition in relation to gender Tickets: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/exhibi...
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Join us for the launch of a new Holocaust Studies special issue on queer experiences during the Holocaust at which we will hear from a panel of editors and contributors to the issue 📅 16 July, 6:30 - 8pm 📍 The Wiener Holocaust Library, London Free tickets:
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Special Issue Launch: Queer Experiences in the Holocaust - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Join us for the launch of a new Holocaust Studies special issue on queer experiences during the Holocaust at which we will hear from a panel of editors and contributors to the special issue including…
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Last night Professor Mary Fulbrook delivered the 6th Annual Alfred Wiener Holocaust Memorial Lecture. She spoke to a packed audience about her research into the communities and groups who refused to look the other way during the Holocaust... wienerholocaustlibrary.org/2026/05/19/a...
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Professor Mary Fulbrook explores 'islands of compassion in a sea of hostility' for Annual Alfred Wiener Holocaust Memorial Lecture - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Professor Mary Fulbrook delivered this year's Annual Alfred Wiener Holocaust Memorial Lecture, exploring experiences of hiding and help during the Holocaust across Europe.
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This week our Co-Director @ceschmidt.bsky.social is in Vilnius at the Samuel Bak Museum. A panel of international experts discussed how we talk about Jewish heritage and the Holocaust today, engaging audiences, education, and the challenges of working with archives. www.jmuseum.lt/naujienos/sa...
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Our current exhibition, Eldercide: Older Jews and the Holocaust, is closing in one week! Visit Monday - Friday, 10am - 5pm to see this fascinating display including never before seen sources from our archive.
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
📢 Paid student summer placement opportunity (London area)🔊 @wienerlibrary.bsky.social is hosting a 150-hours work placement. This would suit a student of Library and Information Studies with some volunteering experience in libraries. ⏳ Apply by Sunday 19 April 2026 ❗ www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-plac...
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
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!
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Suhrkamp Verlag @suhrkamp.de · 14/03/2026
Jürgen Habermas ist heute im Alter von 96 Jahren in Starnberg verstorben.
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
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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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Christine Schmidt explaining things to the NYT! @ceschmidt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/w...
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
"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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How Bookbinders Used Old Records to Help the Nazis Find Their Victims
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EHRI @ehri-project.eu · 10/02/2026
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
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
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...
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
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
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
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!
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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!
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Beyond Camps and Forced Labour Conference @bcflconference.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
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 !
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
📣 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🔗
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Work With Us - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Find out about our employment opportunities
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
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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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
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...
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Support our vital work in these challenging times – Big Give
We are the world’s oldest and the UK’s largest archive on the Nazi era and the Holocaust. Please help us raise £64,000 so we can continue to be a freely accessible tool to combat Holocaust denial, a...
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
We are now live! Thank you @drcweissenberg.bsky.social and everyone who has given so far!
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
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 🙏
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
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!
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
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...
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Wiener Holocaust Library unveils ‘Eldercide’ exhibition on fate of older Jews - Jewish News
New show exposes Nazi persecution of elderly Jews, spotlighting resilience, cultural resistance and generational memory
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Just a few days left to apply!
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
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!
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Are you a postgrad with a passion for public history and engaging different publics with the latest Holocaust research? Join our team! Details ⬇️
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
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!
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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
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...
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Eva G. Reichmann and Holocaust Scholarship
German-British Jewish scholar, Dr Eva Gabriele Reichmann made significant contributions to the postwar historiography of the Holocaust, well before ‘Holocaust studies’ was established as a field. She ...
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
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.
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
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…
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Holocaust and Genocide Research Partnership @hgrporg.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
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
The Fate Unknown exhibition poster on a yellow background with the title 'Upcoming Events'Text: '17 September, Recovery and Repair: Supporting Jewish Family Histories of the Holocaust in Britain, International Tracing Team Outreach in Birmingham; 18 September, Fate Unknown: The Search for the Missing after the Holocaust - Exhibition Display and Curators' talk in Leicester' on a yellow background.
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
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
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Last week to apply!
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
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 ⬇
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
📣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...
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EHRI-UK Fellowships | EHRI-UK
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
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!
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
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...
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Eva G. Reichmann (1897–1998)
Born on January 16, 1897 in Lublinitz (Lubliniec, Poland) Died on September 15, 1998 in London, England Occupation: Historian, sociologist, Director of Research at the Wiener Library Migration:...
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
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…
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Christine Schmidt @ceschmidt.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
📣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!
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Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Florian Zabransky discussing his new book on Jewish male sexuality in the concentration camps @degruyterbrill.bsky.social @wienerlibrary.bsky.social
FZ taking on Langer’s choiceless choices
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